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  • adjective In favour of democracy.

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pro- +‎ democracy

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Examples

  • And for those going to Cuba, if you have any kind of prodemocracy, pro-human rights agenda, you are barred from coming in.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2009 2009

  • On Sunday, February 25, 'prodemocracy' demonstrations making largely the same demands as the ones in the manifesto, and organized in part by some of the people who had drafted it, were attended by hundreds of thousands of people in at least thirty Soviet cities.

    A Manifesto for Soviet Democracy Malia, Martin 1990

  • "It's now becoming a vendetta between the protesters and the army," said Wael Abbas, an prodemocracy blogger, in front of parliament on Friday afternoon.

    Police Clash With Cairo Protesters; 9 Dead Matt Bradley 2011

  • Equally important, Hong Kong is at a critical juncture at which the voters must decide what kind of prodemocracy opposition they want.

    Choosing Hong Kong's Opposition 2011

  • Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have raised concerns about granting permanent residency to Mr. Saleh, citing possible reputational damage to their rulers if they were seen as giving refuge to a man whom many in the Arab world believe has blood on his hands after the crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators, according to a person familiar with the situation.

    Leader Leaves Yemen, Bound for U.S. Margaret Coker 2012

  • BEIJING—Eight New York residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday against China and Chinese online-search provider Baidu Inc., alleging they violated the plaintiffs' U.S. constitutional rights by blocking prodemocracy speech from Baidu search results.

    Baidu Accused of Aiding Chinese Censorship in U.S. Suit Owen Fletcher 2011

  • "It's now becoming a vendetta between the protesters and the army," said Wael Abbas, an prodemocracy blogger, in front of parliament on Friday afternoon.

    Egyptian Military's Credibility Is at Stake Matt Bradley 2011

  • He was kicked out of college in Libya in the early 1970s because of his prodemocracy campus activism.

    Libya Oil Chief Plans Revival Charles Levinson 2011

  • It also casts a dark shadow on Yemen's strand of the peaceful prodemocracy movement that started amid the wave of reformist uprisings against dictatorships in the region.

    Attack Wounds Yemen's President Hakim Almasmari 2011

  • The kingdom had supported Arab regimes under pressure from prodemocracy protesters, and in March sent tanks into neighboring Bahrain to defend the Sunni monarchy against a Shiite revolt.

    Syria's International Isolation Grows Nour Malas 2011

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