Which freedoms are usually taken away when a democracy is overthrown by the military?


Whenever power in a democratic country is taken over by the military, a number of rights and freedom are taken away. Some of these are:

(i) People do not have any right to elect their rulers as all they are being governed by military.


(ii) Due to the military rule, people are not allowed to form any organisation or party and moreover any organization is not allowed to function properly either.


(iii) Various fundamental rights such as Freedom of expression, protesting against government policies are also taken away under military rule.


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