Because within themselves, they have undemocratic practices and the youth can no longer take this anymore.

These movements became the precursors of current movements to challenge undemocratic practices of governments and to defend and protect human rights.

This is possibly an explanation -but no excuse -for the undemocratic practices permeating almost every one of the region's democracies.

Undemocratic practices creep up on us unawares, until the routine practices of democracy -a free press, a few unbiddable politicians -expose them.