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following are the difficulties people face in a non-democratic country.
No freedom for people to elect their leaders.
No freedom of speech and expression.
Censorship of press.
Single-party rule.
No say in government policies.
No freedom to form unions.
People suffer violence and oppression without any legal redress.
For example, Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile tortured and killed several of those who wanted democracy to be restored. Another example is the communist government that ruled in several countries of East Europe in the 1980s. In these countries, people could not freely choose leaders. Those who spoke against the government were put in prison.