India? You mean the “+05:30” timezone? I’d rather not deal with that :30 tbh. I like having my timezone arithmetics quite simple, just adding and subtracting hours. A half hour offset is worse to me than having to switch which offsets to use when. (Still better than Australia Central Western with its +08:45, but that’s a low bar to clear.)
yes, of course, you don’t want to cause an international incident by pointing fingers until you’re really sure. They need to publish the fact that it’s even considered a possibility for political purposes, but they can’t assert with confidence for diplomatic ones.
You might get sued, but you might also go viral
Probably along the lines of “I approve of what he’s doing, and I find the way he’s doing it very smart.”
My wrist hurt reading that
The detailed and nuanced answer would take into account the exact crime, but the short answer: No.
A democracy must guard itself against usurpation by demagogues that rally people through deceitful rhetorics and appeals to passion with the intent to break the order of that democracy. That order, among other things, contains laws restraining what politicians are and aren’t allowed to do. A candidate with clear disregard for these laws is a threat to that order, such that this democracy must protect itself by not allowing them to hold powers they are likely to use irresponsibly.
Put differently, someone who shows clear contempt for democratic rules is no longer entitled to democratic rights either. Note the distinction: democratic rights doesn’t mean human rights.