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... parliamentary seat in Serbia's first free and fair election. He advised Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic until his assassination in early 2003. By then, Popovic was growing restless. He wanted to take his ...
... Monte, we Indians of the Xingu will commence a war.’ Although FUNAI, Brazil’s Indian Affairs agency, acknowledges the dam will have a negative impact on indigenous peoples, it has given its go-ahead for ...
... and U.S. based activists have warned of the lack of conditions for fair elections in Honduras, but the Obama administration has said it will recognize the outcome. Lisa Haugaard from the Latin American ...
... Against the Coup d'Etat had called unfair, unfree and placed under boycott. The hard numbers show that abstention - and by inference, the Resistance - was the winner in the November ...
... will legitimize the coup and that the country does not meet the conditions for free and fair elections. Carlos H. Reyes is the first ever independent candidate to run for President in Honduras. He withdrew ...
6. Police or people power?
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... must be moderated by a commitment to basic fairness or it will only erode public trust. Text: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/police-or-people-power/story-e6frg71x-1225801828926   ...
... Service reports. Ali Hasanov, head of the Azerbaijani president's Social and Political Affairs Department, said Azerbaijani law "applies equally to everyone and there is no special treatment for intellectuals ...
... government should ensure that it holds the local elections." She has since pledged that the law society will continue lobbying. Meanwhile the EC, a constitutional body mandated to conduct free, fair, cost-effective ...
... work as journalists, doctors, educators, trade unionists, community organizers, mothers, fathers, grandparents. Here they trace for us the context of the current state of affairs in Honduras and speak ...
... Sir Christopher Meyer. The book is already out and has been demanding attention for the deep thoughts of the former Ambassador to Washington. I think it is fair to say, that Getting Our Way is mostly a ...
... the twentieth century to help them maintain the status quo. Influence by the United States in the affairs of Uruguay arose again in 1971, as the nation's self-determination was obstructed again by outside ...
... turning into a hotbed of ‘actual’ activism - a cause for alarm for many autocratic regimes in the Middle East....” Newsweek’s Jack Fairweather called Facebook “an important platform for dissent” in the ...
...  Commemorations of the annual event are often a quiet affair, left to activists and relatives. But this year, in a surprise video blog posted on the Kremlin website, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ...
... James Bay is harsh environment and winter is just around the corner. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada still refuses to help the community in desperate need for help and are running low n their funds ...
15. Zimbabwe: 'Slow Boat to China'
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... Africa. Johanna Booysen of the Black Rose African Jazz Orchestra was particularly angered when she heard about a Zimbabwean who died outside an office of South Africa's home affairs ministry, which handles ...
... permeability elsewhere, Micheletti continues to waver between accusing the international community of interfering in internal Honduran affairs and insisting that said community come to Honduras to understand ...
... for the accord to work, noting that a senior diplomat handling Latin America affairs, Craig Kelly, had just spent two days in Honduras. Another senior U.S. official noted the agreement never specifically ...
Dear Colleague: In accordance with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ underlying mission to promote rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, our organization has been delighted ...
19. NANGO leaders released on bail
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... also said a stakeholders’ conference, organised by the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, has been postponed due to a decision by the civil society not to participate. The conference was aimed at discussing ...
20. Burma: Suu Kyi 'can play a role'
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... 2010 elections would be "fair, free, inclusive and transparent". It made no mention of Suu Kyi, who has been detained for 14 of the past 20 years. "The whole thing is a bit of a farce," David Mathieson, ...
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Musicians Who Poked at the Iron Curtain » Guitars, keyboards and drums did not topple the Berlin Wall. But for the young people who helped bring down Communist regimes across Eastern Europe in the fall of 1989, pop music was a profoundly subversive force, inspiration and vital tool of protest for challenging and undermining a totalitarian state stricter than any parent.The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Now middle aged, some of the musicians who played in ostracism ...
Thailand: Red Shirts Ready For Govt House March » BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands of anti-government protesters in red shirts gathered at Sanam Luang Monday night (23 Feb) before marching to Government House early Tuesday (24 Feb).Pheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan said the red shirts are expected to march to Government House this morning, and though the rally is expected to last a while the exact time period is still unknown.
Non-violent protest in Kashmir » Un-noticed by a world otherwise obsessed with the threat from Islamist extremism, a 20 year old Muslim separatist struggle in South Asia has embraced non-violence.Since July this year, more than 40 protesters, all unarmed, have been gunned down by Indian security forces in the beautiful but deeply troubled Kashmir Valley.
Zelaya supporters blast Honduras media crackdown » TEGUCIGALPA — Supporters of deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya have warned an interim government crackdown on opposition media could derail talks scheduled to resume on Tuesday and aimed at resolving the months-old political crisis."It is a really appalling issue, something right out of a dictatorship," said Sunday Rafael Alegria, a leading coordinator of protests against the ouster of Zelaya, the elected president.A government decree published in the official Gazette Saturday gave authori...
Victory declared in controversial poll that was already a win-win for Honduras's wealthy elite » Within hours of the polls closing the celebrations began. Cavalcades of honking cars raced up and down Boulevard Morazan. The Hotel Maya filled with cheering people in blue T-shirts. The media fell into paroxysms of delight.A wealthy rancher named Porfirio Lobo had just won Honduras's presidential election, heralding a "democratic fiesta". By dawn today the revellers were heading home, perhaps stopping for breakfast at one of Tegucigalpa's myriad Pizza Huts, Burger Kings and Wendy's."This is a w...
Iranian students protest student detention »   In a major demonstration in Tehran on Tuesday, more than 1,000 students chanted, "Death to dictator," "Ahmadinejad is like [Augusto] Pinochet, but Iran would never be another Chile" and "Free the jailed students," on the Polytechnic (Ami Kabir) University. Their protest came after the mullahs' judiciary announced last week that the three detained students from the school have each been sentenced to around two years in jail on charges of insulting the authorities. Th...
Mali protest against women's law » Tens of thousands of people in Mali's capital, Bamako, have been protesting against a new law which gives women equal rights in marriage.The law, passed earlier this month, also strengthens inheritance rights for women and children born out of wedlock. The head of a Muslim women's association says only a minority of Malian women - "the intellectuals" as she put it - supports the law.
Human Rights and Iran's Contested 2009 Presidential Election » Human rights violations in Iran caused grave concern far before the government began suppressing the 2009 protests against the rigged presidential voting victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.In Iran, democracy and human rights activists have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed for decades. Torture has included mutilation, rape, whipping and stoning. Execution of political prisoners has been rampant. Capital punishment of juveniles has been reported. The government also stops the publication of oppos...
Zimbabwe: 'Slow Boat to China' » Cape Town — When Zimbabweans were being attacked and killed in political violence, a little-known South African musician was inspired to act by the stories she heard from refugees living illegally in South Africa.Johanna Booysen of the Black Rose African Jazz Orchestra was particularly angered when she heard about a Zimbabwean who died outside an office of South Africa's home affairs ministry, which handles refugees.She couldn't understand how this was "allowed" to happen. "Politicians and every...
Iranians defy authorities to mourn those slain in the unrest » Protesters swarmed Tehran's main cemetery and fanned out across a large swath of the capital Thursday, defying truncheons and tear gas to publicly mourn those killed during weeks of unrest, including a young woman whose death shocked people around the world.The protests marked the 40th day since the shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan was captured on video and posted on the Internet. For Shiite Muslims, the 40th day has religious importance, often an occasion for an outpouring of emotion and grief.