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... Saravanamuttu, director of the Center for Policy Alternatives in Colombo, says although Tuesday's demonstration was politically-led, there is a measure of public support among those who believe Sri Lanka's ...
... internet community is abuzz with discussions related to various aspects of censorship policy and how much it is embracing and contributing to the anti-censorship protest. The new anti-censorship efforts, ...
... factory incident to fuel anger among Uighurs. I think that Uighurs are angry because of the failure of the government's ethnic policy. China has given many privileges to minority groups. When Uighurs ...
4. Police or people power?
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... against police. They say the laws are among the toughest in the Western world. Last month, WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin said government policy appeared to be driven by a misinformed public who believed ...
... A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE AS WELL AS A DOMESTIC ONE, IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF THE LARGE CUBAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IN WHICH OF THE TWO CATEGORIES SHOULD THE CUBAN ISSUE FIT? All ...
... The government was consulting a cross-section of society on the best ways in which councillors could perform. "These consultations will inform government in preparing a policy document that will guide ...
... polemic against an ideological or value-driven foreign policy, and in favour of realpolitik. He criticises Robin Cook’s “much-vaunted” ethical foreign policy (far more sneered against than vaunted, I’d ...
... any policy initiatives that might help. The band of twentieth-century Robin Hoods grew in power and strength as poverty continued to plague the nation. By 1965, they were so successful at embarrassing ...
... was returned to office promptly. "The State Department's abrupt change of policy towards Honduras last week -- recognizing the elections scheduled for Nov. 29 even if the coup regime does not meet its ...
WATCH has developed a highly effective court monitoring method involving citizen volunteers as a means of creating legal and policy system change and improving the administration of justice for victims ...
... struggles and to push for long term public policy change. Through this tactic, HRLN and the IPT have been able to affect government policies in many instances, bringing local struggles into the national ...
... public – or at least a large portion – to the cause. This is not the case in Argentina, where the Kirchner administration's human rights policy enjoyed praise and support from human rights activists but ...
... MDC-T entered the inclusive government in February it has not put forward policy initiatives aimed at pulling the country out of its economic crisis. “The modest improvements that have occurred in people’s ...
... that Zuma has now adopted the notorious policy of ‘quiet diplomacy’ to Zimbabwe. “Before he was elected as the country’s president, Zuma was making all the right noises about Zimbabwe,” Trollip explained. ...
... him back. The coup has brought back memories of Central America's ugly past of civil wars and state-backed violence in the 1970s and '80s. It is a foreign policy headache for U.S. President Barack Obama, ...
... foreign countries or under criminal investigation here. But human rights and legal policy groups say that even more worrisome is the growing number of government foes in jail for what they allege are politically ...
17. Protesters demand US gay rights
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... of being slow to act on gay rights. On Sunday, the protesters in Washington carried signs urging President Obama to make good on his promise to end the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the ...
... between the two countries in three decades. 'Minor Concession' Ted Galen Carpenter is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, a private policy research center ...
... diplomat for Latin America last week. The coup has triggered Central America's worst crisis in years and created a foreign policy headache for U.S. President Barack Obama who has promised better relations ...
... Ban Ki-moon "does not believe conditions are currently in place for the holding of credible elections that would advance peace and stability." But analysts said a policy of isolating Honduras could soften ...
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Honduras crisis highlights fragile balance in Latin American democracy » The crisis in Honduras highlights the need to pay more attention to fragile and weak democracies before they present more serious challenges, says the European Partnership for Democracy. The international community’s strategy “entails clear risks both for democracy in Honduras and more generally for the regional political and institutional equilibrium,” writes the EPD’s Carlos Hernandez Ferreiro in a new report.A manifestation of deeper political trends in the region, the crisis illustrates how ...
Calling For A Revolution - Serbia » Beograd - The political situation in Serbia has not changed much yet. There has been passed a special law in the Serbian parliament about accepting the results of election - which was the main cause for beginning the protests. Now the opposition and the people are waiting to see if the law will be promptly implemented, in the meantime :
Obama in surprise Berlin Wall video address » US President Barack Obama on Monday made a surprise video address to celebrations in Germany marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall."There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny. There could be no stronger affirmation of freedom," Obama said of the fall of the concrete barrier that divided East and West Berlin for 28 years until November 9, 1989.In the message beamed into celebrations at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, once on the border between East and West Berlin, Obama told ch...
Honduras lifts opposition media ban » The de-facto Honduran government has lifted a three-week-old ban on opposition radio and television stations.Radio Globo and Channel 36 were back on air on Tuesday hours after Roberto Micheletti's administration removed a decree that limited constitutional guarantees including freedom of the press and freedom of assembly.Micheletti's representatives also met with Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, on Tuesday in an attempt to kick-start talks on the nation's political crisis that had stalled....
Could boycotts help restore some civil discourse on political issues? » There aren't many individuals in history whose names are taken in vain more than Capt. C.C. Boycott, the notorious Irish landlord who cut the wages of his tenant farmers and got himself ostracized -- and the English language enriched -- in return.The captain's name has seldom been out of public circulation since then. Yet every new boycott inspires vigorous discussion over whether this sort of pressure on the powerful is effective or fair. Currently on the table are two such actions: an advertis...
Protest at Embassy of Myanmar Burma, Washington, DC » This video documents a demonstration and metta meditation in support of justice, democracy and loving kindness in front of the Myanmar (Burmese) embassy in Washington, DC October 4, 2007. The woman speaker is Nnin Nnin Pyne (h2pyne(at)yahoo.com). The man leading the metta mediation is Hugh Byrne, a teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in DC.Democratic rule ended in 1962 when General Ne Win led a military coup d'état. He ruled for nearly 26 years and pursued policies und...
Khomeini ally now leads Iran dissidents » ISTANBUL | Three decades ago, Moshen Sazegara quit his studies at the University of Illinois to join Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s return from exile to lead Iran’s Islamic revolution.A close aide to Ayatollah Khomeini, Mr. Sazegara was a founder of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, but an eventual falling-out with the clerical regime sent him back to the United States as an exile.
In Honduras, curfew eased so residents can buy essentials » Reporting from Mexico City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras -- For a few hours Wednesday, Honduras' political drama gave way to more important matters -- like buying groceries and filling gas tanks.Streets in the capital, Tegucigalpa, were clogged with frantic shoppers after the country's interim rulers briefly lifted a nationwide curfew to let residents restock shelves. Meanwhile, the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, remained hunkered in a foreign embassy.It was the first chance for residents to get ...
Analysts See Notable Differences Between Ukrainian, Russian Elections » Political observers have praised the recent Ukrainian elections, saying the outcome of Sunday's second round contest between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and one of her predecessors, Viktor Yanukovych, is not predetermined.  That's in stark contrast to neighboring Russia, where the 2008 election of President Dmitri Medvedev was a forgone conclusion.  VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky contrasts presidential elections in two former Soviet republics.About 3,000 foreign election o...
The next wave of health care sit-ins begins today » As the debate in Congress continues over health care reform, activists are continuing to put the pressure on. In a new article at The Nation, Peter Dreier writes that momentum for reform is growing, with groups like Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and MoveOn having organized hundreds of protests in front of insurance company offices around the country, at the homes of insurance company CEOs, and at the annual conference for America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in Washington, D.C. over the ...