Full Coverage: Democracy

29.04.2006 Pokret DOSTA! organizira mirne proteste svake subote, javno se suprotstavljajući (ne)radu vladinih predstavnika/ca za građanstvo. Ovi protesti su reakcija na opće nezdravo stanje države i loš kvalitet života u BiH, a posebno se ističe da je protest i protiv nedavnog poskupljenja struje u BiH. I danas, 29. aprila protesti počinju na Trgu BiH Sarajevo u 12.00 sati.

28.04.2006 Mexicans have fought long and hard to bring democracy to their country. That's why the spectacle of the current presidential elections is particularly lamentable.

27.04.2006 In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections. Ortega, president during the Sandinista revolution in the 1980s, is running for president for the fourth time since his first defeat in 1990.

26.04.2006 Parte dalla mailing list "La nonviolenza in cammino" l'iniziativa di proporre alla Presidenza della Repubblica una donna, Lidia Menapace: "una donna della Resistenza, una donna della nonviolenza, una donna del femminismo; una donna della cultura e dell’impegno civile, una donna costruttrice di pace e di democrazia, di giustizia e di solidarietà, di legalità e di misericordia, di riconoscimento di umanità, di affermazione di tutti i diritti umani per tutti gli esseri umani". "Non c'è un appello strutturato e una campagna centralizzata - scrivono i promotori dell'iniziativa che ha già trovato ampio consenso in numerosi esponenti della società civile. A tutte le persone e le associazioni disponibili chiediamo naturalmente di diffondere l’informazione sulla proposta in modo adeguato e coerente al fine". E l'interssata risponde "Grazie, grazie! Anche a me piacerebbe, non fare la presidente, ma sentire a quanti sembrerebbe una cosa accettabile: significa che basterebbe guardarsi in giro tra le persone che da tempo si occupano di politica in modo semplice costante e pulito e si troverebbe che sono tante ancora. Abbracci e grazie, Lidia".

25.04.2006 Ha culminado la primera batalla de una guerra que va mucho más del proceso electoral. Y los resultados de la primera vuelta electoral, no han hecho sino confirmar lo que la tradicional derecha política y económica peruana tanto temía...

25.04.2006 Rights body Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a letter by a group of Nepali activists, being currently detained at Duwakot Armed Police barracks, criticising the international community for its response to King Gyanendra's public address made on Friday.

24.04.2006 from Anorak:
“The electorate is not going to be taken in by any johnny-come-lately bolt-on environmentalism.”

24.04.2006 The Hong Kong-based human rights organisation Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called for Nepalese king Gyanendra to step down so that people can bring him to justice. The organisation says that the king's defiance to restore democracy has only made the people more determined to oust him.

21.04.2006 International Nepal Solidarity Network narrates, in detail, the demonstrations that rocked Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Thursday against the rule of king Gyanendra. Three protestors were killed in clashes with security forces. Follow the link for a detailed account.

20.04.2006 El canciller de Nicaragua, Norman Caldera, defendió este miércoles la intervención del embajador de Estados Unidos, Paul Trivelli, en los asuntos internos del país, que ha sido motivo de fuertes críticas de parte de la prensa y políticos locales.

20.04.2006 Nepalissa kamppailu demokratiaan paluun puolesta on muuttumassa yhä kärkevämmäksi. Laajaa mielenosoitusta suunnitteleva demokratialiike vaatii kuningas Gyanendraa lopettamaan yli 14 kuukautta jatkuneen poikkeustilan, jonka aikana demokraattisten instituutioiden toiminta on kiellettyä ja kansalaisoikeudet on supistettu olemattomiksi.

19.04.2006 A coalition of press freedom groups, including the World Association of
Newspapers (WAN), has asked the King of Nepal to end the violent crackdown on journalists and others in the recent protest demonstrations that have
jolted the Himalayan nation.

19.04.2006 IN THE early 1990s, world summits and global conferences set specific development targets with hopes that these would lead to a new commitment to human development in economic and social policies. Obviously, significant headway has been made since 1990. Poverty has declined, but the remaining challenges are massive. Today, extreme poverty remains a daily reality for more than 1 billion people who subsist on less than $1 a day.

19.04.2006 PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday put job quotas in the private sector on the national agenda by calling on industry to voluntarily extend affirmative action, saying it was time companies acknowledged the value of diversity and broad-based their workforce.

18.04.2006 Partitë politike në Serbi nuk kanë parime demokratike në punë partiake, që paraqet rrezik për procesin e demokratizimit të shoqërisë dhe të shtetit që ato udhëheqin, vlerësojnë ekspertët në fushën e shkencave politike në tryezën e rrumbullakët të mbajtur në Institutin e Shkencave Shoqërore, në Beograd.

18.04.2006 After up to 20 hours of detention, 36 staff members of ActionAid International Nepal, alongside representatives of other non-profit organisations, were released by Nepalese authorities.

18.04.2006 The Union of Women Associations of Macedonia (SOZM) held a workshop under its Women Can Do It in the Media Project. The workshop, held yesterday, concluded that the medi play a key and decisive role in the creation of opinions and information in the field of gender equality, but they first need to increase their internal gender sensitivity.

18.04.2006 The nationwide strike call, given by seven Nepali opposition parties to protest against the absolute rule of King Gyanendra, has taken a heavy toll of the common man and many citizens are voicing their concern over the impact the deteriorating political situation will have on their daily lives.

17.04.2006 Avokati i Popullit, z. Ermir Dobjani u takua javëne kaluar në zyrën e tij me një përfaqësi të Koalicionit për Nxitjen e Pjesmarrjes së Grave dhe të Rinjve në Politikë, të cilët i dorëzuan atij një peticion ku argumentojnë dhe kërkojnë realizimin e një kuote prej jo më pak se 30 përqind për pjesëmarrjen e grave dhe të rinjve në politikë.

17.04.2006 The most vigorous and sustained phase of the "movement" against the direct rule of King Gyanendra continues in Nepal's capital of two million people. Professionals also have come out openly in the streets protesting against monarchy.