Full Coverage: Democrazia

27.02.2008 It’s been more than a year now since the State of Emergency was imposed in Bangladesh. More than 250,000 people have faced arrests during this period. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has documented numerous cases of arbitrary arrests, often carried out at a scale that is difficult to fathom in many other countries.

20.02.2008 Election results in Pakistan may have thrown up a hung parliament but the verdict is unequivocal, when it comes to expressing the will of the people in ousting President Musharraf. It remains to be seen how far the democratic process from here goes.

18.02.2008 DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) - Whatever today's election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country's people, said human rights groups in the United States and Asia this weekend.

18.02.2008 Even three hours after polls opened, voter turnout in Pakistan was not very encouraging. Although, President Pervez Musharraf has urged people to come out of the confrontationist approach and get into a conciliatory mood, many refrained from venturing out for fear of attacks.

11.02.2008 NAIROBI, Feb 11 (IPS) - Negotiations to bring an end to the political chaos in Kenya that was sparked by disputed presidential elections entered their third week Monday in the capital of Nairobi, amidst reports that an agreement may finally be in sight.

06.02.2008 India has slipped to 128th position in the world human development index. An average expenditure of farmer household is less than half a dollar a month. About 82% of them suffer from indebtedness. Yet the government is withdrawing from sectors that matter most to the poor, says Magsaysay awardee P. Sainath.

01.02.2008 When Right to Information Act was passed in India, it was flaunted as a revolutionary step towards ensuring good and accountable governance. But people in rural India are not just finding it difficult to access information but also facing retribution for demanding it, says a report.