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18 Jan 2016, 12:56 pm
The National League for Democracy Party (NLD) [official website, in Burmese], which won in a national election [JURIST report] last November, has already promised [Myanmar Times report] that there will be no political prisoners when they take office in late March. [read post]
20 Jan 2024, 10:49 am
New Common Ground Democracy column. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 11:48 am
The officers, including 25 generals and admirals, were arrested last month [JURIST report] for allegedly participating in a coup plot referred to as "Operation Sledgehammer" [Al Jazeera backgrounder] after the Justice and Democracy Party (AKP) [party website], which has Islamic roots, came into power in 2002. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 2:05 am
Mahamadou Issoufou, leader of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) [party website, in French], claims the corruption charges are politically motivated [BBC report] [read post]
7 May 2006, 8:55 am
The Maoists and a seven-party alliance of opposition political parties joined forces in a number of pro-democracy protests [JURIST news archive] last month which led to King Gyanedra [official profile] [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 12:02 pm
[JURIST] The co-chairman of Turkey's Peace and Democracy Party, Kurdish rights advocate Selahattin Demirtash [official profile, in Turkish] was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for allegedly promoting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) [BBC backgrounder; FAS backgrounder]. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 11:55 am
In light of this now-depressing new normal, for today's classic column, I was going to reprint the column in which I first used the phrase "the end of constitutional democracy" to describe the existential threat of Trumpism:"Is This the Beginning of the End of Constitutional Democracy in the U.S.? [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 4:00 am
Militant democracy extends to political parties the idea that nations can permissibly use force against subversive individuals. [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 5:47 am
The editorial ends by saying that because the people voted to "improve democracy," the commissioners ought to take improving democracy "more seriously. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 10:38 am
There is no democracy in India today. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 9:44 am
In a democracy, a legitimate election represents the will of the people. [read post]
26 Nov 2012, 2:53 am
However, that democracy already seems to be dying, with the Muslim Brotherhood firmly entrenching itself as both the party of today and the party of the future. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Trump is testing our commitment, not to him or his party, but to the very idea of government by the consent of the governed. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 11:31 am
Indeed, the massive collection of personal data has enabled political entrepreneurs, both at home and abroad, to hack democracy. [read post]
18 Mar 2022, 6:30 am
Has the practice of petitioning in fact been a net positive for democracy? [read post]
7 Mar 2015, 10:05 am
In one-party states, the dominant party may have successfully co-opted all of the other institutions-- including capital, the military, and the church. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 7:55 am
The Chinese Communist Party differs from political parties found in Western democracies in that the CCP is vested with the leadership role within the Chinese constitutional hierarchy.[2] The state government in China can be understood as the administrative apparatus under the leadership of the CCP and its multi-party coalition.[3] The leadership role of the CCP includes the authority to organize itself and to exercise authority over its members. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 8:52 am
Nothing less than the state of our democracy is at stake. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 11:20 am
The suggestion that the Framers trashed that fundamental principle when it comes to legislating the rules of democracy makes no sense. [read post]
17 Jun 2024, 11:36 am
Militant democracy can include prohibiting political parties and activities that aim to subvert democratic governance. [read post]
