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12 Jun 2007, 1:52 am
The opposition members, most of whom belong to the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) [party website], will be sentenced on July 8 and face [read post]
16 May 2010, 11:08 am
The accused are members of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship [party website, in Thai], also known as red shirts [BBC backgrounder] and were arrested [Bangkok Post report] for violating an emergency decree prohibiting political gatherings of more than five people. [read post]
19 Apr 2004, 8:49 am
In another move that appears calculated to consolidate his rapproachment with Western democracies, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called Sunday for the lifting of so-called "exceptional laws" passed soon after he took power three decades ago that had banned political parties and established the death penalty for opponents of the regime. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 8:49 am by Ned Foley
New Common Ground Democracy column, with this subtitle: “The consequences of the nation’s two-party system is vividly on display with the elimination of Kyrsten Sinema and Nikki Haley from their respective races. [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 1:59 pm
Smell the contempt for democracy from America's Media elites. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 9:44 am
Contents include:Susy Frankel & Daniel Gervais, Plain Packaging and the Interpretation of the TRIPS Agreement Shalini Bhargava Ray, Optimal Asylum Steven Arrigg Koh, Geography and Justice: Why Prison Location Matters in U.S. and International Theories of Criminal Punishment Gur Bligh, Defending Democracy: A New Understanding of the Party-Banning Phenomenon [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 1:02 pm
The Center for Democracy and Technology welcomed today's House Judiciary Committee hearing on warrantless surveillance and civil liberties. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 9:33 am
[JURIST] Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [BBC profile; party profile] on Monday urged the government of Pakistan to return to the rule of law and restore democracy in the country, now under emergency rule [JURIST bews archive]. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 8:53 am by Amy Mathieu
A judge in Diyarbakir ruled [Reuters report] that the detainment of Selma Irmakand and Faysal Sariyildiz, Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party members of parliament, and independent member Kemal Aktas violated their rights as elected officials and released them. [read post]
17 Dec 2023, 9:25 am by Derek Muller
Scott Mainwaring (Notre Dame) and Lee Drutman (senior fellow at New America) have this new whitepaper at Protect Democracy, “The Case for Multiparty Presidentialism in the U.S. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 9:15 am
The Ethiopian Justice Ministry said that Mideksa, leader of Unity for Democracy and Justice [party website], asked the government for a pardon last month, a claim that she later confirmed in an interview [Bloomberg report]. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 8:16 am
Among those freed were members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, including Zaw Myint Maung [Irrawaddy report], who had been imprisoned for [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 4:32 am
[JURIST] Pakistani police Tuesday issued a "preliminary complaint" against approximately 200 journalists, opposition party members and pro-democracy activists who demonstrated outside the Pakistan parliament building Monday evening protesting an emergency media ordinance in defiance of a government ban on unauthorized rallies [JURIST report] issued late last week by Pakistani President Pervez [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 5:58 am
Jatuporn Prompan and Karun Hongsakul face charges of terrorism [Bangkok Post report], instigating violence, and unlawful assembly in connection with their leadership positions in the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) [party website, in Thai], a group known as red shirts [BBC backgrounder] that conducted anti-government protests spanning from March 12 to May 19.... [read post]
28 Mar 2005, 8:10 am
[JURIST] The Himalayan nation of Bhutan [government website], population 530,000, released the text of a proposed new constitution over the weekend that would transform the system of government from a Constitutional Monarchy into a two-party representative democracy. [read post]
11 Nov 2004, 3:48 am
" Saying that the law served "no rational state purpose," the court concluded "that by denying Independence Party [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 4:45 am
Bush said Wednesday that it was "inexcusable" for the recently-concluded constitutional convention in Myanmar to have excluded opposition party National League for Democracy [Wikipedia backgrounder]. [read post]