Full Coverage: Democracy

29.06.2007 Pengesahan ratifikasi antipenyiksaan belum menjamin praktik penyiksaan dihapuskan dari Bumi Indonesia. Maka, ayo desak Pemerintah dan Parlemen memberi sanksi hukum yang tegas ke aparat negara yang melakukan tindakan penyiksaan dengan menyediakan mekanisme hukum yang adil dan jujur.

28.06.2007 Despite losing her bid to become a city council person in Watsonville, California, Mireya Gomez brought many young Latinos into the political process.

27.06.2007 Greenpeace, Legambiente, WWF e Cisl hanno lanciato un appello online per la democrazia e l'ambiente in Myanmar (Birmania). Nel Paese le foreste vengono distrutte per sovvenzionare una brutale dittatura e per sostenere il suo sforzo di guerra contro le minoranze nazionali che, per le stesse ragioni, a loro volta sfruttano le foreste nelle aree da loro controllate. Per dare l'idea di quello che succede, alcune aree le concessioni forestali vengono "protette" con mine anti-uomo. Spesso nelle concessioni si fa uso di lavoro schiavile e comunque vengono violati i diritti delle comunità. Le foreste del Myanmar sono uno degli ultimi spot di foresta primaria tropicale nell'Asia continentale, ma il commercio internazionale di Teak ne minaccia la sopravvivenza: infatti questo legno è prelevato in quantità eccessive per sovvenzionare un regime sanguinario, grazie alla costante domanda da parte dell'industria del parquet e della cantieristica navale.

26.06.2007 The UN Mission has welcomed the decision of the Nepalese government to hold elections to the Constituent Assembly on 22 November, 2007. The election is seen as a progressive step in the direction of peace and democratically elected
Constituent Assembly.

26.06.2007 "Caste-Based Reservations and Human Development in India" by K.S. Chalam analyses one of the most contentious issues of our times – caste-based reservations, one which has seen tragic, needless deaths and riots and has torn the country apart into protagonists and antagonists.

14.06.2007 SANTIAGO, Jun 14 (IPS) - Human rights groups in Chile described General Raul Iturriaga Neumann as "cowardly" for fleeing the justice system, which sentenced him to five years in prison for the 1974 forced disappearance of a leftwing activist.

13.06.2007 Rumah Sekjen Garut Governance Watch (GGW) Agus Sugandhi dibakar orang tak dikenal tanggal 2 Maret lalu. Diduga, hal itu terkait dengan aktivitas Agus dalam membongkar praktik korupsi yang melibatkan pejabat Kabupaten Garut.

13.06.2007 FSPI report the case of violence and shooting against the peasants in Tanak Awu, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara to the UN Commission of Human Rights in Jakarta. This time, the case is reported to the special delegation of UN Secretary Hina Jilani.

08.06.2007 Entisissä itäblokin maissa kansalaisyhteiskunta ei ole ottanut toimiakseen, demokratisointi ei kiinnosta tavallisia ihmisiä. Kansalaistoiminta on saanut myös vahvan poliittisen sävyn, ja liikkeitä on syytetty muun muassa lännen sätkynukeiksi.

05.06.2007 Diskusi buku Memahami Revolusi Venezuela, yang rencananya dilaksanakan pada 1 Juni lalu di Toko Buku Ultimus, Bandung, terpaksa ditunda. Alasannya, selain adanya unsur intimidasi, panitia khawatir akan dibubarkan paksa seperti peristiwa setahun lalu.

05.06.2007 Yayasan Spiritia akan menggelar Kongres Nasional Orang dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHA) dan Orang yang hidup dengan ODHA (OHIDHA) ke-2 dari 29 Juli hingga 1 Agustus 2007 di Jabodetabek. Diharapkan, kongres ini akan dihadiri oleh sekitar 300 peserta.

04.06.2007 There have been a series of targeted attacks perpetrated against Papernas in recent times. Although a number of complaints have been filed against the perpetrators, there has been inadequate police investigations and action taken on these cases.