Cobertura total: Democracia

27.07.2007 BANGKOK, Jul 27 (IPS) - Dr. Weng Tojirakan was in a defiant mood the morning after he was detained by the police at the Criminal Court in the Thai capital. "This happened because of the tyranny in our country," the 56-year-old medical doctor said in an interview Friday.

27.07.2007 South Asia Partnership International (SAPI) is organising the South Asian Regional Conference on Invisible Faces of Violence on Women in Politics: Breaking the Silence, from 18-20 September 2007 at Hotel Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal.

26.07.2007 Pakistan 's Superintendent of Central Prison in the southern port city of Karachi spends sleepless nights trying to figure out how to save the life of 107 inmates - all of who face the death sentence. Human rights organisations in the country chose to remain mum on the issue.

16.07.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (OneWorld) - Despite the return of democratic rule a little over one year ago, there has been no let up in cases of police abuse in Nepal, according to human rights defenders involved in a countrywide campaign against torture.

12.07.2007 Bangladeshin demokratia saattaa vaurioitua vakavasti puhdistusoperaatiossa, jota väliaikainen hallitus toteuttaa armeijan tuella, tarkkailijat varoittavat.

11.07.2007 Sisällissodasta toipuvassä länsiafrikkalaiessa Sierra Leonessa pidetään parlamentti- ja presidentinvaalit 11. elokuuta. Puolueiden vaalikampanjat käynnistyivät virallisesti tänään. YK:n pääsihteerin erityisedustaja Victor Angelo vetosi eilen puolueisiin rauhallisen kampanjan puolesta.

03.07.2007 Social Watch India – a broad network of CSOs and communities – monitors governance processes to push forward the national democratic agenda. Its recent report analyses the performance of four key bodies: the parliament, judiciary, the executive and the panchayats, with particular focus on new policies like the NREGA, SEZ, etc.