China’s belligerent attempt to sabotage this week’s Nobel award ceremony is “a symptom of a broader global transformation,” writes the Asia Society’s Jamie Metzl.
Beijing is committed to undermining the norms, conventions and institutions that comprise the international human …
With 145 reporters, editors, and photojournalists behind bars on December 1st, the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide reached its highest level since 1996, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Much of the increase …
On top of detaining hundreds of dissidents and using its diplomatic muscle in a vain effort to sabotage the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Beijing has even gone so far as to establish a rival award to counter the choice …
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a resolution expressing support for China’s leading dissident. But this week’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in his honor “is turning into a global showdown reminiscent of confrontations between the democratic world and …
Opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara won Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election by an “irrefutable margin,” the U.N.’s top envoy said today. But Russia is obstructing further U.N. efforts to resolve the standoff.
The incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo has resisted calls to concede, …
A former shoeshine-boy-turned-president is leading the polls ahead of Peru’s presidential elections.
Alejandro Toledo left office in July, 2006, but opinion polls show rising support for his candidacy in next April’s contest. Toledo enjoys 26% support compared with 22% for …
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The West’s development assistance should be more focused on strengthening civil society, Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (left) said today.
“If development policies could be linked as strongly to the strengthening of civil society as to the improvement …
Venezuela’s parliament appears set to unveil new constraints on independent civil society groups, including restrictions on foreign assistance.
President Hugo Chávez recently urged his allies in the National Assembly to adopt a “severe” law that would effectively stop foreign funding …
Tuesday, December 7, 2010. 10 a.m. Honoring Liu Xiaobo. News conference to honor the Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize winner and call on the Chinese government to improve its human rights record. Speaker/s: Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.; Rep. Joseph …