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By Michael Allen on January 20, 2010
Authoritarian regimes have deliberately targeted and intensified attacks against human rights and democracy advocates over the past year, according to the annual review of Human Rights Watch. [read full story]
Posted in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Blogs, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Human rights, Kenya, National Endowment for Democracy, Regions, Sri Lanka, authoritarianism, democracy, democracy promotion, democracy support, dissidents | Tagged Afghanistan, authoritarian, azerbaijan, burundi, china, democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, dissidents, Egypt, ethiopia, human rights watch, Kenya, National Endowment for Democracy, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, turkmenistan, uzbekistan |
By Michael Allen on June 19, 2009
Azerbaijan’s parliament, the Milli Mejlis, has postponed discussion of the proposed amendments to the NGO and media laws scheduled for today. Officials claimed that the deferral was due to lack of but democracy activists insist it was, in the words of one activist “clearly a political move” in response to “strong international and local resistance.”
Some [read full story]
Posted in Azerbaijan, Backlash, Eurasia, NGOs/Civil society, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, media | Tagged authoritarianism, azerbaijan, democracy, NGOs |
By Michael Allen on June 5, 2009
Democracy and human rights groups in Zimbabwe are concerned at current moves to curb the activities of NGOs deemed to engage in political activities. The National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO) has rejected plans by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Labor and Social Services to amend laws regulating NGO operations.
Under the troubled [read full story]
Posted in Africa, Backlash, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, Zimbabwe | Tagged civil society, Defending Civil Society, Movement for Democratic Change, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, Private Voluntary Organizations, Zimbabwe |
By Michael Allen on May 21, 2009
Russia’s crisis is worse than the rest of the world’s, writes Anders Åslund, due to inadequate reforms, extraordinary corruption and dependence on commodity exports. Although Dmitri Medvedev and his “ambitious technocrats” are ostensibly in charge, they have been unable to implement the necessary reforms as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains the de facto dominant power.
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Posted in Backlash, Eastern Europe, Human rights, NGOs/Civil society, Russia, authoritarianism, corruption, economic crisis | Tagged authoritarianism, civil society, corruption, democracy, Human rights, NGOs, Russia, tandemocracy, Vladimir Putin |
By Michael Allen on April 8, 2009
Democracy and human rights groups are urging the Congressional Black Caucus, which yesterday met with Fidel Castro, to press Cuba’s communist authorities on the welfare of the island’s political prisoners and democracy activists, including Afro-Cuban prisoner of conscience Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet and civil rights activist Jorge Luis Perez Garcia, aka “Antunez.”
The World Movement for [read full story]
Posted in Cuba, Democracy assistance, Human rights, Labour/labor unions, NGOs/Civil society, authoritarianism, dissidents | Tagged civil society, communism, cuba, dissidents, labor movement, NGOs, obama administration, trade unions |
By Michael Allen on October 31, 2008
One of the characteristics of the anti-democracy backlash is that while some states are openly repressive towards independent NGOs, others maintain a more ambiguous position, allowing civil society groups to operate under restrictions and the threat of arbitrary interference or dissolution. Regimes are also being more proactive, forming tame, government-organized NGOs or GONGOs.
A new breed [read full story]
Posted in Regions | Tagged democracy, GONGO, NGOs, NGOs/Civil society |
By Michael Allen on July 2, 2008
Dissidents and independent journalists in Central Asia are being smeared and targeted for attack, reports Jeff Gedmin of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty. In a case with ominous echoes of the Soviet past, Sazak Durdymuradov, a teacher in Turkmenistan was incarcerated in a psychiatric clinic after refusing to end contacts with RFE/RL.
State agencies have adopted [read full story]
Posted in Eurasia, Regions | Tagged Backlash, NGOs |
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