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By Michael Allen on March 19, 2009
Tolekan Ismailova, director of the Human Rights Center “Citizens Against Corruption” and World Movement for Democracy activist, was detained on March 18 with three other persons in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Women’s Learning Partnership, a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy, reports that the arrests followed a peaceful commemoration of the anniversary of the March 2002 [read full story]
Posted in Eurasia, Human rights, National Endowment for Democracy, corruption, protests | Tagged corruption, Eurasia, Human rights, kyrgyz, National Endowment for Democracy, protests |
By Michael Allen on March 18, 2009
Chinese labor activist Yao Fuxin, a leader of the largest worker protests in communist Chinese history, has been released from jail after serving a seven-year sentence for subversion of state power.
Yao was unrepentant over his role in organizing the 2002 demonstrations in Liaoyang which mobilized tens of thousands of laid-off workers seeking improved benefits from [read full story]
Posted in Asia, China, Human rights, Labour/labor unions, protests | Tagged china, Human rights, Labour/labor unions, protests |
By Michael Allen on February 10, 2009
The news that a pro-Palestinian blogger has been kidnapped by security forces has drawn attention to the role of bloggers in Egypt’s protest movement. Recent cases involving pro-Hamas activists also highlight the fact that not all of the country’s bloggers are well-meaning digital democrats.
Young Egyptian activists are using Facebook and similar social networking technologies to [read full story]
Posted in Blogs, Egypt, Labour/labor unions, democracy promotion, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Blogs, democracy promotion, Egypt, Labour/labor unions, promoting democracy, protests |
By Michael Allen on February 10, 2009
Labor standards will likely trump human rights when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Beijing later this month, one analysis suggests. The communist authorities are unlikely to respond positively to criticisms of its recent clampdown on democratic dissidents and bloggers, particularly when the economic crisis is making party leaders jittery:
Beijing’s worst nightmare is that these [read full story]
Posted in China, authoritarianism, dissidents, economic crisis, protests | Tagged authoritarianism, china, dissidents, economic crisis, protests |
By Michael Allen on February 3, 2009
A half-century ago, Comandante Huber Matos helped stop the Cuban revolution from turning into a bloodbath by persuading President Batista’s senior army officers to defect and join his comrades. On the evening of the accord, rebel leader Fidel Castro proclaimed the victory of the revolution, declaring “Never again will there be a dictatorship on Cuba!”
Shortly [read full story]
Posted in Cuba, Democracy assistance, Labour/labor unions, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, dissidents, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged authoritarianism, cuba, Democracy assistance, dissidents, Labour/labor unions, National Endowment for Democracy, NGOs/Civil society, promoting democracy, protests |
By Michael Allen on January 7, 2009
Observers have highlighted recent demonstrations by several thousand protesters in Vladivostok opposing a new tariff on imported vehicles as initial rumblings of discontent that may prefigure more widespread social unrest as Russia struggles to cope with economic meltdown and volatile oil prices.
The likelihood of serious economic, social and political turmoil is 50 percent, according to [read full story]
Posted in Eurasia, authoritarianism, economic crisis, protests | Tagged authoritarianism, economic crisis, Eurasia, protests, putin |
By Michael Allen on June 19, 2008
Several pro-democracy activists were arrested today outside the headquarters of the National League for Democracy in Yangon, Burma. Over 100 people had assembled to offer food to monks as a religious offering for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the occasion of her 63rd birthday.
Burmese exiles demanding her release are demonstrating in many countries, while [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Regions, Themes | Tagged Asia, burma, democracy, protests, Themes |
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