Full Coverage: Democracy

07/27/2007 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.

07/27/2007 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.

07/26/2007 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.

07/16/2007 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.

07/12/2007 Bangladeshin demokratia saattaa vaurioitua vakavasti puhdistusoperaatiossa, jota väliaikainen hallitus toteuttaa armeijan tuella, tarkkailijat varoittavat.

07/11/2007 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.

07/03/2007 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.