Another arrest has been made under the Internal Security Act (ISA), the ninth this year under the draconian law that provides for indefite detention without trial.
London-based Economic Intelligence Unit believes that the general election will only be called once BN strengthens its position among the ethnic minorities and middle-class Malays.
There was talk of an early general election, but the rumour machines now suggest that the election will be held only later. The Barisan Nasional-led federal government needs room to manoeuvre before renewing its mandate.
Saturday night the final results of South Africa’s fourth democratic local government elections were released by the country’s Independent Electoral Commission and accepted by all parties.
No, the Philippines did not sacrifice human rights in the altar of free trade. This was the answer of Wigberto Tañada, Chairman of the Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, to the question asked of speakers at a forum on Thursday, 26 June 2011.
The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) today releases a report that calls upon the role of the private sector in our education system to be enhanced.
Unfortunately, fair and free elections are still a challenge on the African continent……..
The official inauguration of Ivory Coasts’s president Alassane Dramae Ouattara on Saturday, 21 may, marks the final point of a battle won for democracy on the African continent.
INTERVIEW The date of the upcoming general election is still anybody’s guess but for Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim, all the signs are in the air.
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