Highlights

EPD Newsletter- Winter 2011

Democracy news

21 / 05 / 2012

More than 60 killed in Syria despite presence of U.N. monitors

21 / 05 / 2012

Egypt ‘revolution youth’ divided ahead of landmark poll

21 / 05 / 2012

‘Election silence’ prevails in Egypt as final countdown to landmark voting starts

21 / 05 / 2012

Zimbabwe: I Am Tired, Mugabe Says

18 / 05 / 2012

Results for Egypt’s expat voting Friday; U.S. group to send 22 monitors to polls

18 / 05 / 2012

Syrian opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun resigns amid mounting criticism

18 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Military Source Denies Armed Forces' Intention to Issue Constitutional Declaration

16 / 05 / 2012

Syria National Council reelects Ghalioun president

16 / 05 / 2012

Copts to shun Islamists in Egypt’s presidential, vote fear sectarian conflicts

16 / 05 / 2012

Myanmar Vows to Cease Buying Weapons From North Korea

15 / 05 / 2012

Syria's squeezed moderate voices

15 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: 57 Thousand Expats Voted in Elections Until Monday Noon

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Liberal Party Warns of Campaigning in Mosques

14 / 05 / 2012

[Ticker] Belgium: EU is considering military presence in Syria

14 / 05 / 2012

Death toll mounts across Syria as EU readies new round of sanctions against Assad

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Day 1 in Expats Voting - High Turnout in Gulf Countries, Average in Europe

14 / 05 / 2012

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Officially Declares His Ambition to Lead Zanu-PF

11 / 05 / 2012

Security Council condemns Syria ‘terrorist attacks’; Syrian U.N. envoy blames al-Qaeda

11 / 05 / 2012

Syria calls on U.N. to fight terror; Arab League says blast aimed to foil Annan’s plan

11 / 05 / 2012

Moussa and Abul Fotouh face-to-face in Egypt’s 1st ever presidential debate

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29 / 09 / 2011

BELARUS: Trading Political Prisoners for Loans

"Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is releasing political prisoners in hope of getting loans from the IMF. After the unexpected pardons over recent weeks, only about a dozen political prisoners remain in Belarusian jails. Among them are Lukashenko's rivals in the December 2010 presidential elections, serving up to six years of hard labour." Read more

 

By Robert StefanickI, IPS news, 26 September 2011 


 


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