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- Partial recount of votes in Afghanistan ordered
- UN-backed electoral commission has found clear evidence of fraud during the recently held presidential election in Afghanistan. Recounting will be conducted at ...
- 'Democracy in India is failing'
- The Jan Haq Yatra, covering 16 Indian states, was recently organised to sensitise people on pressing social and economic issues. Faisal Anurag and ...
- Cry for my beloved country
- When recently Bhutan took its first steps towards democracy, the international community and media showered praise on its monarch. But for those living in ...
- Organisations in India protest against emergency in Pakistan
- Several India-based organisations came together here in New Delhi yesterday to express their solidarity on the International Day of Action on Pakistan. They ...
- 'Emulating American terror response will be a great mistake'
- The ‘war on terror’ that the US launched in response to Nine-Eleven has made the world even more prone to terrorism than it was ever before, argues journalist ...
- Indian civil rights groups demand terror encounter probe
- Serial blasts had rocked the Indian capital earlier this month. Later police raided a house in South Delhi. An encounter ensued. Two persons killed. Two ...
- UN for strengthening democratic values in Myanmar
- Myanmar may have announced a road map to democracy, but improving the human rights situation in the country is still a challenge, feels a key UN official. He ...
- The scapegoats of terrorism
- At a recent People’s Tribunal in Rajasthan, western India, it was clear that the state is acting in a partisan and prejudiced manner in the name of curbing ...
- New activist president for Maldives
- For Maldivians he is their own version of Nelson Mandela. Mohamed Nasheed has traveled a long distance from being an Amnesty International prisoner of ...
- Living under the shadow of draconian law
- Human rights groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur are seeking UN intervention to put an end to arbitrary arrests and brutal killings at the hands of ...
- Obama win takes US beyond race
- Barack Obama's historic White House victory takes America beyond racial politics as a nation in transition elects its first black President. For other world ...
- Bangladesh likely to end emergency before poll
- The military-backed interim government may end the state of emergency as the country moves closer to its election date in December. In power since January ...
- Defying protests, Kashmir votes
- Undeterred by chilling weather and amid the boycott call by Muslim separatists, Kashmir voted yesterday in the state assembly elections. For many casting the ...
- Kashmiri women see a window of opportunity
- The ongoing state elections in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir are providing the women a platform to raise their concerns, long unacknowledged by the ...
- Emergency lifted in Bangladesh
- Just ahead of general elections in Bangladesh later this month, President Lajuddin Ahmed has lifted the state of emergency that was in place since January last ...
- Nepal mulls reviving democracy at grassroots
- A decade ago local administrative bodies in Nepal were functioning well towards ensuring development until war broke out. Taking a cue from the past successes, ...
- Presidential poll begins in Maldives
- Polling in the Maldives for the first ever multi-party presidential election has begun today. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who has been at the helm of ...
- 'Not to tolerate landlessness beyond 2012'
- A country that lacks leaders who can engage with people to listen to their grievances and address them within a democratic framework is civilisationally ...
- Curtains come down on Indian elections
- With the Phase-V polling over yesterday, the month-long election process in India has come to an end. Several exit polls and surveys have given the ruling ...
- Ushering good governance in India
- Social Watch India’s report on Governance and Development 2008-09 explores the intrinsic relation between effectiveness and legitimacy in ...
- 'India has failed to craft Indians out of Kashmiris'
- Seema Kazi in her book: Between Democracy and Nation: Gender and Militarisation in Kashmir, has focused on the drastic consequences of ...
- Nepal sliding back into the abyss
- Nepal prime minister’s resignation has further endangered the already fragile peace process in the country. The Maoist leader has expressed his disappointment ...
- 'Voter cynicism should not be mistaken for apathy'
- Amidst allegations of fraud in the presidential elections in Afghanistan, the very wisdom of having a democratic system for the country has come under cloud. ...
- Landslide victory for Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh polls
- In the country’s historic elections held after two years of emergency rule, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League led grand alliance has pulled ...
- Tiananmen vigil held in Hong Kong
- Last week hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre. In 1989, the Chinese government had ...
- India's missing think tanks
- India needs to adopt innovative thinking, say editors Rohit Pradhan and Sushant K Singh. They claim policymaking has to move beyond politicians ...
- Pakistani protesters begin the 'long march'
- Lawyers and political activists from across Pakistan have begun their four-day march, despite the government’s crackdown on protesters. They are demanding ...
- Indian minister blows hot and cold on Maoist insurgency
- India’s home minister has said that his government is in a position to end Maoist insurgency by 2012 and at the same prepared to hold talks if they are ready ...
- CRY asks Indian voters to vote on behalf of children
- Child Rights and You (CRY) has released a children’s manifesto to draw the attention of people and political parties towards their issues. Released just before ...
- The foolproof voter of India
- India's election verdict has once again proved that voters expect results and not rhetoric from their political leaders. To find favour with people, political ...
