• Malaysian democracy activists estimate that between 300,000 and half a million people peacefully took to the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur for 34 hours from August 29 to 30. (greenleft.org.au)
  • We hope this victory encourages campaigners across the country who are fighting to save the NHS. (shopstewards.net)
  • Kamel Hawwash, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign , said: "This historic victory represents a major win not just for the campaign for Palestinian rights, but for the fundamental principles of democracy, freedom of expression and justice. (palestinecampaign.org)
  • A children's campaigner, secretly monitored by the Government as part of its attempt to curtail criticism of its controversial coronavirus policies , has called on Elon Musk to reveal what Twitter knew about the spying. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • 368: Leicester NHS campaigners save children's heart unit! (shopstewards.net)
  • Campaigners warned that the result would be devastating for families whose children's lives are saved by Glenfield. (shopstewards.net)
  • But that's all gone now in the crackdown that followed large-scale protests for democracy that erupted in 2019. (ipsnews.net)
  • But following the democracy protests that burst out in 2019, China has unilaterally torn up that agreement. (ipsnews.net)
  • When the last elections for the municipal bodies were held, in the thick of democracy protests in November 2019, pro-democracy parties triumphed. (ipsnews.net)
  • Most of the pro-democracy candidates elected in 2019 were disqualified or resigned. (ipsnews.net)
  • As citizens in a democracy, we must all be able to hold politicians and candidates accountable for their views and actions. (spiked-online.com)
  • The veteran campaigner is in Edinburgh to watch this week's Holyrood elections and to catch up with his Scottish allies. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Democracy Reinvented also includes a discussion on the challenges and opportunities that come with using digital tools to re-engage citizens in governance. (brookings.edu)
  • This book, the first assay of the varieties of participatory budgeting in the United States, shows how politicians and citizens can reinvigorate democracy by rekindling their democratic imaginations together. (brookings.edu)
  • We build and share digital technologies that help people be active citizens, across the three areas of Democracy , Transparency , and Community . (mysociety.org)
  • Civic space is the cornerstone of every vibrant democracy, allowing citizens to organise and meaningfully engage in shaping their societies. (greens-efa.eu)
  • Campaigners against the controversial TTIP trade deal with the US fear the UK will negotiate an "even more disastrous" agreement after it leaves the European Union. (independent.co.uk)
  • Palantir is controversial among civil liberties campaigners. (computerweekly.com)
  • Officials and campaigners say there is reason to be optimistic that polio can be eradicated in Pakistan if a "final push" can be made. (aboardthedemocracytrain.com)
  • As the only woman reporter under Gen Zia in Karachi, Pakistan, she went on to write thousands of news reports and lead articles on the nation's transition to democracy, alternately spear-headed by civilian leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. (aboardthedemocracytrain.com)
  • In addition, there were other brave democracy campaigners from Vietnam, Tibet, Pakistan and elsewhere. (unwatch.org)
  • It is a tactic, he tells me over tea on the Royal Mile, that should have European leaders questioning whether Spain is a full democracy. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Campaigners who want Glasgow City Council to take control of the city's bus services will hand over a 7000-strong petition on Wednesday. (stv.tv)
  • Nasheed is an outspoken campaigner for climate justice on the international stage. (greenleft.org.au)
  • Our climate, our water, and our democracy need this book. (ubcpress.ca)
  • Ecuadorian campaigners are defending their local environment while standing on the frontline of the global battle to keep fossil fuels in the ground," said Izzie McIntosh, climate campaign manager for the group. (truthout.org)
  • The water rights campaigners said President Mnangagwa, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Hon. July Moyo, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu and City of Harare should find alternative means to supply safe, clean and potable water to the affected residents of Harare so as to avert a crisis and potential loss of lives and outbreak of diseases. (kubatana.net)
  • On Sunday 28 April between 12.45pm and 1:45pm ERS Scotland will be partnering with the Our Democracy and Common Weal to host Local Democracy: How can we get Real Power to Communities - a conversation on radical ways to organise Scotland's Local Government. (electoral-reform.org.uk)
  • This essay will examine the conditions that gave rise to these reforms, why one key aspect of the reforms was misguided and how other democracies took a different path. (commoncause.org)
  • Nasheed, a democracy activist and former political prisoner, was the Indian Ocean island nation's first democratically elected president. (greenleft.org.au)
  • An NHS spokesperson said: "Actually Open Democracy has had to drop its court case unilaterally as it was apparent even to them that the NHS has always acted in accordance with its legal responsibilities. (computerweekly.com)
  • The proposed ban on filming of IDF soldiers is "absurd" and means the "end of democracy," experts told RT, adding that the images showing abuse by Israeli soldiers show "how morally corrosive the occupation" has become. (rt.com)
  • Scores were injured when soldiers charged pro-democracy and anti-poverty campaigners who gathered at St Peter's Field. (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
  • Ecuadorian voters on Sunday headed to the polls to cast their votes in both a snap presidential election and to take what environmental justice campaigners said was a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to help protect one of the world's most vital ecosystems. (truthout.org)
  • Then there was Zimbabwean activist Jestina Mukoko, who was imprisoned and tortured for calling for democracy in her country. (unwatch.org)
  • If the referendum is successful, said human rights group Global Justice Now, Ecuador could "become the first country to limit fossil fuel extraction through direct democracy. (truthout.org)
  • People choose to cycle in the area because it is a better way to get around than driving, a campaigner has said. (cambridge-news.co.uk)
  • We have listened to campaigners and parents, and are putting a legal duty of care on internet companies to keep people safe," says May. (forbes.com)
  • Campaigners including CPRE, the countryside charity, RSPB, Ramblers and Wildlife Trusts and Woodland Trust release six tests to help the government put people and nature at the heart of planning. (cpre.org.uk)
  • Voters from across the political spectrum are disgusted with the obscene political domination by corporations and their wealthy owners, and they are demanding a genuine democracy accountable to We the People, not corporate interests. (commondreams.org)
  • A mood of relief and of jubilation spread from campaigners to people across the region. (shopstewards.net)
  • We have had support from a wide range of people including trade unionists, health campaigners and local people generally. (shopstewards.net)
  • You cannot consider you are in a full democracy when you simply deny the reality that you have a huge majority of people in Catalonia asking you for the right to vote. (heraldscotland.com)
  • Nevertheless, "even in places without much people power, championing environmentalism can work", as Greenpeace campaigner Li Shuo pointed out in a recent piece in The Economist . (lu.se)
  • However, as always, freedom of speech campaigners are concerned. (forbes.com)
  • In bringing the legal case, PSC - the UK's largest organisation campaigning for Palestinian human rights - had raised concerns about threats to freedom of expression, government overreach in local democracy, and the right of pension holders to have a say in the investment and divestment of funds. (palestinecampaign.org)
  • Three quarters say it is damaging people's mental health and seven in ten saying that fake news damages democracy. (forbes.com)
  • Campaigners welcomed the news but called on the council to let the public have a say over the format and design. (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
  • Democracy Reinvented places participatory budgeting within the larger discussion of the health of U.S. democracy and focuses on the enabling political and institutional conditions. (brookings.edu)
  • The ruling comes just months after the UK Government announced its intention to introduce legislation to prohibit public bodies from imposing their own direct or indirect boycott divestment or sanctions (BDS) campaigns against foreign countries - a move that was widely condemned by human rights campaigners as an attack on civil liberties. (palestinecampaign.org)
  • Current Chief Executive John Lee - who as security chief led the violent crackdown on democracy protests - was chosen last year by a hand-picked 1,500-member Election Committee, which duly endorsed him as the sole candidate. (ipsnews.net)
  • Following the Civil War, Congress enacted a series of constitutional amendments that dramatically expanded the scope of American democracy. (commoncause.org)
  • At this nadir of confidence in America's political institutions, Democracy Reinvented illuminates a method of democratic reconstruction that begins in Brazilian cities and then moves to the neighborhoods of Chicago, New York and Boston. (brookings.edu)
  • THE Ministry of Home Affairs has paid more than $6 000 as compensation to Lynette Tendai Mudehwe, a prominent pro-democracy campaigner, who was assaulted by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers when the law enforcement agents crushed an anti-government protest in Harare three years ago. (kubatana.net)
  • Little wonder that the Civic Party, one of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy parties, recently announced it was closing down . (ipsnews.net)
  • We have seen that political parties were a natural outgrowth of democracy. (commoncause.org)
  • The fork taken by the U.S. weakened political parties while that taken by other countries assured parties would remain at the center of a well-functioning democracy. (commoncause.org)
  • Henderson has also been active as a campaigner for women more generally, taking up a position with the Women's Aid Organisation in 1996 and serving on the UNIFEM UK Board from 2002-2005. (wikipedia.org)
  • At a time of heightened concern about what our future holds and how we can shape it, this book is an indispensable tool for campaigners of all kinds. (ubcpress.ca)
  • BY OWN CORRESPONDENT Giles Mutsekwa, who died last month, was praised by admirers as a tough campaigner for democracy who successfully helped fight Zanu PF's bid to declare Zimbabwe a one-party state. (co.zw)
  • But despite his exceptional role in fighting for democracy and the protection of peace in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Mutsekwa's critics accused him of joining the Rhodesian army during the liberation struggle. (co.zw)
  • This is part 7 in a multi-part series examining ways to build an inclusive democracy for the 21st century. (commoncause.org)
  • To begin creating the nature-friendly, low-carbon, well-designed, affordable homes and places of the future, campaigners are using six decisive tests to scrutinise the upcoming Planning Bill. (cpre.org.uk)
  • Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation. (brookings.edu)
  • It's been used alongside existing laws, such as the law on sedition, to jail leaders of the democracy movement. (ipsnews.net)
  • Campaigners are set to gather at the Green in Datchet on Saturday, May 22, to add messages of protest to a banner on the Green, which is funded by Datchet Parish Council. (sloughobserver.co.uk)
  • The Intelligence and Security Committee's long-awaited report on alleged interference in British democracy found that. (thepaperboy.com)
  • It said: "The war and occupation have brought neither democracy nor peace to Iraq. (bbc.co.uk)
  • According to the International Idea's Global State of Democracy report , for the fifth consecutive year, the number of countries moving in an authoritarian direction exceeds the number of countries moving in a democratic direction. (lu.se)