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• Death threats force ‘Iran’s Lech Walesa’ into exile

  
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  Death threats from government security services have forced Iran’s most prominent labor union leader into exile. Mansur Osanlu, the head of the Tehran bus workers’ union, told RFE/RL’s Golnaz Esfandiari that the Islamic republic is becoming more repressive “day by …
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• USAID develops ‘bad reputation’ among autocrats

  
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  Bolivia expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development last week because the agency doesn’t just offer paternalistic aid to the poor, it also advances democracy by promoting their empowerment. “It was a familiar charge for the State Department’s principal foreign …
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• Kerry must raise ‘existential threat to Russian civil society’ as opposition aims to revive anti-Putin protests

  
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      “Thousands of people turned out Monday for a protest here that was intended to draw attention to what organizers said was the return of political prosecutions in the Russian courts,” The New York Times’ Andrew E. Kramer reports …
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• Iraq: Parliament Report Alleges Officials Ordered Raid

  
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  Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A preliminary parliamentary committee report based in part on witness interviews and given to Human Rights Watch claims top Iraqi officials ordered a raid on a demonstrators’ camp on April 23, 2013, in Haweeja. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Beatrice Mtetwa: fighting for rule of law in Zimbabwe

  
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    “The most damning part of a new documentary about Beatrice Mtetwa , a lawyer who’s spent decades fighting human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, comes from the mouth of President Robert Mugabe’s former minister of information,” writes The Washington Post’s …
  3 weeks ago

• Iraq: Investigate Deadly Raid on Protest

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 144
  Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Iraqi authorities should ensure that a promised investigation into a deadly raid on April 23, 2013, in Haweeja, near Kirkuk, examines allegations that security forces used excessive and lethal force. (Baghdad) ...
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• Fayyad resignation: ‘scapegoating’ a Palestinian state-builder

  
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    The resignation of Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad as a consequence of rifts with President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Fatah faction is a severe blow to prospects for Palestinian statehood, democratic development and the revival of the …
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• After the election: uncertain outlook for Kenya’s democracy

  
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  While Kenya ’s closely-watched March election was not without flaws, the process was considered credible by the Kenyan courts and international observers, and the results were accepted by the opposition, marking a significant improvement over the violence following the December …
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• ‘China Dream’ needs clearer vision & substance

  
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  While Western commentators have lauded China’s model of authoritarian development – even advocating its transferability to other developing economies – President Xi Jinping isn’t so enthusiastic. “ China’s model of development is not sustainable ,” he said this month. But …
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• Putin pushes NGO law – Soldiers’ Mothers branded as ‘foreign agents’

  
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  “Until prosecutors all over Russia set to work unmasking “foreign agents,” 80-year-old Raisa’s biggest worry was whether her tiny pension would ever allow her to get the false teeth she covets. Raisa — last name Golubyatnikova — cheerfully admits she’s …
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• Venezuela opposition fears crackdown, as Maduro tries to consolidate power and US calls for recount

  
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  “Venezuela’s opposition leaders feared persecution over post-election protests while the U.S. government backed their calls for a recount and said on Wednesday it was still deciding if it would recognize President-elect Nicolas Maduro,” Reuters reports : The razor-thin victory by …
  4 weeks ago

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