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"No democracy under occupation"

Afghanistan: Malalai Joya is an angry woman

by Dominique Bari

9 April 2010

The young Afghan deputy and women’s rights champion was thrown out of parliament for having exposed foreign interference in her country and the worsening violations against women fomented by the continued occupation.

“Ten years after Dayton, Bosnia is not a democracy”

by Srdjan Dizdarevic

2 December 2005

Nationalist parties of all tendencies (Muslim SDA, Croatian HDZ and Serbian SDS) do their best to block any evolution for they fear the loss of power. The religious authorities usually support them. The authoritarian tradition of the State is still strong in Bosnia and those who favour change, (…)

“An electoral fraud that will end in drama”

by Rifaat as Said

13 September 2005

Since the beginning of the 1980’s, we lost the constitutional reform. In August 2004, nine opposition parties made an alliance I speak for. This coalition reiterated our demands and wishes, above all, to limit the President’s terms of office. As you could see, the president has only amended one (…)