Turkey among bottom 20% of Liberal Democracy Index: report
Turkey was ranked 147th out of 179 countries in the Swedish Institute for Varieties of Democracy's (V-Dem) Liberal Democracy Index,...
Turkey was ranked 147th out of 179 countries in the Swedish Institute for Varieties of Democracy's (V-Dem) Liberal Democracy Index,...
Minority Rights Day 2021: Every nation in the world has its share of minorities, whether linguistic, cultural or ethnic. Preserving...
US President Joe Biden gestures after driving Hummer EV Image credit: Reuters In its recently released report on the state...
Author: Shafi Md Mostofa, University of DhakaBangladesh is once again in the spotlight of the international media for violating minority...
After Jinnah died, without a national leader who holds the country together and with a shabby state, a vacuum opened...
Refilwe Moloto speaks with Freedom Front Plus election chief and MP Wouter Wessels to discuss his manifesto. Freedom Front Plus...
Jeremy Corbyn, the democratic socialist leader of Britainâs Labour Party, sums up his political vision by saying Labour is âfor...
In any democratic society, the constitutional impulse for giving some special rights to minorities stems not from the desire to...
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on 9 December 1946, in the Constitution Hall (now the Central...
The European Commission recently launched infringement proceedings against Hungary and Poland for alleged violations of LGBTQ + rights. While Brussels...
In our system, the power to govern comes directly from the people. The Constitution of the United States begins with...
Democracy is always rooted in the assumption that the majority should generally do what they want, with a few important...
Published on August 13, 2021 11:37 Safeguarding minority rights is part of Pakistan's fundamental ethic: Moazzam Ahmad Khan LONDON (Azhar...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds meeting with the new Union Cabinet at his official residence in New Delhi on July...
ASIA / PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: the rights of minorities violated Peshawar (Agenzia Fide)...
Jacques Parizeau studied at the London School of Economics; André Boisclair at Harvard; Paul St-Pierre Plamondon in Oxford: all the...
Rik Daems, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, met with Hungarian leaders on Friday in Budapest...
MULTAN - The Prime Minister's Special Representative on Religious Harmony Moulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said on Tuesday that minorities should...
Srinagar, Kashmir under Indian administration - United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern over India's decision to end Kashmir's...
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to safeguard religious sites around the world, in accordance with...
Pakistan and India clashed at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday over the situation of minority rights in...
The Swiss vote on legislation, not the day-to-day government. Some will say the public doesn't care or aren't smart enough...
Liberal democracy is like a bizarre fruit that ripens slowly and spoils easily. The main reason is an inability to...
Minorities face significant challenges, especially Muslims in the current context, which are largely linked to their under-representation as well as...
Recent ruling by two-judge bench removes autonomy from West Bengal madrasas The protection of minorities is the mark of a...
While the United States is spending its energy fighting against itself, the rest of the world is on the move...
Expressing concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the citizenship bill which has been approved by...
In Mohammed Hanif's novel Red Birds, an American bomber pilot crashes his plane in the Arabian desert and finds himself...
Inclusiveness and minority rights: the reservation guarantees them Inclusiveness is about not restricting anyone on the basis of race, caste,...
The Constitution of Bangladesh can be identified as a supreme pro-nationalist law which declared "Islam" as the state religion and...
Dani Rodrik The crisis of liberal democracy is today severely criticized. Donald Trump's presidency, the Brexit vote in the UK...
Illiberal democracy - or populism - is not the only political threat facing Western countries. Liberal democracy is also undermined...
The triple talaq was overturned by the Supreme Court. A small step for gender equality and in the slow march...
By Femi FalanaINTRODUCTION: The Constitution does not recognize the rights of minorities or minority groups but the fundamental rights of...
In diverse and egalitarian societies, it is always good to have them. They are not at the expense of the...
Professor R. Sivachandran, member of the Central Committee of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), in an interview with the Daily...
Tunisia is a promising young democracy in many ways, but its penal code must be brought into line with its...
Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NYAlexis de Tocqueville, a liberal...
History is full of lessons and examples from which some learn and move forward to build and create, while others...