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,...
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Minority Rights Day 2021: Every nation in the world has its share of minorities, whether linguistic, cultural or ethnic. Preserving...
Biden Democracy Summit: Minority rights paramount in any political system
US President Joe Biden gestures after driving Hummer EV Image credit: Reuters In its recently released report on the state...
Minority rights at stake in Bangladesh
Author: Shafi Md Mostofa, University of DhakaBangladesh is once again in the spotlight of the international media for violating minority...
Pakistan: a nation of minority rights abuses
After Jinnah died, without a national leader who holds the country together and with a shabby state, a vacuum opened...
“We defend the rights of minorities”
Refilwe Moloto speaks with Freedom Front Plus election chief and MP Wouter Wessels to discuss his manifesto. Freedom Front Plus...
Democratic Socialists Want to Fight for Minority Rights, Not Suppress Them
Jeremy Corbyn, the democratic socialist leader of Britain’s Labour Party, sums up his political vision by saying Labour is “for...
SC Ruling That Minority Rights Cannot be Waived is a Boost for Minority Institutions
In any democratic society, the constitutional impulse for giving some special rights to minorities stems not from the desire to...
Constituent Assembly Debate: Minority Rights—I
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on 9 December 1946, in the Constitution Hall (now the Central...
Ignoring minority rights is part of the Brussels agenda to homogenize Europe
The European Commission recently launched infringement proceedings against Hungary and Poland for alleged violations of LGBTQ + rights. While Brussels...
3-Minute Civic: Representative Democracy vs Direct Democracy
In our system, the power to govern comes directly from the people. The Constitution of the United States begins with...
Guest Columnist Jon McCabe: Yes to minority rights but no to minority domination
Democracy is always rooted in the assumption that the majority should generally do what they want, with a few important...
Safeguarding minority rights is part of Pakistan’s fundamental ethics: Moazzam Ahmad Khan – Pakistan
Published on August 13, 2021 11:37 Safeguarding minority rights is part of Pakistan's fundamental ethic: Moazzam Ahmad Khan LONDON (Azhar...
Gaps in liberal democracy and a look at the political imbalance in the cabinet reshuffle
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
ASIA / PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: the rights of minorities violated Peshawar (Agenzia Fide)...
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On Quebec’s Bill 96, Canada must protect minority rights
Jacques Parizeau studied at the London School of Economics; André Boisclair at Harvard; Paul St-Pierre Plamondon in Oxford: all the...
CoE President Parlt addresses Hungarian leaders on minority rights
Rik Daems, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, met with Hungarian leaders on Friday in Budapest...
The guardian of the constitution of the country of minority rights: Tahir Ashrafi
MULTAN - The Prime Minister's Special Representative on Religious Harmony Moulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said on Tuesday that minorities should...
UN Experts: Loss of Kashmir autonomy jeopardizes minority rights | United Nations News
Srinagar, Kashmir under Indian administration - United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern over India's decision to end Kashmir's...
Minority rights – Journal – DAWN.COM
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to safeguard religious sites around the world, in accordance with...
Pakistan, India argue at UNGA over minority rights in their respective countries – world
Pakistan and India clashed at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday over the situation of minority rights in...
Let’s curb this unbridled incompetence with a direct democracy à la Suisse
The Swiss vote on legislation, not the day-to-day government. Some will say the public doesn't care or aren't smart enough...
The benefits of liberal democracy
Liberal democracy is like a bizarre fruit that ripens slowly and spoils easily. The main reason is an inability to...
Can minority rights be protected without political representation?
Minorities face significant challenges, especially Muslims in the current context, which are largely linked to their under-representation as well as...
CS verdict violating minority rights
Recent ruling by two-judge bench removes autonomy from West Bengal madrasas The protection of minorities is the mark of a...
The threats of liberal democracy from within
While the United States is spending its energy fighting against itself, the rest of the world is on the move...
India’s strength is secular democracy with minority rights (Congressman)
Expressing concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the citizenship bill which has been approved by...
Liberal democracy seems on a razor’s edge
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 – The Himalayan Times – Nepal’s No. 1 English Daily Newspaper
Inclusiveness and minority rights: the reservation guarantees them Inclusiveness is about not restricting anyone on the basis of race, caste,...
Minority rights | The Daily Star
The Constitution of Bangladesh can be identified as a supreme pro-nationalist law which declared "Islam" as the state religion and...
The Double Threat to Liberal Democracy – Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik The crisis of liberal democracy is today severely criticized. Donald Trump's presidency, the Brexit vote in the UK...
The Double Threat to Liberal Democracy by Dani Rodrik
Illiberal democracy - or populism - is not the only political threat facing Western countries. Liberal democracy is also undermined...
Removing gender injustice would only strengthen minority rights in India
The triple talaq was overturned by the Supreme Court. A small step for gender equality and in the slow march...
Main challenges related to the implementation and protection of minority rights in Nigeria
By Femi FalanaINTRODUCTION: The Constitution does not recognize the rights of minorities or minority groups but the fundamental rights of...
Are minority rights a good idea?
In diverse and egalitarian societies, it is always good to have them. They are not at the expense of the...
Federalism addresses the rights of minorities: Prof. R. Sivachandran – Opinion
Professor R. Sivachandran, member of the Central Committee of Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), in an interview with the Daily...
Tunisia must confirm commitment to minority rights – EURACTIV.com
Tunisia is a promising young democracy in many ways, but its penal code must be brought into line with its...
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Are we witnessing the death throes of American liberal democracy?
Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NYAlexis de Tocqueville, a liberal...
Democracy and Minority Rights | The Qatar Peninsula
History is full of lessons and examples from which some learn and move forward to build and create, while others...
