New constitution based on Zimbabwe Constitutional Referendum voting sees Presidential powers reduced, but will it work?
International Democracy articles
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Historic UN Violence Against Women Act Passes
UN Violence Against Women Act is global success on issue with horrific violence needing changes
Call for Dictatorship to Release Vietnam Blogger
Dissent and government criticism illegal with many in dictatorship jails as calls rise for government to release Vietnam blogger jailed for his democracy support
Parliament Seeks Italy’s Exit From Crisis
European allies watch nervously as Italy’s exit from crisis threatened from political turmoil
Kurdish Jerusalem Remains Thorn in Iraq’s Side
Conflict between Kurdish north and Arab south plague Iraq’s politics including in Kirkuk, an ancient city known in English as the Kurdish Jerusalem
China’s Dissident Blind Lawyer Visits Taiwan
Chen Guangcheng, China’s blind lawyer visits Taiwan to get support for his national reform crusade
New Study Tallies Huge Cost of Iraq War
Cost of Iraq war in hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars says new analysis
Mugabe Dictatorship Eyed as Zimbabwe to Vote
Can Zimbabwe’s dictator allow a fair vote or an opposition win? Zimbabwe to Vote as Africa Watches
US, EU and Canada: Making a Democratic Union
Canada’s trade deal with EU hints at larger EU-US deal to come and of making a democratic union
Lebanon Elections at Risk From Syria Violence
Syria’s spreading violence puts Lebanon elections at risk and threatens to unseat neighbor’s fragile political order