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Serbia’s Suspicious Election
[ad_1] Credit: Vladimir Zivojinovic/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, January 26, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 26 (IPS) – Serbia’s December 2023…
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Bangladesh: Election with a Foregone Conclusion
[ad_1] Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, January 12, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jan 12 (IPS) –…
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COP28: Climate Summit in Closed Civic Space
[ad_1] Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Nov 17 (IPS) –…
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Senegal: Democracy in the Balance?
[ad_1] Credit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) – Civic…
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Nepals Same-Sex Marriage Breakthrough
[ad_1] Credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 28 (IPS) – Nepal…
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Eswatini: Election with No Democracy on the Horizon
[ad_1] Credit: Eswatini Government/Twitter Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 21 (IPS) – Eswatini heads to the…
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Myanmar: Military Junta Gets a Free Pass
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 23 (IPS) – The violence keeps coming in Myanmar, under…
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Hong Kongs Lights of Freedom Extinguished
[ad_1] Credit: Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 09, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 09 (IPS) – Nothing…
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Uzbekistan: A President for Life?
[ad_1] Credit: Victor Drachev/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 05 (IPS) – Where…
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Fiji: Deeper Democracy or Continuing Danger?
[ad_1] Credit: Pita Simpson/Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 28 (IPS) – It’s been a…
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Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 21 (IPS) – The current fighting in Sudan marks the…
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Civil Society a Vital Force for Change Against the Odds
[ad_1] Opinion by Ines M Pousadela, Andrew Firmin (london / montevideo) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) –…
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Georgia: Danger Averted, for Now
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 17 (IPS) – Georgian civil society can breathe a sigh…
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Belarus: A Prison State in Europe
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 15 (IPS) – Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the…
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Russia and Ukraine: Civil Society Repression and Response
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of…
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Eswatini: Democracy a Matter of Life and Death
[ad_1] Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) – Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini…