by Dr. Emel Baştürk Akca – Turkey – “We mothers, whose hearts are burning, have come together so that there will be no more pain. We do not want our children to die.” These words belong to Nurten Ekinci, a…
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The “democratic evolution” of the Kurdish Question:Turkish and Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace
Tagged with: activism, Democracy, Ethnicity, human rights, Kurds, Motherhood, Politics, Self-Determination, Turkey, War & Conflict
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Mugabe Wages Retribution Campaign After Losing the Election: Hundreds Flee for “Safety”
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – In the early hours of April 25th, Tariro Gweru and her husband Wellington awoke to a deafening knock on their bedroom hut. Wellington says he identified the frantic voices of his two friends, Simon…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Democracy, Elections, human rights, Political Violence, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
No Election Results But a Recount Begins: Mugabe Uses Violence to Reverse the People’s Will as MDC Calls for a Work Boycott
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – “The moment the people stop supporting you, that’s the moment you should quit politics.” These were the seemingly reasonable and even wise words President Robert Mugabe used in the Highfield suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe’s…
Tagged with: Africa, corruption, Democracy, Economy, Elections, human rights, Political Violence, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
The Recent Russian and Chechen Elections: Putin and His Mafia Allies Control Both with an Iron Hand
by Nadezhda Banchik – USA – On December 3rd, Russia had yet another parliamentary election. Here in the US elections are a normal part of a citizen’s life and changes in power aren’t extraordinary, “revolutionary” events. Here no leader of…
Tagged with: Chechnya, communism, corruption, Democracy, Elections, human rights, Moscow, Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Macedonian Government Systematically Attacks the Media: Albanian MPs Attack Each Other While Police Beat and Arrest TV Crews
by Natasha Dokovska – Macedonia – A scandal recently occurred at the Macedonian Parliament on September 28th, when the Albanian members of parliament physically attacked each other. Even worse, the fight escalated into a bigger brawl between the police (who…
Tagged with: Albania, Democracy, Europe, Journalism, Macedonia, police brutality
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Can the Struggle for Philippine Democracy Be a Lesson to Burma?
by Imelda V. Abaño – Philippines – The bloody military crackdown in Burma (also known as Myanmar) was bound to happen. Some people called it “pure democracy” as hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters joined with 10,000 of the Buddhist…
Tagged with: Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, corruption, Democracy, human rights, miltary-rule, Myanmar, Philippines, Uprisings
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
What Landed Haleh Esfandiari in Jail, and Why Did Iranian TV Think The World Would Believe Her “Confession”?
by Patricia Vásquez Managing Editor, The WIP – USA – In the last three days, media sources worldwide, from the BBC and CNN to the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the media arm of the Woodrow Wilson International…
Tagged with: Democracy, Haleh Esfandiari, Iran, Journalism, Media, Middle East, Political Prisoners, Politics, United States, US government
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
