Democracy

...said. Kahane's ideas degrade the parliament and democracy, he said, but so does the American intervention, which infringed on the Knesset's sovereignty to determine its agenda -- something even the government is not allowed to do. Kach...

In this article: Meir Kahane, Knesset, Zehava Galon, Yitzhak Rabin, and Israel

The Obama administration, caught in the middle of a power struggle in this tiny Central American nation, was urgently pressing Friday for the survival of an accord that it called "a historic victory for democracy." "No, it's not...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, State Department, and Honduras

Cubans are dissatisfied. They want change -- politically and economically,'' Sutton said. The institute, which receives funding from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Endowment for...

In this article: Cuba, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, U.S., Cuban Revolution, and Internet mail

...his term runs out on January 27. The latest setback dealt a blow to foreign and US diplomats, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who had hailed last week's agreement as a triumph for democracy. "We urge both sides to act in the...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Supreme Court, State Department, Honduras, United States, and Best interests

...of an accord it hailed as "a historic victory for democracy." </p><p>"No, it's not dead, but maybe sleeping for the time being," said State Department press spokesman Fred Lash. </p><p>A senior State Department official said the stakes are...

In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, State Department, and U.S.

...people of Iran have already demonstrated. I, along with most Iranians, was quite disheartened to learn that earlier this month, the U.S. State Department had denied all funding to a human rights center, as well as an online Farsi-English...

In this article: Iran, Green Movement, United States Congress, Reza Pahlavi, U.S., HuffPost, British House of Commons, and U.S. State Department

...corrupt junta. But Campbell also insisted on having a highly visible meeting with the leader of the country's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, and then publicly called on her persecutors to grant her party more freedoms. This is the...

In this article: Iran, United States, Syria, Kurt Campbell, Uranium, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, George W. Bush, and Tehran

...the government, as well as other individuals who support policies or actions that undermine the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Guinea," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said on Thursday. Human Rights Watch said this week...

In this article: Guinea, United States, Thomson Reuters, Human Rights Watch, All rights reserved, Small business, and NYSE

The best example of State's use of social media is its Democracy Video Challenge. Launched at the beginning of last year to promote democratic ideals, the Video Challenge invites citizens from around the globe to submit videos that complete...

In this article: State Department, YouTube, Smith-Mundt Act, Twitter, Iran, Web-based, and 2007 Super Bowl