WORLDWIDE ACTIVISTS DISCUSS HOW TO SUSTAIN DEMOCRACY, STOP 'BACKSLIDING'
June 02, 2008
June 02, 2008
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following newsletter:
The Legal Community of Pakistan, the Journalists of Somalia, and the Monks of Burma won awards for exceptional courage in working for freedom and democracy at a world conference of democracy supporters from 100 countries in April. The delegates struggled to prevent "backsliding" or movement back towards dictatorship that has unsettled democracy movements in many post-Sovi . . .
The Legal Community of Pakistan, the Journalists of Somalia, and the Monks of Burma won awards for exceptional courage in working for freedom and democracy at a world conference of democracy supporters from 100 countries in April. The delegates struggled to prevent "backsliding" or movement back towards dictatorship that has unsettled democracy movements in many post-Sovi . . .