Op-Ed : Another election based on religious exclusion
Source: Daily Times No election can be “free and fair” if an entire community of about 0.3 million people is effectively excluded from the electoral process Rana Tanver Set by […]
Hungary’s Fidesz signals swift NGO crackdown after Orban victory
Reuters International This content was published on April 9, 2018 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in […]
IFES – International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Who We Are Vision: Our vision is a world in which strong democratic institutions empower citizens to have a voice in the way they are governed. Mission: The International Foundation […]
Bigoted Election Campaigns, Not Terror Attacks, Drive Anti-Muslim Activity
Murtaza Hussain, Maryam Saleh March 11 2018, An upsurge in anti-Muslim activities across the United States in recent years has tracked closely with changes in the political cycle, according to […]
‘Others’ in Europe and their influence on elections
BERIL DEDEOĞLU Muslim populations in Europe have become one of the most important variables in elections in the European Union in some time. Right-wing and extreme-right politicians have developed three main attitudes toward them: “Muslims should go,” “if they stay, they shouldn’t act like Muslims” and “no more Muslims should […]
French Muslim party to run in parliamentary elections
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Anadolu Agency Photo The Turkish-Muslim Equality and Justice Party (PEJ), which mainly consists of young immigrants, will participate in France’s June parliamentary elections. The party was founded in January 2015, however some of its members had previously run in Municipal elections as independents. The […]
Wilders at Dutch campaign launch vows to crack down on ‘Moroccan scum’
Reuters International FEB 18, 2017 – Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders attends a news conference after a European far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz, Germany, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (reuters_tickers) By Thomas Escritt SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Muslim, anti-EU party leader Geert Wilders promised to […]
Plots and wiretaps: Jakarta poll exposes proxy war for presidency
Reuters International FEB 10, 2017 – (reuters_tickers) By Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – As a few hundred protesters held a rally outside his home in an upscale Jakarta neighbourhood this week, Indonesia’s former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took to twitter to vent his […]
Indonesian police ban Islamist rally ahead of Jakarta election
Source: Reuters International FEB 7, 2017 – JAKARTA (Reuters) – Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have banned a rally organised by Islamist groups ahead of next week’s hotly contested election to lead the city, officials said on Tuesday. The rally on Feb. 11, just four days before voting day, […]
Does Israel call the shots in British politics?
LINDA S. HEARD | Published — Wednesday 25 January 2017 Linda S. Heard Russia’s alleged attempt to sway the results of the US presidential election pales by comparison to Israel’s proven infiltration of Britain’s political sphere. However, whereas the US political establishment is up in arms, threatening a new […]
Le Pen follows Trump’s lead on social media bombardment
By AFP – Jan 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on September 3, 2016 shows French far-right party Front National (FN) president and member of the European Parliament, Marine Le Pen gesturing as she delivers a speech during a FN political rally in Brachay, northeastern France (AFP […]
Europe’s new ‘indispensable nations’
Jan 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Joschka Fischer After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States in 2016, this will be a decisive year for Europe. Upcoming parliamentary elections in France, Germany, the Netherlands and possibly Italy will decide whether […]
The U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries
One professor’s database cites 81 attempts by the United States to influence elections in other countries, notably in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nina Agrawal Update: President Obama on Thursday slapped Russia with new penalties for meddling in the U.S. presidential election, kicking out dozens of suspected spies and imposing banking restrictions […]
How to stop stressing about the news and get a good night’s sleep
by Roisin O’Connor in newsUPVOTE ‘Grab ’em by the pussy’ should have been the line that ended Donald Trump’s bid for US presidency. But it didn’t: the Republican who said Mexicans were rapists; threatened to deport all undocumented immigrants but bring the “good” ones back legally; build a giant wall; […]
Sadiq Khan: Zac Goldsmith’s Divisive Campaign Is Putting Muslims Off Taking Part In Politics
Khan took aim at Zac Goldsmith in Huff Post UK interview Source: Huffington Post By Owen Bennett Political Reporter Labour’s mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has warned that his Tory rival’s negative […]
Carpet-bombing history in America
Jan 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ian Buruma Ted Cruz, one of the Republican candidates for the US presidency, recently said that his solution to the turmoil in the Middle East would be to “carpet-bomb” Daesh and see if “sand can glow in the dark”. Donald Trump, the Republican front runner, […]
As election nears, Danish parties vow tighter immigration rules
JUN 15, 2015 – 07:02 By Alexander Tange and Sabina Zawadzki TONDER, Denmark (Reuters) – Recalling how a group of refugees once threatened his life if he did not retract a police statement, Frank Pedersen is angry about the increasing number of immigrants in Denmark. They are, he says, running […]
The Daily Star Lebanon Editorial: A lesson in democracy
Editorial May. 09, 2015 | 12:19 AM A lesson in democracy The Daily Star Thursday’s election in the United Kingdom – held on time and transparently – was a true display of democracy at its finest, the product of a system which allows its citizens to decide who will represent […]
UK Election results: Conservatives on course for majority
David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats – enough to form a slender majority in the […]
Robert Fisk: Another ‘sham’ election is over, so what now for Algeria?
The ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a fourth term in a ballot decried as fraudulent by his critics In Algeria, politics is theatre, blood is real. You may joke about […]