Stating that Sweden stands behind Ukraine, Swedish MP Margareta Elisabeth Cederfel said that Russia and Belarus, who were earlier invited to the Nobel Prize award ceremony, are not welcomed in their country.
Tibetans-in-exile commemorated the 63rd anniversary of Democracy Day in Dharamshala which marks the inception of the Tibetan democratic system in exile.
The elected representatives of the local assembly of Tibetan government-in-exile, the officers of the Central Tibetan Administration, school children and representatives of Tibetan NGOs participated in the programme organized in Shimla to mark Democracy Day.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed happiness over the formation of a committee by the central government for "One Nation, One Election" and said that this decision would ensure the prosperity and stability of democracy.
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Friday that there will be a discussion on 'One Nation, One Election'. He termed the proposal an evolution of Indian democracy and asked why the Opposition was scared of it.
Ahead of the third meeting of the INDIA alliance, CPI General Secretary D Raja on Thursday said that the primary objective of the INDIA alliance, a coalition of opposition parties, is to fight collectively and defeat the BJP in order to save the nation, the Constitution, democracy, secularis
Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said that the leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc have come together to save the democracy in the country.
The political crackdown on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan by the establishment holds no surprise, as the country’s “democratic backsliding” goes further than the embattled former prime minister, journalist and author Lynne O’Donnell, stated in her piece in Foreign Policy.
The US State Department on Friday said it has “strongly condemned” the Hong Kong authorities’ “ongoing harassment” of family members of pro-democracy activists living overseas, CNN reported.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday addressed the two-day Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference, India region and said that Parliament and legislatures have turned into "hotbeds of disturbance and disruption."
"Around 18-19 like-minded parties who believe in democracy have come together. Meetings have been conducted from Patna to Bengaluru and we have decided to name the alliance as 'INDIA'," he said while talking to the reporters.