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Tag: Politics and Government
Pakistani Party Blames Security Establishment for Killing of Former Lawmaker
The political party M.Q.M., which has controlled the politics of the city of Karachi for decades, said one of its former lawmakers, Syed Ali Raza Abidi, was assassinated.
China Holds Secret Trial for Rights Lawyer After 3 Years in Detention
The case of Wang Quanzhang shows how Chinese officials can override legal protections. But he and his wife have also become symbols of resistance.
The Border Dividing Ireland Has Long Been Invisible. Brexit Threatens to Make It Real.
Britain’s exit from the European Union threatens to disrupt trade and potentially reinvigorate conflict between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Sudanese Police Try to Break Up Swelling Protests Against Bashir
The police used tear gas and fired in the air to try to disperse thousands of protesters calling on Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan’s president of 29 years, to step down.
On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?
Hungary has the trappings of a 21st-century European democracy, but uses its devices to exert the same kind of control as the autocracies of the Cold War.
Netanyahu Announces Early Elections
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing a series of corruption investigations, said Israel would hold early elections in April.
Talal bin Abdulaziz, Reformist Saudi Prince, Is Dead at 87
Prince Talal led a group of princes calling for a constitutional monarchy in Saudi Arabia in the 1960s. He was also a supporter of women’s rights.
Sudanese Protests, After Days of Violence, Turn Anger Over Bread Toward Bashir
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s government is facing a crisis of legitimacy, analysts say, with inflation that leaves some Sudanese spending 40 percent of their incomes just on bread.
It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid.
A giant dam was supposed to help lift Ecuador out of poverty. Instead, it’s part of a national scandal, and a future tethered to China.