by chloe | Jan 8, 2020 | Canada & the Caribbean, Elections
by William Crawley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies The principles of freedom of information and freedom of expression are regarded as the core of shared values to which Commonwealth governments aspire. In practice many Commonwealth countries...
by chloe | Dec 7, 2019 | Elections
by Antoine Capet (University of Rouen) When reading the party manifestos for the forthcoming General Election, I was struck by the evolution in party thinking – at least as expressed to the voters – since the war. In my lecturing, I used to dwell on the difference...
by chloe | Sep 19, 2019 | Asia, Human Rights, India
by Kiran Hassan, Associate Fellow By revoking article 370 on August 5th 2019, prime minister Narendra Modi kept his pre- election promise which held great appeal for his ideological support group the RSS, his Hindutva led political party the BJP and millions of...
by chloe | Jul 30, 2018 | Africa, The Commonwealth
by Sue Onslow, ICWS Deputy Director Zimbabwe has long been particularly important to the moral purpose of the Commonwealth. Indeed, in the 1970s, Commonwealth support enabled Joshua Nkomo to meet world leaders in closed session at the Commonwealth heads of government...
by chloe | Jul 19, 2018 | Asia
by Kiran Hassan, Associate Fellow Pakistan is holding its third consecutive election on 25th July 2018. Many observers looking at the relationship between elections and media allege that the military maintains considerable sway and uses its weight to ensure who comes...
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