Flourishing civil society An important corollary to a free press is a robust civil society.
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Crackdown on civil society The new law comes amid a growing crackdown on civil society in China.
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Yiaga, along with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room are the lead civil society organizations serving as the watchdogs over the electoral process.
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What, then, of the Habermasian vision of the café as an arena of civil society, and of civil society as the foundation of enlightened societies?
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Our companies all have already invested in existing programs to support civil society, but programs like the Civil Society Empowerment Programme highlight the potential benefits of greater collaboration.
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Mr. Parvez, who leads the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, planned to submit a "civil society stakeholder's report" to the rights council on the situation in Kashmir.
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"If the calls for an independent civil society from abroad ease, he will not amend the law," Eid said, adding that the government did not respect civil society in Egypt.
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You stress over and over again that the internet was built by civil society, is maintained by civil society, and will become something much darker if that ceases to be the case.
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"Recognizing that a vibrant civil society is a cornerstone of stability and prosperity, the administration has expressed strong support at every level for the role of civil society in China," it added.
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Those detained include political activists, journalists and civil society members.
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Hunters are also leading civil society campaigns against lead pollution.
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Such a transfer is the very mark of civil society.
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Hundreds of civil society organizations have also been shut down.
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Civil society is fragmented after decades of repression and cooptation.
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The authorities have stepped up their repression of civil society.
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Unmonitored retaliation does not work in a modern civil society.
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As far as I know, civil society is still standing.
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Commitment known and recognized by our public and civil society.
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Political activists, civil society members and journalists have been detained.
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Civil society groups have complained that Facebook's support is weak.
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"Civil society did not disintegrate," she said of Leningrad's plight.
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India does, however, possess a noisy and determined civil society.
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I believe in the work done by civil society organizations.
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And there has been a slow maturing of civil society.
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There are few civil society organizations and no independent media.
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Burwell, is a case about religion's role in civil society.
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Support for civil society reforms reduces corruption and promotes democracy.
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Civil society groups have complained that Facebook's support is weak.
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The detention of Mr. Díaz has jolted Venezuelan civil society.
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There's no need for assault weapons in a civil society.
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The courts obviously, federal and state government, civil society, businesses.
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The Communist Party has never liked or trusted civil society.
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He stressed he wants to influence politics through civil society.
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Diversity, or lack thereof, impacts both policy and civil society.
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The march was a product of Palestinian civil society efforts.
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Oxfam has worked with civil society organizations in Puerto Rico in support of federal legislation to authorize the creation of a Civil Society Task Force as an alternative for the coordination of recovery funds.
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Like every July 1 rally, the march was testament to a lively and active civil society, unimaginable in the mainland which continues to crack down on civil society groups, lawyers, overseas NGOs and religious groups.
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Responding to last month's arrest of 13 academics and civil society representatives linked to Kavala, EU commissioner Johannes Hahn said Brussels was troubled by the arrest of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society activists.
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"We are really looking for a more inclusive type of government, which offers a better space for civil society and realizes that civil society is there to help government, not to fight government," said Ibrahim.
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Russians identify with the state, Ukrainians identify with a civil society.
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United, they will almost always overpower civil society groups and politicians.
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The dispirited remnants of Egypt's civil society miss the relative openness.
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But civil society is not a perfect defence against such traumas.
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Keeping up the pressure is South Africa's fiercely combative civil society.
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This is, obviously, hugely corrosive to civil society and democracy itself.
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Soviets wanted to eradicate all traces of a functioning civil society.
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There's been a candlelit protest over imprisoned Catalan civil society leaders.
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At the same time, we can't ignore the civil society component.
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These views are abhorrent and have no place in civil society.
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Nevertheless, civil society groups say polls in Haiti are notoriously unreliable.
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The draft law enraged civil society groups and the international community.
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Opposition politicians and some civil society groups have opposed the changes.
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The victory of Ukraine's civil-society movement is far from guaranteed.
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Should civil society be providing new sources of guidance and communion?
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There is no independent media, functioning civil society, or religious freedom.
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President Obama himself has mentioned the repression of Hungarian civil society.
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In this polarized nation, civil society needs a 3,141-county strategy.
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In contrast, from civil society we heard pleas for immediate action.
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A public pool in a civil society means access to all.
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Authoritarian regimes are, in general, averse to a strong civil society.
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Civil society activist organization Lucha on Twitter also condemned the announcement.
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He spoke of dialogue between religions "and also in civil society".
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And counter-pressures are building in the country's vibrant civil society.
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At home, the crown prince has locked up civil society activists.
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They identified as "they" – the people excluded from "our" civil society.
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Instead, working to empower local civil society should be the priority.
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Half will come from civil society, and half will be women.
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The civil society protesters have tended to be less anti-American.
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A botched coup was followed by a purge of civil society.
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In a civil society, it's usually important to be — well — civil.
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The UN hasn't always been great about engagement with civil society.
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Canada has raised the issue of civil society activist detentions before.
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The current president is under fire from civil society groups for signing a fisheries agreement in September with Chinese firms — the deal is opaque, civil society groups say, and will rob local fisherman of their livelihoods.
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A new report on youth leaders — the future of civil society — suggests that young participants in social movements overseas feel disconnected and disengaged from the sources of leadership and funding that have traditionally encouraged civil society actors.
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Most tellingly, he argues that since an elected government represents the will of the people — and since civil society should strive to fulfill the people's will — then civil society exists to carry out a ruling party's manifesto.
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The liberalizing forces of civil society and market economics are not prevailing.
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Climate Week was about celebrating synergies between business, civil society and government.
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Right now the civil society in Africa is truncated, you have fragmentation.
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Pakistani civil society activists hold placards during a peace rally in Islamabad.
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The mirror image of strong parties is a relatively weak civil society.
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That pleased civil-society groups that had been pushing for tougher rules.
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In turn, this civil society approach will empower them to help themselves.
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PiS's tentacles are spreading from the government and media to civil society.
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Turkey's request has sparked criticism from journalists and civil society in Kosovo.
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The palace's monopoly on do-gooding had starved civil society of oxygen.
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Hong Kong has a vibrant civil society and growing openness to homosexuality.
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Educators and civil-society organisations must spread the lessons of the past.
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He built a mini civil society, the only way out of war.
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At the time, officials had no guidelines for working with civil society.
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In contrast to 2005, civil society groups survived Mr. Yanukovych's second ouster.
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In Macau, the party became entrenched; its influence spread throughout civil society.
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An emboldened civil society and free press helped hold politicians to account.
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Civil-society groups are worried that freedom of expression is being squeezed.
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Russia's civil society is now more entrenched, more knowledgeable and more skeptical.
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But he is busy throttling the independent civil society he once championed.
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Civil society is broken in Venezuela and crime is on the rise.
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Governments, corporations, and civil society need to work together across the globe.
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The growth of civil society activism is also adding to this pressure.
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Yes. From civil society, mainly women, and a handful of female MPs.
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Macron had promised to include figures from civil society in his government.
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Civil society leaders are struggling to maintain confidence in the new government.
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Bensalah said he would consult with the political class and civil society.
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And it is through dialogue that civil society is formed and sustained.
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Human rights and civil society would be a thing of the past.
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Joining them were scientists, policymakers, civil society organizations and agriculture industry participants.
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Afzal's killing sparked online tributes from Pakistan's small but vocal civil society.
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We want a civil society, where ideas are met with other ideas.
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The blackout set new terms to this debate by involving civil society.
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Why not also meet with civil society groups that critique their work?
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A divided and vulnerable civil society is an easy target for manipulation.
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Meanwhile it falls on civil society initiatives such to fill the void.
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Civil-society groups say they are being threatened as viciously as ever.
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Another provision allows remittances to pro-democracy groups and civil society groups.
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There are 30 Egyptian civil society members barred from traveling right now.
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China is not a modern nation-state, much less a civil society.
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"The space for civil society has shrunk," says Alice Mogwe, a lawyer.
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But civil society remains vibrant, and critical voices can still be heard.
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Much of these strategies to choke off civil society come from Moscow.
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This is how we lay sturdy foundations for a truly civil society.
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The campaign is made up of nonprofits, civil society organizations and activists.
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Independent civil society groups, youth and women's organizations have made major headway.
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They do not — and cannot — represent American civil society in a democracy.
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It was the response of a civil society to a massive attack.
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Extreme overreaction on both sides led to a disastrous civil society standoff.
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It quiets civil society and threatens the privacy rights of us all.
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My fears are that those things find a place in ordinary, civil society.
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"It made me rethink just how important civil society organizations are," he said.
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For Kurdish civil society members, this means they need all hands on deck.
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The full thing is that NGOs and civil society treat businesses as evil.
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States scarred by communism are not incapable of producing strong civil-society movements.
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But Mr Xi has been even tougher on civil society than his predecessors.
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"In this fell swoop, they'll arguably be silencing civil society voices," she wrote.
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So basically, like, nowhere important if you want to engage in civil society.
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For many in civil society groups, the court appearance came as a surprise.
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Domestic observers from a coalition of civil-society groups will also be watching.
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Social progress cannot be imposed; it has to be channeled through civil society.
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It has a stronger civil society and retains a more vigorous independent media.
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We've played a leadership role in organizing civil society participation in this election.
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The EU said the judgment was "worrying news for civil society in Myanmar".
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It has a robust civil society with a healthy and free independent media.
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She was later due to meet a delegation of the Civil Society Network.
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These developments reflect the autonomous rise of civil society in war-ravaged Afghanistan.
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But America can't be strong if we aren't building a strong civil society.
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And, at this point, it's also essential for the maintenance of civil society.
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Civil society and the voters can also contribute by highlighting and encouraging bipartisanship.
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How can we strengthen the media and civil society engagement in this region?
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Muhammad Shehada is a writer and civil society activist from the Gaza Strip.
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"They help civil society and [Telegram should] to do that too," he said.
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That is so vital for a vibrant civil society everywhere on the planet.
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But the groups' leaders vowed to continue to promote civil society in Hungary.
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The country now has multiparty democracy, and more open media and civil society.
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The civil society reinforced what is not-inclusive: skin color, religion and language.
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A robust, active, civil society is an indispensable safeguard for a healthy democracy.
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One of those students was Viktor Orban, who studied civil society at Oxford.
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But it has also demonstrated the resilience of America's civil society — for now.
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Also new is a coalition of civil society candidates focused on improving services.
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Civil society groups, banks, carmakers and health providers are expected to weigh in.
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Countering this trend will require significant vigilance and regulatory oversight from civil society.
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We will fight your nationalist agenda and try to maintain a civil society.
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SaveSA is made up of civil society groups, business leaders and prominent individuals.
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Even if that were true, a democracy movement needs a supportive civil society.
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The center is a civil society non-profit organization based in New York.
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This is a building block necessary for our voluntary civil society to function.
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Mr. Modi's government has been even more openly hostile to civil society groups.
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But she can't applaud them, she says, if civil society is not free.
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It's a rule in first grade, it's a basic standard of civil society.
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Government forces, the coalition added, had also responded by attacking civil society leaders.
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My fears are that those things find a place in ordinary civil society.
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The test, then, is how the media and civil society respond to this.
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Civil society doesn't exist, friendship doesn't exist, family doesn't exist — only permanent revolution.
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Civil society organizations have opposed proposed new laws to regulate non-government organizations and the creation of a new counter terrorism act, which rights groups see as a move to clamp down civil society activities and the right to peaceful assembly.
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It should build on what civil society groups are already doing in the region.
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I think we're seeing younger people get more engaged in civil society around voting.
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To what degree are we talking about the role of artists in civil society?
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The relationship between them and civil society will, and should, be at times scratchy.
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It also prohibits all organized political opposition, independent media, civil society, and trade unions.
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Many civil society organisations and political parties, including the opposition, have welcomed Coomaraswamy's appointment.
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AMLO mistrusts "civil society", the pressure groups that call for stronger checks and balances.
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It also turned to civil society and academic experts to help craft the language.
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Instead lawmakers talked of tightening restrictions on civil society before shelving the bill altogether.
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And when unions wither, wage inequality rises, and civil society is impoverished as well.
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Some critics say he has had too little experience working with civil-society organisations.
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Andrew McLaughlin is a board director of several tech companies and civil-society organisations.
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In the afternoon, Kerry met privately with members of Bahrain's opposition and civil society.
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For a party unused to co-operation with civil society, this posed a challenge.
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Civil-society leaders and journalists say they report corruption to ministers, but nothing happens.
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And civil society has been writing and meeting with Google about GAE since 2013.
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This means civil society rather than government may prove more decisive in future wars.
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These candidates, with the backing of civil-society groups, are advocating for national reforms.
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He mistrusts not only his enemies but also civil society and the middle class.
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The goal is to strengthen critical civil society institutions, not just to feel reaffirmed.
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Human rights activists say those detained include political activists, civil society members and journalists.
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A local civil society official based in Beni, Janvier Kasahiryo, gave the same figures.
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Chilling effect Civil society groups are alarmed by the implications of the proposed law.
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We cannot allow these companies to privilege money over democracy, profit over civil society.
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"They are building new media, a new civil society and a new deep state."
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"The institutions of both political and civil society are holding up well," Krauthammer wrote.
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Civil society, however, can and must work to generate sensible responses to this problem.
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Since Xi Jinping took office in 2012, the crackdown on civil society has intensified.
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US civil society needs to include more global perspectives on the country's foreign policy.
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But some civil society groups have criticized the in-kind payment system as "archaic".
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Where women are engaged in civil society and politics, peace and democracy can grow.
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The United Nations says the bill effectively makes civil society a branch of government.
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In this respect, cooperation in the field of civil society can be further strengthened.
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Several civil society groups are also lobbying for a woman to lead the organization.
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B.E.: You place the university at the center of a democratic and civil society.
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"Civil society basically isn't going to secure itself," Guarnieri told Motherboard in an interview.
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"We have never characterized any action by civil society representatives as illegal," said Jeffers.
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"I don't think that's going to work in a republic, in a civil society."
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The Guard was the product of wrenching debates in Mexico's Congress and civil society.
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For many, the detention appeared to be a warning to others across civil society.
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One would think that remittances could help democracy in Cuba by financing civil society.
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Fifty-nine civil society groups from the country called on the government to cooperate.
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The press, academia and any other noncompliant parts of civil society are under attack.
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The process would gradually bring in other insurgent and civil society groups, he said.
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In China today, all independent civil society and freedom of expression have been banned.
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ORG is the place where civil society and NGOs reside in the digital environment.
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Authority was devolved from central to local officials; civil society was allowed to develop.
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Others argue that the harm of allowing firearms in civil society outweighs the good.
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In Bulgaria American pressure repeatedly helped to protect civil-society groups from government reprisals.
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Second, civil society must design itself a vehicle to drive organized collaboration with companies.
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Civil society groups have certainly had an impact on how the city is managed.
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And I think part of what makes ordinary charitable giving a good thing is the conversion of every individual's idiosyncratic, eccentric preferences into some civil society-facing project that by extension produces a diverse, pluralistic civil society, which is good for democracy.
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Even stronger Christian conservatism colours another ex-dictatorship with a vigorous civil society: South Korea.
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Mr Litvin speaks of building up civil society to promote change in the distant future.
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And what happens with the clashes between police and civil society of several ethnic groups?
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"I think our collective sense of civil society is very much under siege," he said.
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Civil society groups have regularly briefed Facebook's policy team on these issues, the letter adds.
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Since then Mr Hun Sen has led a broad crackdown on dissent and civil society.
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This kind of tension between civil society groups and governments strengthens the muscles of democracy.
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"This should involve more civil-society participation," says Cui Zhiyuan of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Third, to support the efforts of civil society organisations to promote alternative and counter-narratives.
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As Mr Orban escalates his repression of civil society, they may not get another one.
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But that requires regulators, policymakers, scientists and civil society to think through deep ethical questions.
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He was not about to give up his campaign to bring civil society to Syria.
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Civil-society groups plan to challenge in court the granting of immunity to Mrs Mugabe.
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The government has already made progress, but our civil society is demanding more decisive steps.
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Save South Africa, a civil society group, has called on local companies to fire KPMG.
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Hear talks and panels by prominent figures from politics, business, civil society and the arts.
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Police have tear-gassed protesting students and raided the offices of two civil-society groups.
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It does not sound as if his persistent efforts to crush civil society will ease.
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Media and civil society may not have the strength or independence to check leaders' excesses.
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THE Turkish government's repression of civil society is increasingly affecting countries far from Turkey itself.
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He also met with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong and opposition and civil society leaders.
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She emphasises the role that civil-society organisations played in Myanmar's transition, particularly Myanmar Egress.
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Participatory councils are institutional venues that bring together representatives from civil society and the government.
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Activists and civil society figures have sent their final goodbyes as regime forces close in.
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They also empower state institutions and civil society to undertake systemic reforms and tackle corruption.
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A crackdown on civil society Meanwhile, rights groups fear the worst for the activists arrested.
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Civil society groups in all three countries have demanded the removal of ISDS from NAFTA.
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Courses on civil society at some universities have been closed and professors told to behave.
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Regional civil-society leaders normally convene what they call a "People's Forum" alongside ASEAN summits.
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Residents and civil society activists see the demolitions in the Mohamed Ali neighborhood as discrimination.
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He is expected to be backed by ANC veterans, labor unions and civil society organizations.
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Rights activists have criticized the law as an instrument to marginalize independent civil society groups.
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In particular, they made strong gains in income equality, civil society, governance and environmental quality.
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His endless and willful falsehoods have corroded the foundation of trust necessary for civil society.
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Ezekwesili, a former government minister, is a founder of the civil society organization Transparency International.
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The allegations threaten to erode the military government's credibility, say critics, including civil society groups.
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What happens in the clashes between police and civil society and some several ethnic groups?
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And it is tearing the fabric of our civil society apart to an alarming degree.
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"These are embittered politicians who hide behind civil society to manipulate the population," he said.
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What it means: The cuts are to counter violent extremism, civil society, and governance programs.
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They said other laws imposing strict controls on NGOs and civil society also needed revamping.
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A quadriplegic adult was blocked from civil society if buildings weren't required to have ramps.
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The ActionAid statement called the move "an attack on civil society and human rights organisations".
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He said political parties, unions and civil society groups must take part in the talks.
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But many of these protests aren't organized by political parties, unions or civil society groups.
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The "Great March of the Return" was conceived earlier this year by civil society activists.
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The case includes a total of 16 defendants including civil society figures, writers and actors.
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Lebanon's civil society is often commended, and rightly so, for its dynamism and its resilience.
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Although they are not a political party, they're also a new opposition in civil society.
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Only by building civil society could Russians achieve better results from their leaders, she maintained.
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Facing the ineffectiveness, passivity and corruption of government authorities, civil society ultimately took the reins.
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The new law has been widely criticized for stifling civil society even further in China.
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The Obama administration punished Mr. Orban for his creeping authoritarianism and crackdown on civil society.
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American diplomats criticized Mr. Orban's crackdown on civil society — as did President Barack Obama himself.
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It will depend on effective oversight and advice from civil society and the private sector.
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Some civil society activists voiced doubt about the new government's competence to contain the disease.
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"It will require resolute action by European institutions and the active engagement of civil society."
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It included an information department, meant to penetrate and influence civil society and political parties.
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Civil society remains vibrant, and there are still many critical voices in the news media.
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Democratic civil society activists, organizations, and initiatives have been targeted and their funding cut off.
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The Assad government, Syrian opposition and civil society groups each submitted 50 members to serve.
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Unlike our hard-power assets, many soft-power resources are generated by our civil society.
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The majority's view of the Constitution's free-exercise clause poses a threat to civil society.
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Civil society organizations are labeled public enemies and find their work stifled by legal obstacles.
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The Chinese government has continued to systematically target civil society organizations focused on marginalized communities.
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In 2001, he joined the University of Maryland as the Kekst Professor of Civil Society.
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The progress like utterly shutting down every critic and civil society organization in the country?
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They also empower state institutions and civil society to undertake systemic reforms and tackle corruption.
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The consequences for human rights defenders and civil society in Saudi have been truly disastrous.
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The government has its role to play, but so do journalists and civil-society groups.
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Mr. Smilde is a sociologist specialized in civil society and political conflict in Latin America.
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At a minimum, we need federal civil rights law to envelop everyone in civil society.
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Ottawa would offer troops and police as well as backing efforts to strengthen civil society.
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We honor the vital role of women in our communities, businesses, civil society, and government.
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However, civil society has yet to see follow-through on key commitments made by Facebook.
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Under his rule, Chinese authorities have cracked down hard on free expression and civil society.
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What looks to us like regular civil society behavior looks to him like a threat.
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In August, perhaps the deadliest month so far, President Ashraf Ghani told a group of civil society activists that 1,000 members of the Afghan security forces had been killed, according to Khan Zaman Amarkhail and two other civil society activists who attended the meeting.
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"These reflect the views of civil society in a way that the government can actually see that, 'OK, given the evidence, given how civil society is reacting to this whole issue, maybe it's time for some changes in the law'" around the registry, Tan said.
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Observers say this case highlights the growing repression of civil society representatives under Thailand's military government.
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Opposition groups, civil society and even members of the ANC have called on Zuma to resign.
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Several civil society organizations also signed a letter protesting against the glorification of the Russian leader.
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"What we are facing is an existential crisis for independent civil society in Turkey," he said.
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It has always been a combination of care of government, the private sector and civil society.
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They lost sight of their role as a bridge with civil society and became "the elite".
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They would just be appalled and say, 'There's just no place for this in civil society.
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It was a civil society group in northeastern Syria that organized youth forums and peacebuilding programs.
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"We should not pay," argues Denise Namburete of the Budget Monitoring Forum, a civil-society group.
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Since taking office, Mr Xi's relentless efforts to clamp down on civil society have hardly helped.
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He was an old man, known all over the country as a patron of civil society.
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It was Mr Hu who began the crackdown on civil society that Mr Xi has expanded.
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Government, donors, civil society and the private sector should also scale interventions that empower women economically.
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In an effort to take out extremists, they take away an important tool of civil society.
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Civil-society groups were shut down, civil servants sacked, access to parts of the internet blocked.
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The Trump administration has just stuck a huge question mark on DREAMers' place in civil society.
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Civil society, according to the report, represents the second largest target of cyber espionage following government.
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This shift is global, says Lester Salamon of the Johns Hopkins Centre for Civil Society Studies.
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Police officers, politicians and citizens can work together to create a safer, fairer, more civil society.
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Major parties are not threatened by the civil-society movement, believes Lokman Slim, a political commentator.
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Civil society has failed to build political muscle, while the European Union is suffering Ukraine fatigue.
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Many of the civil-society groups that fight corruption are unenthusiastic about Mr López Obrador's presidency.
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Taiwan does offer inspiration to Japan, which is socially tolerant but has a limp civil society.
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PERINO: And also, a huge concern for people right now is the destruction of civil society.
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They have to worry about protests, about the response from civil society and the uncensored press.
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Now is the moment to reengage with civil society organizations — not just passively donate every year.
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Rather, a gulf has opened up between an increasingly dynamic civil society and fossilised political systems.
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In recognition of their role, Tunisian civil society groups won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.
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Laws are designed to keep chaos at bay, to set a foundation for a civil society.
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But threats against the band persisted, sparking outrage from civil society groups and international rights organization.
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They have also trained staff and — in the EC's words — "increased their cooperation with civil society".
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The civil society group YIAGA AFRICA, which monitored the election, projected turnout at 36-40 percent.
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Civil society groups accuse the three wealthy frontrunners of enriching themselves in office, something each denies.
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ALGERIA'S INTERIM PRESIDENT BENSALAH: I AM DETERMINED TO CONSULT WITH THE POLITICAL CLASS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
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Since then he has crushed the Brotherhood, which is now banned, and stamped on civil society.
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I asked Marinescu how the transition had been from civil society to the corridors of power.
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Civil society groups and protesters this week gathered in central Dakar to demand clemency for Diop.
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They include Western constitutional democracy, universal values, civil society, neoliberalism and "the West's idea of journalism".
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Recent laws give police wide powers to halt public gatherings and shut down civil-society groups.
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Ultimately, everything can be treated in economic terms, including state, law, democracy, leadership, and civil society.
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Critics argue the successes of Kagame's tenure have come at a high cost for civil society.
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That firewall serves another purpose, as well: It protects the integrity of civil society at large.
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Or whether these platforms were used by malicious actors seeking to undermine civil society and democracy.
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Government addresses problems; charitably-supported civil society — the so-called independent sector — shapes norms and values.
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Civil society, and especially youth, must use its new-found influence to develop locally-driven governance.
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I call on world leaders, business & civil society to take ambitious action on climate change. pic.twitter.
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The government, Syrian opposition and civil society groups each have 50 members serving on the panel.
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Civil society, embattled though it is, can still push back against the country's radical Orthodox activists.
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Public welfare can be seriously affected if citizens and civil society groups cannot monitor these activities.
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Decades of academic research have shown that women are critical to building and maintaining civil society.
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Religious freedom is an important value, but it must exist inside a civil society for all.
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And nonprofits can work in support of detained civil society leaders and journalists around the world.
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Second, there is growing consensus to combat violent extremist content among governments, companies, and civil society.
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The term "civil society" has cropped up in every president's national security strategy post 9/11.
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A new round of talks between the government and civil society representatives were scheduled for Friday.
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This is not a level of stress and strain that a civil society can long endure.
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In the interest of encouraging that outcome, I participated in a civil society hearing on Feb.
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He called for political parties, unions and civil society groups to take part in the talks.
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We want to engage actively with government, civil society, and the media as that debate happens.
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Such a shift, he said, has created room for civil-society groups in Vietnam to operate.
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To accomplish their missions, nongovernmental and civil society organizations "are flocking to Silicon Valley," he said.
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Additionally, most civil-society organizations that work on migration issues limit their mandate to foreign nationals.
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A strong civil society movement saw the disease get the political—and scientific—attention it warranted.
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Her Masters term paper was about the relationship between art and the development of civil society.
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Despite concerted movements by Lebanese civil society to tackle gender-based violence, the problem is growing.
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Multiple civil society sources on Twitter leaked identical results, with 39 out of 53 constituencies counted.
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For NATO troops, interacting with civil society is almost impossible because of the crippling security situation.
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We wanted to organize a commercial flea market and booths for arts and civil society groups.
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But where would I want to be if civil society topples and 2020 feels like 1820?
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The far-right leader is also reshaping Hungary's cultural and civil society, and its education system.
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Civil society and trade union activists, journalists and minorities have organized to expand this democratic space.
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Representatives of civil society must include women leaders, as should all observer delegations from foreign countries.
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We, a group of foreign policy experts from civil society, would like to offer some ideas.
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Instead, it acts in response to bad press, powerful users, government requests and civil society organizations.
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Politicians claimed it would allow independent and civil society groups to compete against sect-based parties.
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Civil society, in particular, has taken up the cause, thanks to an absence of government support.
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But as evidence of harm accumulates, there's a growing consensus that digital civil society is deteriorating.
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He seemed most curious about the network of civil-society activists that she had helped forge.
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The civil society group urged more work at a grassroots level to drive forward gender equality.
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But civil society is under assault from political forces, so that defending it is, necessarily, political.
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"The 18th of February will be the funeral of civil society in Turkey," Mr. Aksakoglu said.
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Today's age is one of crude but sharp political division that threatens to devour civil society.
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"Civil society should not spend so much time talking about corruption," the president scolded Mr. González.
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"Now it's up to civil society to occupy the spaces that we created today," he added.
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Government departments and civil society groups now race to debunk hoaxes as quickly as they appear.
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Policy makers, and civil society have been slower to catch up to what the effects are.
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Friday's march of religious, civil society and opposition leaders reflects growing frustration at the escalating violence.
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But civil society groups have said the government is yet to implement the measures it promised.
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Some have argued culpability for civil society and of course who would forget the drug companies?
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"Afghans will never forget his services for this country," said Rahimullah Samandar, a civil society activist.
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The NGO Law criminalizes legitimate civil society work, curtails funding and imposes prison and heavy fines.
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A blog post from WhatsApp says that at least 100 of those were civil society targets.
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Civil society organizations have raised consistent proposals for different economic relations among our countries for decades.
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It is also credited with having played a significant role in building Poland's subsequent civil society.
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You lose your liberty — your place in civil society — and the freedoms that come with it.
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Civil society groups working in the country are pushing back and saying that isn't the case.
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But in an open letter published Thursday, civil society groups criticized Facebook's response to the crisis.
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These people were (and are) clearly poison to the idea of a commonwealth, a civil society.
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In reality, the absence of protest is not because China's civil society is indifferent, but because the CCP has put in place a most sophisticated surveillance system, creating a true Orwellian state that has erased all space for civil society organizations or, in fact, any dissenting voice.
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"A free and functioning civil society is an essential element of a healthy democracy," the statement said.
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His followers built an Islamic civil society movement in Turkey, asking only religious freedom from the state.
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But "the overall picture is that civil society discourses have been captured by extremists across the board."
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But she urged civil society groups and businesses to speak out more loudly against far-right extremism.
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"It is humiliating for civil society observers, (who are) peaceful, to be treated like that," she said.
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Stronger data would also allow law enforcement, civil society and vulnerable communities to better target their outreach.
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But nor was either man distracted by lofty talk about saving the planet or strengthening civil society.
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Many civil-society types complain that they, too, have no access to Ms Suu Kyi's inner circle.
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It said in a statement it was also worried about other curbs on media and civil society.
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I am a firm believer that having a strong civil society is what makes a country work.
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In civil society, the coalition includes religious conservatives, human-rights advocates, labour unions and old-school protectionists.
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The party is distrustful of civil society; its soft-power building has been almost entirely state-led.
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The days before Sessions's announcement made it clear just how embedded its recipients are in civil society.
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Despite the federal government's questionable response, American civil society has begun to mobilize to help Puerto Rico.
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He is limiting the press, closing down civil-society groups and squeezing the space for public discussion.
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In 2002, after an appeal from civil-society organisations, the UN agreed to help take them down.
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Sunday's election should help to gauge the extent of support for the civil-society movement in Lebanon.
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Also, her group keeps an eye on potential Voting Rights Act transgressions, among other civil society duties.
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Leaders in civil society have argued for a "transitional authority" of technocrats that would help rebuild institutions.
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Ley's death comes amid tensions between Prime Minister Hun Sen's government and opposition parties and civil society.
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Businesses, civil-society groups, standard-setting organizations, and regulators have begun identifying gaps and redundancies among disclosures.
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They are attacks on America, attacks on our values, attacks on the very foundation of civil society.
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The civil society group YIAGA AFRICA, which monitored the election, projected turnout at 36 to 40 percent.
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The social media giant is tapping Capitol Hill, civil society, and even the FTC itself for personnel.
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For the tech industry, it represents a dramatic shift in attitudes about its role in civil society.
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A law was passed putting burdensome restrictions on the country&aposs brave and vibrant civil society organizations.
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It is incumbent on all parts of civil society to support this common cause to prevent terrorism.
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In the end, they will strengthen civil society, representative democracy, the rule of law and economic progress.
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But critics, including some civil society groups, say this year's agreement amounted to mortgaging the country's sovereignty.
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As many as 39 people have been killed in election violence, civil society groups said on Sunday.
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The Situation Room - which represents more than 70 civil society groups - reported 39 deaths after Saturday's vote.
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Conservative Islamic civil society groups and New York-based Human Rights Watch also criticized the government's move.
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We will work with civil society to help women and other leaders give voice to the voiceless.
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Civil society groups and Mr Najib's opponents alleged a link between the killing and the submarine deal.
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After marches by activists and civil society groups the Ambode government succumbed and removed the obnoxious sections.
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Businessmen, civil society groups, academics and farmers have called for a 24-hour national strike on Thursday.
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We're talking about Xi Jinping, whose government has tortured and imprisoned dissidents and repressed civil society groups.
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In an attempt to strengthen the Communist Party's grip, he launched a sweeping crackdown on civil society.
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This Ministerial offers governments and civil society alike the chance to shift the conversation in this direction.
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DNA's success in prosecuting high-echelon corruption was applauded by Brussels, civil society groups and private investors.
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Both individual charities and civil society at large are stronger and more effective with firewalls in place.
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Melissa Hooper is a lawyer and Director of Human Rights and Civil Society at Human Rights First.
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Over many years, we have also worked toward a constructive relationship between government and civil society groups.
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Ms. Power said in a statement that "intimidation and threats toward civil society must cease immediately." video
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Problems include overspending its R14bn ($1.1bn) budget by R2bn, while civil society groups have highlighted alleged irregularities.
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And it's indicative of a crumbling civil society, one in which value is determined by capital alone.
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Turkey's 1997 coup leaders, for example, worked with civil society groups and others who opposed the government.
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Here's the problem: Once you inject hyper-anger into civil society, it is almost impossible to undo.
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"This law is a direct attack on independent civil society in Egypt," Rubio said in a statement.
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Thailand is working with the International Labor Organization and civil society groups to raise labor protection standards.
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Take the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global collaboration between energy companies, civil society organizations, and governments.
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Debate within Cuban civil society about the island's economic and political future is more robust than ever.
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His organization and other civil society groups met with government officials to plan their response on Sunday.
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It also claims its variable approach reflects local laws and conversations with governments and civil society groups.
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Western governments and rights activists say these measures shrink the space for independent civil society in China.
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Also among the dead was Rawail Singh, who was an active presence in civil society in Kabul.
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What — and what happens to the clashes between police and, well, civil society, and some ethnic groups?
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If we are truly to rebuild civil society, we must consider their importance throughout the entire country.
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Extreme inequality is corroding our civil society, poisoning our politics, and undermining our effectiveness as a nation.
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This past summer civil society organizations united in condemnation of a worrying new law regulating their work.
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Back in his dissident days, Orbán had received Soros funding to do research on promoting civil society.
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What's different from the Cold War era is how civil society has been transformed by online networks.
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They won't, Mr. Bukele says — or at least not without severely harming the economy and civil society.
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In response, 160 civil society groups from Europe, the U.S. and Asia published a declaration of concern.
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The terrorist label has become an accusation used to jail many civil society activists in recent months.
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" The agency said it was "continuing its support for civil society working on these issues within Israel.
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"We are in a time of rising authoritarianism and closing space on civil society," Ms. Silber said.
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Europeans need to engage, engage, engage: with Congress, with governors, with America's business community and civil society.
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Part of the messy necessity of democratic civil society is sorting out good ideas from bad ones.
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Turkey's once vibrant and diverse civil society has been gutted with more than 1,000 NGOs shut down.
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Civil-society groups have charged the forum with exerting undemocratic, pro-business influence over the United Nations.
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They were the remnants of the once vital civil-society scene cultivated and marooned in Khatami's time.
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In some countries, threatened elites are trying to curb civil society, weaken prosecutors and attack the press.
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Unions, civil society groups and the opposition have all been critical, reviving pressure on him to quit.
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The Syrian-led committee will include representation from the government, from the opposition and from civil society.
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But the French government and civil society were slow to respond to the attacks, Jewish leaders felt.
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The CVF is also encouraging businesses, civil society groups and individuals to take part in the campaign.
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When a powerful bureaucracy ignores both civil-society groups and its constitutional overseers, what is the solution?
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Bulgarian politicians have persecuted civil society groups that have criticized their abandonment of the rule of law.
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The U.S. government should support efforts to revise the mining law with full participation from civil society.
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Various civil society and internet trade groups have offered their support, but the fight is still ongoing.
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The new law comes against a backdrop of a broad crackdown on civil society groups in China.
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At the Vienna conference, Austria offered a pledge to the countries and civil society representatives in attendance.
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Internet censorship has massively ramped up under President Xi Jinping, alongside a general crackdown on civil society.
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That transition was directed — manipulated — by the authorities, without any participation from the opposition or civil society.
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Governments need to make it clear that tax is necessary for the running of a civil society.
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The risk is not that Trump becomes a dictator, but that civil society simply withers and dies.
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European civil society bodies represented in the forum include consumer rights group BEUC; digital rights group Access Now; algorithmic transparency advocacy group AlgorithmWatch; the EESC civil society association; the ETUC which advocates for workers rights and well being; and Austrian association that supports the blind and visually impaired.
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By contrast, Thailand may be socially accepting, but the generals have hollowed out politics and pinioned civil society.
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Its civil society is Asia's most vibrant, and social acceptance of gays has grown rapidly in recent years.
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The Indonesian government must work with local civil society organizations to draw these people into new social networks.
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Calls are now being made for controversial anti- terrorism, media and civil society laws to be scrapped, too.
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And let's not forget that civil society is yet a third independent force in American law and politics.
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Kenya's vocal civil society organizations have been working hard to plan monitoring and advocacy around the new vote.
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Intellectuals, businesspeople, celebrities, civil society organizations (CSOs), media organizations and journalists are being silenced via threats and blackmail.
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His appointment demonstrates a disregard for human rights, said civil society groups including the Center for Policy Alternatives.
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Both Pakistan Defence and Civil Society of Pakistan dismissed suggestions that they were part of a coordinated campaign.
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Some are paid, others are volunteers; they typically work for civil-society groups and tend to be locals.
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It is a parliamentary democracy that has free elections, a vibrant civil society and an attractive investment climate.
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She was not part of Afghan civil society, she does not run an NGO that gets Western funding.
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She also curates We, the Citizens, a weekly email newsletter covering Singaporean politics, social justice, and civil society.
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Each of our companies also commits to urgently improve that collaboration, with appropriate transparency and civil society involvement.
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The US government froze funding for a host of projects related to Syrian civil society back in May.
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While in China in July, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on China to respect civil society.
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He took special issue with "civil society" organizations, saying some have "fundraising reasons" for being critical of technology.
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Under the peace deal, the FARC rebel fighters were supposed to renounce their arms and rejoin civil society.
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The Chinese government considers independent civil society groups and organized protests as threats to its rule, Wang added.
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In many parts of the developing world, the Pentecostal church is the only functioning organisation of civil society.
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But civil society activists said they're worried Facebook's actions could be blamed on them, putting them at risk.
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Critics denounced Mr Orban's campaign, which focused on decrying migration, and predicted a new crackdown on civil society.
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Garlick acknowledges that the company has been "too slow," to respond to issues raised by civil society groups.
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Saudi Arabia acted after Ottawa urged it to free arrested civil society activists, including a prominent female campaigner.
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A wide range of civil-society activists and business groups are striving to change the country's political culture.
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What concerns me more is that machine learning algorithms will serve business models first and civil society second.
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Wednesday's accord would see FARC rebels reintegrated into civil society and given the opportunity to participate in politics.
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This analysis recognized opportunities for leaders across industry sectors, governments and civil society to pursue food system transformation.
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Crucially, Mr Xi needs to reverse his campaign against civil society and his efforts to stifle media debate.
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To the extent that these links are explicitly political and oppositional, this account of civil society holds true.
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Two days later, bowing to pressure from Ukrainian civil society and western donors, the Rada dismissed Mr Shokin.
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No, you don't have to love them all, but courtesy and cooperation are the basis of civil society.
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Civil society groups have also criticized the mine planned along a picturesque strip of coastline, citing environmental factors.
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The ideals of these agencies are enshrined in our Constitution as a fundamental tenet of American civil society.
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Mr. Obama plans to meet with some dissidents and civil society leaders on Tuesday before making a speech.
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The DRC's civil society and religious organizations understood that it was up to them to defend their democracy.
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The two politicians met with the new president, as well as members of the opposition and civil society.
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It took him months, and much criticism from civil society, to finally issue a statement "condemning" the killings.
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What -- and what happens to the clashes between police and, well, civil society, and some -- several ethnic groups?
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Autocrats in Asia, the Middle East and Africa have emulated Mr. Putin's draconian laws restricting civil society groups.
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This is not good for the civil society, especially at a time when distrust in government is high.
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But his critics argue the successes of Kagame's tenure have come at a high cost to civil society.
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"This is particularly affecting the critical voices in civil society -- human rights lawyers, journalists and bloggers," she said.
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Most would agree that civil society, particularly in a liberal democracy, requires both individual responsibility and public accountability.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has overseen a campaign to tighten the space for independent civil society in China.
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"Not sure why a creep like @VP is not shunned by civil society," tweeted Republican strategist Stuart Stevens.
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Felons are citizens, too, and to the extent we can bring them back into civil society, we should.
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A vibrant civil society is foundational to the functioning of our democracy and the legitimacy of our elections.
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Yet under President Hosni Mubarak, and despite routine government harassment, we did build a critical, independent civil society.
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He aligned himself with civil society groups and their calls for better governance and equitable distribution of resources.
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It's an independent civil society based in the Vatican city-state, and is part of the whole world.
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The CIVICUS Monitor is an interactive map that gathers news about crackdowns on civil society in 134 countries.
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The independent panel critiques the oil company's impact on civil society, human rights, democratic governance, and the environment.
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Which is precisely why dumping 500 metric tons of peanuts in Haiti raised alarm among civil society groups.
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Colombia must also be prepared to invite civil society and humanitarian organizations to expand operations on the border.
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But Mr. Orban has recognized the political power to be gained by harnessing culture, history and civil society.
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There have been various cases in recent years of civil society activists and journalists facing similar drug charges.
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After all, capitalism is a set of institutions designed by government in concert with business and civil society.
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Muawia Shaddad, an astronomer and civil society activist who is on a committee helping to organize the protests.
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Civil society activists say government officials seemed pressured to move forward with the contracts despite unresolved legal issues.
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Costa Rica has tackled traditional notions about who should lead by applying quotas to the civil-society sector.
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They also would open talks on a political settlement with the Afghan government, opposition parties and civil society.
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What's new is the growing power and determination of civil society to document abuses and push for change.
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The influence of civil society institutions that help create social bonds, from churches to labor unions, has eroded.
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Xi has dragged China backward in terms of civil society, crushing almost every wisp of freedom and oversight.
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He pledged "to promote a better balance between state, civil society and market" in his speech on Tuesday.
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"So we worked through local leaders, chiefs, mama queens, youth groups and civil society and NGOs," he said.
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This was to be followed by meetings with civil society members and businessmen, two government officials told Reuters.
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Many feel that the responsibility for cleaning up lies as much with the private stakeholders and civil society.
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Civil society groups said the Facebook chief mischaracterized his company's effectiveness at quashing hate speech in the country.
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The case came to be seen as part of the wider crackdown on civil society under Mr. Sisi.
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Free speech on campus has survived and will survive challenges from students and other members of civil society.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has provoked protests for moves seen as cracking down on Hungarian civil society.
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Mayors of the world's leading cities sat alongside powerful women leaders from business, civil society and the media.
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Certainly the general deterioration of Chinese civil society in recent years has also taken its toll on feminism.
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The fear and bureaucracy drove them away and, with them, critical funding and support for civil society groups.
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Kagame placed value on women's roles and spearheaded many reforms to help build women's capacity in civil society.
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Ardern will also meet with civil society leaders on May 14 to discuss the content of the call.
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The State Department budget for Europe and Eurasia ($615m last year) is a lifeline for civil-society organisations.
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Trump's attacks on a free press, an independent judiciary and civil society are disrupters out of Bannon's playbook.
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The Congress government used the law to pressure civil society groups protesting corruption and a nuclear power plant .
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Civil society actors have also expressed concern about the long-standing cramped, unhygienic conditions at Malaysia's detention centers.
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It is on mobile devices that we consolidate our online lives and that civil society organizes and mobilizes.
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We fill a void created by corruption, absence of state provision and lack of an adequate civil society.
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Op-Ed Contributor BANGALORE, India — Among their common traits, illiberal strongmen share a virulent mistrust of civil society.
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Mikhail Fedotov: Adviser to the President, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights 27.
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The heads of activist groups and civil society organizations took turns on stage delivering speeches or leading chants.
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In the days after the latest presidential election, Mr. Kenyatta's government tried to shut down civil society groups.
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Mr. Malko won a grant of about $3,500 from an independent civil society foundation called the Civic Fund.
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The protest, dubbed the 'Million March', was organized by an umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organizations.
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In Russia, the lawmakers had intended to meet with civil society groups, as well as unspecified government officials.
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But Mr. Kabila ignored the new agreement, and leading civil society groups fear he will refuse to leave.
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The administration should open the American policy process to ensure that the voice of civil society is heard.
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It will then invite feedback on this ruling from the public, civil society, local authorities and the companies involved.
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We exist in a structured, civil society, where lawful protests are considered one of the foundations of our nation.
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Since first raising a rainbow flag in a 2003 protest, activists and civil society have steadily raised the bar.
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And at the three-day board meeting, civil society groups accused the GCF of stifling discussion of individual projects.
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"He just said we shouldn't hit [Russian] civil society," an EU official with direct insight into the discussion said.
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"For a strong civil society you need money," says Eduardo Serra, a former chairman of the Prado art museum.
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The Obama administration has become increasingly public with its frustrations as the government crackdown on civil society has intensified.
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For the second consecutive summit, representatives of civil society will be barred; some AU leaders apparently don't like scrutiny.
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Civil society organizations fear the program will result in an erosion of land and workers rights to encourage investment.
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Civil society groups suspicious of the project began investigating the tool and talking with residents where it was used.
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The bottom line: For them, owning a media property is a quasi-philanthropic way to invest in civil society.
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And ominously, a local civil society activist who had reported on these crimes was killed this month in Kavumu.
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He also said that the charity would warn rangers at Salonga not to threaten civil society workers and activists.
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But he said the EU was troubled over the arrest of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society activists.
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Mr Xi's crackdown on dissent and civil society is leading the political system ever further from Taiwan's vibrant democracy.
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Russia, for instance, views America's support for civil society and democracy promotion as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty.
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The failed coup opened up wounds in the civil society that will in all likelihood take decades to heal.
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"It is important to use this momentum to reach a deal," Thaci told a civil society conference on Wednesday.
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The role of civil society in constantly encouraging governments to make agriculture a priority is vital here as well.
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"We are also increasingly seeing legal, political and administrative hurdles used to intimidate – and silence - civil society," he said.
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He said he would accept civil society observers to monitor any future vote, but they had to be Libyan.
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That milestone was achieved largely thanks to a single MP who championed draft legislation written by civil-society groups.
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It traumatizes children in custody battles, and in politics it would destroy the civil society we're trying to preserve.
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There's a tenacity in the way civil society is fighting that has been missing in Kenya for some time.
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And the platform is still heavily reliant on civil society groups in Myanmar to inform it of problematic content.
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"Response... must involve society as a whole", encompassing local and national government, businesses, communities and civil society, he said.
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We just don't have the civil society or governmental infrastructure to ensure that law enforcement would not abuse that.
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Paul Keating, a former Labor prime minister, says it "stands for everything a truly civil society should stand against".
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As the sessions resumed on Wednesday it called for a "real dialogue" involving a free debate with civil society.
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The delay to the election, now scheduled for Saturday, could depress turnout, according to politicians and civil society groups.
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He said he would consult with the political class and civil society alike in pursuit of a new Algeria.
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Civil society observers said 39 people were killed in election-related violence on the day of the presidential poll.
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Why it matters: America scored a "D+" on its Infrastructure Report Card from the American Civil Society of Engineers.
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The government's NGO Board, which monitors civil society organizations, summoned three groups for an audit on Monday, they said.
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For several years, we have conducted research on targeted attacks against civil society and activists in Iran and elsewhere.
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Greenpeace and other civil society groups presented their argument in a 2015 petition to the Commission on Human Rights.
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But although civil society has scored important victories in the information war, the main battle is over law enforcement.
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Activist and civil society groups from around the world used the conference to launch their "People's Demands" for COP24.
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Repression of civil society has been paired with the government's overt disregard for accountability, yielding an environment of impunity.
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Xi Jinping, China's president, has been tightening controls on civil society and the media, and jailing ever more activists.
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They bear not just on government but on civil society, public services, cultural institutions, philanthropists and the ordinary citizen.
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Hundreds of civil society organizations have been closed, and some 120,000 civil servants sacked or suspended from their jobs.
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But Suu Kyi is under pressure at home from civil society groups not to simply give in to Beijing.
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Illiberal and authoritarian governments are inherently allergic to civil society and, more broadly, to any institutions they don't control.
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The most heartening fact about the family separation saga is that American civil society has revolted against the policy.
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Through productive relationships, governments and civil society can reaffirm their commitment to the fight against racism, discrimination, and intolerance.
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Civil society groups lobbied for a delay of the vote on the text, which was drafted behind closed doors.
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In Guatemala, a civil society assembly developed more than 200 policy recommendations that made it into the final constitution.
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There is also consensus on the need to rehabilitate offenders and enable their successful re-entry into civil society.
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We remain committed to support Russian civil society and to engage and invest in people-to-people contact. 18.
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Leaders of the protest, including members of civil society organizations and business groups, have used social media to organize.
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But after the Games, the country ramped up enforcement of regulations amid broadly tighter controls over Chinese civil society.
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"It seems for now that the scope of civil society to try to influence is getting smaller and smaller."
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"Online extremism can only be tackled with a strong partnership between policymakers, civil society, academia and companies," he said.
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The Anti-Cult Association says it is a civil society organization, but its aims closely reflect the Chinese government's.
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Likewise, relationships between the media, expert communities, and civil society in both countries need to be fostered and broadened.
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Few episodes in modern history better exemplify the fracturing of American civil society than the presidential election of 2016.
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Civil society groups and some parties opposing an extension called off the protests that had been planned for Thursday.
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Mr Matar goes repeatedly to the Palazzo Pubblico to look at the frescoes, admiring their celebration of civil society.
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Erdogan blames the protests on billionaire philanthropist George Soros and Osman Kavala, a well-known Turkish civil society leader.
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"When you are looking around you feel that the civil society is totally ready for this discourse," he said.
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Families of the victims, human rights activists, and civil society groups, however, loudly celebrated the news of its repeal.
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Lora Lumpe is advocacy director for security governance at Open Society Foundations, an organization focused on building civil society.
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Upon winning power, she quickly sidelined many of the activists and civil society groups that had aided her rise.
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With a fractured civil society and splintering opposition parties, the prospects of such a complete military takeover are high.
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We did get permission for the flea market and music, but they said no to arts and civil society.
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"Believe me, I lost my faith in elections," said Amal Bugaighis, a lawyer and civil society activist in Benghazi.
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Despite these hurdles to civil society, there are still some in Hungary trying to organize popular resistance to Orbán.
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Fighters who demobilized would also receive financial aid from the Colombian government to help them reintegrate into civil society.
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While the mainstream media is largely compliant, independent news sites, universities, students and civil society activists are being harassed.
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He restricted the press, reined in civil-society groups and expanded the powers of the military and the police.
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BEIJING — China has long made it clear that reporting on politics, civil society and sensitive historical events is forbidden.
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I couldn't explain the details — my work, Israel's settlements and the occupation, its unjust laws that stifle civil society.
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Large groups of civil society have asked the electoral authority to nullify the president's candidacy, citing the constitutional violation.
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With violence, corruption and repression of civil society as the backdrop, the Honduran people will head to the polls.
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Hong Kong has already seen attempts to marginalise pro-democracy voices in civil society for more than a decade.
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To carry out these important social programs, Mr. Khan needs the support of Pakistan's battered and bruised civil society.
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As Mr. Gorbachev's adoption of the word "glasnost" conceded, there had to be change in civil society as well.
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"They want to completely undermine and eradicate what remains of civil society," said Bara Bognar, 40, a finance professional.
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The government has not said when internet will be restored, despite calls from civil society and the United Nations.
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However, strikingly small percentages of Russians say it's important that the media, opposition parties and civil society operate freely.
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State oppression has decimated civil society and negated years of social progress, casting a pall on the public mood.
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The panel also said that the warring parties had increasingly lashed out at critics, journalists and civil society activists.
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President Xi Jinping of China has tightened limits on civil society and free expression since taking power in 2012.
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Also, civil society figures, young and old, unanimously told me they want Congress to pass two pieces of legislation.
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MBS has also imprisoned a range of clerics and civil society activists, some of whom face possible death sentences.
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For examples of irrational, violent populism animated nominally against Trump, but really against civil society, look to the people.
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The protest was organized by an alliance of leftist opposition parties, main unions, civil society organizations and university students.
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It presents an alternative vision of a civil society, where recipient nonprofits gain a structural advantage over their donors.
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My time here at Davos has put me face to face with leaders of industry, civil society and politics.
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Francis, like many popes before him, wants a vigorous civil society that holds both state and market to account.
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It goes to a broad base of civil society organizations working in coalition to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons.
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That may have increased risks for Taiwanese people engaging with mainland Chinese involved in civil society, Mr. Chiu said.
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Previously, he launched The Public Voice to promote civil society participation in decisions concerning the future of the internet.
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But as civil society has decayed over recent decades, its remaining power centers have also become increasingly left-wing.
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The timing of the Saudi announcement in late September was perfect — if inflaming Iran's civil society was the goal.
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He's repressed free speech, undermined civil society, and ramped up a failing war ISIS-linked fighters in the Sinai.
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Civil society advocates say that the legislation allows a single government agency to accumulate unchecked powers over the internet.
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So it's important that we build relationships with civil society and folks there who can help us identify that.
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Some experts say that female participation in civil society will indicate how successful the peace will be in Colombia.
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The activist, Khurram Parvez, of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, planned to submit a "civil society stakeholder's report" to the council on the situation in Kashmir, where the death of a commander for a separatist group in July has set off clashes between stone-throwing protesters and Indian security forces.
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Yet the country could not progress unless the militias were reintegrated into civil society and replaced by a regular army.
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Mr. Dahlin's detention came during an official campaign against civil rights lawyers, as well as journalists and civil society activists.
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"Civil society is outgunned," Alex Ryan, vice president of the Mars Solutions Lab, a Toronto technology incubator, told CNN Business.
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Here we have civil society, struggling cabbies and wealthy corporations alike, mounting formidable challenges to the administration's vision of America.
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But we define our country every day through the ways we all contribute to a strong and healthy civil society.
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Since he took over as China's leader in 2012, Xi Jinping has been waging a relentless campaign against civil society.
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But we've seen a similar type of pattern in the way that they've gone after journalists and civil society activists.
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Appointed as the party's leader, Mr. Orban spoke out against nationalism, defended civil society and opposed clerical influence in politics.
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Because we are mindful of the importance and special place political speech occupies in protecting both democracy and civil society.
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Unless veterans or their supporters in civil society are invited to help devise reforms, Mr Diamant argues, little will change.
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A "civil society actor," says Joanna Williams of the Kino Border Initiative, keeps a list of who arrives and when.
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Similar such coalitions of business, civil society, local sub-national governments, and others will be announced in 2019, said Leonard.
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Earlier this week a coalition of civil-society groups decided to protest against what they call an unfair electoral process.
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Social Democratic parties in particular had high membership levels, strong ties to civil society groups, especially unions, and committed activists.
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German civil society in the decades before the first world war was relatively inclusive if not especially liberal or democratic.
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Autocratic regimes that frown on civil society are happy for their citizens to take up the cause of food waste.
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Obama regularly meets with civil society groups when he travels abroad, and officials said this trip would be no different.
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The Turkish government's repression of opponents and civil-society groups has grown steadily worse since an attempted coup last summer.
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It will also set up a group of academics, online platforms, news media and civil society organisations to assist it.
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Similar unrest in Hong Kong was curbed by the British, but in Macau the party's influence spread through civil society.
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He says that changing CCTV cameras from passive into active observers could have a huge chilling effect on civil society.
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Civil-society groups, as well as opposition parties, took the accusations to police and to the courts to force action.
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China is in a midst of a renewed crackdown on civil society and the media by its ruling Communist Party.
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You're already living in a dystopian nightmare and have slowly become acclimated to the new normal of American civil society!
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It is up to governments, civil society groups and others to use this support to develop a unified, global response.
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The immediate disruption of state and civil society institutions, particularly schools, means the usual child protection systems aren't in place.
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But at least half the candidates would have to be fresh new faces from civil society with no political affiliation.
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A "de-Sorosization purge" aims to bar civil society groups from participating in public life by delegitmizing them, Maricik said.
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"The importance is to show that civil society is organized against these cuts," said Rodrigo Tonieto, 22, in Sao Paulo.
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It's going to take country-by-country action ... and it's going to take civil society to keep pushing for it.
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The stories "behind the data" are about local communities uniting, governments devising new policies, and civil society becoming increasingly involved.
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Both went after the free press as the first order of business and continually crack down on domestic civil society.
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A "de-Sorosization purge" aims to bar civil society groups from participating in public life by delegitmising them, Maricik said.
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Francis will meet Irish President Michael D. Higgins, civil society groups and also visit the Knock shrine in county Mayo.
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Uchaguzi maps voting and tracks thousands of tweets, calls, emails and SMS messages from activists, civil society and election monitors.
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And it will help civil society groups to identify who is sourcing from a factory when there is a problem.
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The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) added its voice to that of civil society groups calling on the president to resign.
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Therefore the civil society becomes a principal concern of those who are less concerned about a strong regulatory administrative state.
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Jamaica, as he writes, is "genuinely democratic," with a very robust civil society, and yet is rarely described as such.
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"American soft power comes heavily from our civil society, everything from Hollywood to Harvard and the Gates Foundation," he said.
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The US and other international stakeholders must follow the lead of Nigerian civil society organizations before and after the election.
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A dozen opposition and civil society leaders were sentenced to prison last month for their role in organizing the protests.
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Whitaker said there is "no place" for hate, white supremacy or white nationalism in civil society when asked by Rep.
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An unintended outcome of Prosavana has been the strengthening of Mozambique's civil society, which forged new bonds through its campaign.
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Talk with civil society and community leaders and learn how ordinary Central Americans are confronting the problems that generate migration.
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For now, what we see is that civil society is doing the work that the government was not prepared for.
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NGOs slammed the move as a push to clamp down on civil society and place the sector under government control.
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A Twitter spokesperson said the company continues to engage with the IT Ministry and civil society on the proposed rules.
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Many of these are civil-society activists who have campaigned on both bread-and-butter issues and improved human rights.
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Ikram Afzali is the executive director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan, an Afghan civil society organization fighting corruption and other abuses.
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Rights groups have condemned the crackdown and voiced fears that it could presage a closing down of Saudi civil society.
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Together with other civil society organizations, we have criticized Lutsenko for refusing to investigate dozens of physical attacks on activists.
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Xi Jinping's crackdowns on civil society, ethnic minorities, and rights advocacy are certainly the most brutal and comprehensive since Tiananmen.
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Third, the U.S. government should fund European civil society organizations to develop collaborative initiatives to build tolerant and inclusive societies.
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Easy generation and widespread dissemination of synthetic media can have quite significant adverse consequences for many aspects of civil society.
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During this time, Obama met six civil society leaders and later said several people had been prevented from meeting him.
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The degree to which the mainstream of civil society has seemingly tolerated the most blatant acts of intolerance is alarming.
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But it's also hopeful that automation will — over the longer term — help civil society keep big tech in legal check.
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Asif Nazrul, a law professor at the University of Dhaka, said the legal cases would further weaken Bangladesh's civil society.
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In all four countries, government forces do not control large areas of territory and civil society is under intense pressure.
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Despite these periodic releases, Azerbaijani civil society activists report that more than 28503 prisoners of conscience are behind bars today.
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So every effort to build up civil society organizations spawns a million conspiracy theories about US involvement in domestic politics.
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The war-ravaged nation counts 130 international non-governmental organizations and 500 local ones, including civil society groups, Kenjok said.
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Civil society has been particularly affected, as an increasingly paranoid Houthi leadership jails activists and journalists and shutters media outlets.
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Another former executive has spoken out about the harm the social network is doing to civil society around the world.
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These problems can be linked with the inaccessibility disabled students usually encounter in colleges and other spheres of civil society.
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"One of the main elements of this transition can be the rebirth of civil society," he wrote at the time.
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It's precisely this opportunism that requires civil society groups around the world to look outward even as governments look in.
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A long trial against civil society workers comes to an end, but there is still much work to be done.
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Many of them are civil society leaders who have served the cause of democracy and human rights for many years.
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Contrary to Mr. Barak's spurious claims, Israel has a vibrant free press, a thriving civil society and an independent judiciary.
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But it is also defined by implicit norms, unwritten rules more informally enforced by the press, academia, and civil society.
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The party won't tolerate opposition or civil society or calls for democracy and freedom; it will offer more balanced development.
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The alliance encompasses students, business owners, small farmers and civil society advocates who have made common cause against the government.
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"Some say he is civil society; he is a nice person, a good citizen," Mr. Erdogan said of Mr. Kavala.
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Under the new rules, Facebook said it would create partnerships with local civil society groups to identify misinformation for removal.
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"He would like to express solidarity from Hong Kong civil society with Wham, and to thank him for his bravery."
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Palestinians have been arrested for criticizing him; civil-society groups linked to his rivals have had their bank accounts frozen.
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"In speeches and statements, he says that civil society is being undermined by a move away from religiosity," she said.
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"The people of Alexandria and Athens knew the value of books for scholarship and culture and civil society," Kells writes.
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"In America, civil society organizations coming together to solve major problems is considered a virtue, not a conspiracy," he said.
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There was a robust civil society: Jews in Novogrudok funded a hospital, an orphanage, a Jewish home for the aged.
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"It's appalling to coerce confessions from civil society activists," Bass said in a tweet, calling for both to be freed.
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Unable to abide the heavy censorship of newspapers, Amini had gone to work for a Web site supporting civil society.
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"Informal structures are coming up faster than government planning," said George Wasonga, CEO of the Civil Society Urban Development Platform.
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In a statement, Amnesty International said the closing represented "yet another shocking attack on civil society" by Mr. Sisi's government.
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With the new strategy in place, USAID has welcomed civil society to input into the selection of performance monitoring indicators.
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In parallel, Mr. Orban has tightened his grip over Hungarian culture — targeting its artistic sphere, civil society and education system.
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Protesters gathered in Cape Town on Monday afternoon, led by a coalition of civil society and religious leaders called #UniteBehind.
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There are levers to pull at levels of government other than the executive branch as well as in civil society.
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She writes about the role of sub-national actors, including cities and civil society organizations, in international politics and law.
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But some public officials, civil society groups and citizens are beginning to ask whether it should be more closely regulated.
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It is no exaggeration to say that avoidance of military involvement in civil society is part of our cultural heritage.
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In other words, American civil society is not so much declining as bifurcating; just as work and educational opportunity is.
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He is part of a Civil Society Working Group, which intends to help farmers engage in directly selling their oil.
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But for most liberal Israelis, Zionism concretely means building a modern Hebrew-speaking civil society that can assimilate all comers.
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Or are the foundations of American democracy and the institutions of civil society strong enough to resist such an action?
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He has also expressed disagreement with foreign funding of Tunisian civil society groups, to the dismay of Western donor countries.
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MBS has also arrested a host of innocuous civil society activists, a number of whom face a possible death penalty.
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Finally, U.S. civil society, which has been instrumental to the process of normalization, should intensify engagement with their Cuban counterparts.
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That means it's going to take everyone — including industry, governments, and experts from civil society — working together to stay ahead.
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"We are very worried about this instrumentalisation of the judiciary and the continued criminalisation of civil society," Aranaz told Reuters.
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The Yerevan protests demonstrate once again the latent power of civil society as a brake on political and economic corruption.
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The authoritarian government hasn't helped: It has been cracking down on civil society, dissolving the largest opposition party in November.
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Or perhaps it could be a hybrid: with congressional subpoena powers and the participation of nationally recognized civil society leaders.
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Valentina Cherevatenko, a civil society leader in southern Russia, has been prosecuted for "malicious" noncompliance with the "foreign agents" law.
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Sutherland is a public policy think tank that advocates for a free market economy, civil society and community-driven solutions.
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As civil society quickly collapsed, commoners armed themselves in preparation for a counterrevolution from militaries abroad during the Great Fear.
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The resignation was welcomed in Russia by members of civil society, which is also grappling with an increasingly domineering state.
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I don't think many people know about the level of organization of the civil society organizations of the Eritrean diaspora.
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Fidesz has pushed through legislation to restrict the activity of civil society groups that it accuses of encouraging illegal migration.
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It also has a vibrant civil society — meaning press and social movements — that can mobilize opposition outside of the state.
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Other powers are sniffing around: Turkey is funding mosques and civil society, and Russian flags have been flown at recent protests.
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Counterpart International is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and focuses on strengthening civil society and promoting social equality, according to its website.
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Representatives of business, student, civil society and farmers&apos groups are participating along with representatives of President Daniel Ortega&aposs government.
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The displacement campaign has drawn criticism from rights groups such as ASCOMS, a coalition of 27 Sub-Saharan civil society NGOs.
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But in November, Yigit Aksakoglu was detained and is now facing trial with 21 other civil society figures, writers and actors.
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The city and state desperately need this money for a host of reasons more vital to civil society than the Olympics.
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Despite its relocation, the Open Society Foundation has pledged to continue supporting civil society groups in Hungary from its Berlin base.
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China has also extended invites to the military-aligned opposition and other parties, as well as civil society and the media.
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The average age of the participants is 31 and they come from the private sector, government and civil society, she said.
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The government is now in discussion with opposition politicians and civil society groups to make amendments to the anti-terrorism law.
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It said that 100 of those cases were surveillance against against human rights defenders, journalists, and other members of civil society.
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Though civil society has rallied around Kavala's cause, the art world has remained largely silent at an institutional level, Günal believes.
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"Responsible companies should see defenders and civil society as partners in identifying risks and problems in their supply chains," she said.
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"Governments and civil society have important roles to play, but the tech industry also has a responsibility to help defend democracy."
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"There is no plan in any way for the state to replace the work that civil society can do," he said.
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The government's immigration policy has met with little opposition in Slovenia, although some civil society groups are against the wire fence.
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It was, says Zhang Xuemei of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, "an important turning-point" for civil society in China.
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Mr López Obrador openly scorns civil society and the supreme court, neither of which will bend to his will as president.
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The Security Council members met with local government officials as well as civil society and religious leaders in Mopti and Timbuktu.
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They've also stopped in London to meet with government leaders and civil society leaders, and they will also visit Northern Ireland.
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They've also stopped in London to meet with government leaders and civil society leaders, and they're visiting Northern Ireland as well.
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"They are civilians who were hiding in a bomb shelter," said Maung Thar Phyu, a civil society activist in the area.
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Rebel groups, civil society organizations, and journalists are forwarding reported violations to the ISSG, which is tasked with assessing those complaints.
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But their dependence on Western support, and the West's alliance with Ukraine's thriving civil-society activists, gave some cause for optimism.
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There has been a growing backlash against Zuma over his action to fire Pravin Gordhan from opposition parties and civil society.
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Despite the wasted Zuma years, the rainbow nation still has the continent's most sophisticated economy, vibrant civil society and feisty media.
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Another former Facebook executive has spoken out about the harm the social network is doing to civil society around the world.
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Another 30 are "functional constituencies", selected by members of certain professions or civil-society groups with a pronounced pro-government bias.
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"The good news is that civil society is reawakening," says Andrei Kolesnikov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow think tank.
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In the letter, which has recently resurfaced, the young Viktor Orban said he wanted to study the "rebirth of civil society".
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Yes, but: Orbán's politics skew authoritarian: He has repressed civil society and the media while fueling corruption, xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
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An umbrella rebel group and civil society groups condemned the interrogation while many in the region voiced fury on social media.
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Leading civil society figures in Cameroon say Facebook needs more resources and faces an increasingly difficult task as internet use grows.
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Citizen Lab is an academic security research group that investigates digital threats to civil society groups and online freedom of expression.
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Members of civil society are angry that the military, and Hemedti in particular, has any role in the governance of Sudan.
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Hong Kong connection Dahlin is not the only Swedish citizen to get caught up in China's crackdown on civil society groups.
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A group of NGOs called the "Civil Society Network" is planning to hold a national protest against the killing on Sunday.
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Of course, we live in a civil society, and an ideal solution like this is probably out of our grasp, legally.
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Jabhat al-Nusra is leveraging its battlefield contributions to create relationships with civil society, civilian populations and other Syrian opposition groups.
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Last week, a group of Myanmar civil society organisations made their voice heard about the impact Facebook had on the country.
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Where we give up any pretense of a civil society and devolve into smaller and smaller factions who despise each other?
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Tribalism and government's tight clampdown on civil society need to be overcome and voter bribery remains problematic and hard to trace.
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But that will be a long, fraught process, beset at every step by resistance — from agency employees, civil society, and courts.
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This creates a chilling effect for citizens and civil society organizations to safely and securely promote human rights in the country.
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Better education and a more civil society should help people become more tolerant of one another, and also of their differences.
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He also said a grouping of civil society organizations opposed to the third term and other parties were also left out.
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In April it enlisted Farid Azarkan, a former top civil servant who heads the country's main Moroccan-Dutch civil-society group.
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Our society is far too divided already without creating yet another barrier to participating in the economy and in civil society.
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It is a relationship that can often be self-sustaining through well-established ties between individual citizens and civil society organizations.
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The Awami League routinely deploys the judiciary and the police against its political opponents and any dissenting voices in civil society.
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It would be foolish to think that the Cuban government will be open to suggestions regarding the creation of civil society.
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At a news conference announcing their anti-Zuma campaign on Wednesday, civil society leaders called on the president to step down.
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The coalition's guidelines urge the private sector, civil society and government to work together on interventions for child labour-free zones.
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Kollouna Watani ("We are all our nation" in English) is the country's largest coalition of civil-society members, with 66 candidates.
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Excessive government secrecy — inherent, instinctive, utterly unnecessary and often bureaucratically self-protective — is poison to the well-being of civil society.
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Is he able to graciously accept criticism from civil society and media and engage in discourse that is inclusive and conciliatory?
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We returned to some of the hardest hit areas to meet with local community leaders, civil society organizations, and affected households.
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If it becomes law, it would devastate civil society not only in the short term, but possibly for generations to come.
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Second, the Trump administration should work with leaders and civil society in Central America to pursue an aggressive campaign against corruption.
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"Civil society and government must confront this reality when shaping priorities," Finer wrote in an email to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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There is widespread belief among civil society groups in Ghana that corruption is on the rise, especially among public office holders.
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In recent years, during a broad crackdown on civil society, Chinese officials have detained many rights advocates, sometimes pressing criminal charges.
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That question is especially important in China, where regulators have looked askance at drones while tightening their hold over civil society.
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Mr. da Silva played an important role in laying the groundwork for this, building up civil society and improving the judiciary.
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On Tuesday, much to the consternation of Mr. Castro, Mr. Obama will sit down with antigovernment dissidents and civil society leaders.
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As of now, every significant segment of Puerto Rico's civil society is in favor of a legal framework for debt restructuring.
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In those heady days of the 2011 Arab Spring, civil society movements in Arab dictatorships seemed unstoppable to the US government.
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The measure was introduced with support from more than 40 civil society groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and FreedomWorks.
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These institutions help confront terror and are supposed to create stable spaces for other government institutions and civil society to grow.
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Rather, what's needed is the convergence of all levels of government and the organs of justice with an engaged civil society.
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Except, instead of wrapping its marketplace around a city's roads, Facebook makes a new market around communication, media and civil society.
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It would be too far a stretch to see in Saudi Arabia even the glimmer of the emergence of civil society.
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Sullivan accused China of spreading "the worst features of its authoritarian system" by restricting activists, civil society and freedom of expression.
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Indeed, many of Nkurunziza's most ardent opponents, both politicians and members of civil society, are part of the country's Hutu majority.
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This tracks with the number of doctorates in civil society relative to the general population, according to the Department of Education.
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Like Mr. Orban in Hungary, Mr. Netanyahu has introduced legislation that targets civil society organizations that receive significant funding from overseas.
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Meetings of opposition politicians and civil society groups are taking place in Algiers to map out a future for the country.
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Over three decades of harsh rule, Mr. al-Bashir outlawed, marginalized or co-opted many trade unions and civil society organizations.
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Right-wing toughness is too inflexible and blind to civil society; leftist rage is too scornful of institutions and market forces.
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The meetings usually bring some 10,000 government officials, business people, civil society representatives and journalists from across the globe to Washington.
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It is a delicate ecosystem of checks and balances that needs a free media and a conscious civil society to survive.
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An educational effort by government, schools, civil society groups and the media to help people distinguish facts from fakery might help.
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Red capital, as mainland money is sometimes called, may also serve to curb civil society or community activities in Hong Kong.
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"There will be more self-censorship in a country where there is already not a very vibrant civil society," he said.
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But dozens of Myanmar-based civil society groups published a statement on the eve of the verdict welcoming the court case.
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Guven is also co-leader of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), an umbrella group of civil society organisations based in Diyarbakir.
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