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Posts Tagged ‘democracy and human rights’

Montenegrins still against NATO membership

A majority of Montenegro’s citizens are still against their country joining NATO, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) from Podgorica.

41 percent of Montenegrins says they “speak Serbian”

According to a survey conducted by CEDEM, more than 41 percent of citizens of Montenegro have stated that they speak Serbian. At the same time 70 percent of the citizens are proud to be citizens of their country, said Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM).

John L. Esposito: Arab Democracy: Is It a Criminal Offense to Be a Reformist Voice?

The arrest and continued detention of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fattouh symbolizes a long standing problem for which governments in the region and the West bear primary responsibility.

Damian Murphy: Is Obama Doing Enough on Democracy?

The global challenges to democracy were brought into sharper focus over the past month with Iran’s crackdown on election protesters and the coup d’etat in…

David Calleo: European Alarm Over Obama

The authors of “An Open Letter to the Obama Administration from Central and Eastern Europe” are nervous about recent US efforts to repair relations with Putin’s Russia.