Dictatorships

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets junta minister: official

AFP Global Edition 47 days ago

Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a minister from Myanmar's ruling junta Wednesday for the second time in a week, in the first signs of a resumed dialogue between the two sides. The opposition icon met labour minister Aung ...

Suu Kyi meets Myanmar junta minister: lawyer

AFP Global Edition 51 days ago

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi held a rare meeting with a minister of the ruling junta Saturday, a day after a court rejected her appeal against extended house arrest. The detained opposition leader met Aung Kyi, the labour minister and ...

Guinea's junta accused of hiding bodies after crackdown

AFP Global Edition 53 days ago

Guinea's army was accused Thursday of getting rid of many bodies from a bloody crackdown on an anti-junta rally, but the authorities stuck by their toll of 56 dead. The military junta on Thursday opened the morgue of one of Conakry's main ...

At UN, Myanmar blasts sanctions, pledges democracy

AP News 56 days ago

At UN, Myanmar prime minister lashes out at Western sanctions, promises democracy on the way The highest-ranking official from Myanmar's military government to appear before the U.N. General Assembly in 14 years lashed out Monday against Western sanctions on his country, but ...

Suu Kyi writes to junta on sanctions

AFP Asian Edition 59 days ago

Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has written to the chief of the ruling junta with suggestions about how to get Western sanctions lifted, her lawyer said Saturday. The move represents a change of heart for the Nobel Peace Laureate, ...

Suu Kyi party 'welcomes Myanmar amnesty'

AFP Asian Edition 61 days ago

Myanmar's main opposition party on Wednesday welcomed the release of 7,000 prisoners but reiterated calls for the ruling junta to free Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) issued a statement almost one week ...

Elements of Dictatorships

Inform 68 days ago

Dictatorships have existed throughout history, and they still do today-despite the dreams of many people in the United States that everyone has as democratic a government as we do. Some of the most infamous dictatorships existed in Europe during the twentieth century; ...

Tens of thousands rally to support Guinea opposition leader

AFP Global Edition 71 days ago

Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday in a show of support for Guinea's opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, a key candidate in upcoming presidential elections and a rival to the country's military ruler who has hinted he may stand. Some 60,000 ...

Myanmar briefly detains Suu Kyi aide: friend

AFP Asian Edition 72 days ago

Myanmar authorities on Saturday briefly detained Win Tin, a veteran opposition leader and the country's former longest serving political prisoner, a friend said. The 80-year-old former journalist was taken from his home in the morning for questioning but was allowed to return ...

Guinea junta chief may run in polls

AFP Global Edition 91 days ago

The head of Guinea's military junta has rejected calls that he should not stand in next year's presidential election, saying no-one can stop him from running if he wants to. A coalition of Guinean opposition parties, unions and civic groups on Sunday ...

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