American poet, playwright, teacher, and public official whose concern for liberal democracy figured in much of his work, although his most memorable lyrics are of a more private nature.
(Reuters) MONGOLIA: HELD IN '98 MURDER The police have detained a leading opposition politician, Erdeniin Bat-Uul, as a suspect in the 1998 murder of the country's leading democracy figure, Mr. Bat-Uul's wife, Delgertuyaa, said.
"Samaras has learned from his mistakes and he has opened up to opinions from more people - he listened," an unnamed New Democracy figure, who has been critical of Mr Samaras in the past, told Reuters news agency.
Several other cases of anonymous intimidation of pro-democracy figures have been reported recently.A panel set up by Hong Kong's legislative council has begun an inquiry into the radio hosts' resignations.
(Benin, now home to one of Africa's more stable democracies, figured prominently in the Atlantic slave trade).
The government for which Trevino worked also attacked Anwar for saying positive things about Israel; Trevino has argued that Anwar is not the pro-democracy figure he appears.
Via TPM, Buzzfeed has a story about how a bunch of conservative pundits, especially but not only Josh Trevino, acted as paid agents of the Malaysian government in a covert propaganda campaign: A range of mainstream American publications printed paid propaganda for the government of Malaysia, much of it focused on the campaign against a pro-democracy figure there.
WASHINGTON — As Myanmar's pro-democracy figure and government leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, makes her way through Washington's power centers this week, one face is particularly familiar: Senator Mitch McConnell, who has been watching her for decades, usually at great remove.
Anwar's supporters say the pro-democracy figure has been repeatedly jailed on dubious charges to keep him from running for office.
So far, at least, our democracy has figured out how to renew itself, hard as that is to believe in the middle of such change.
