So too were a variety of civil society groups that thrived despite restrictions from the Suharto regime.
Inside Syria many have organized themselves into civil society groups, to try and retain some semblance of normalcy.
Together with civil society groups and the international community it is already engaged in relief and rehabilitation work.
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But in 2009 the administration, this administration, actually, cut funding to democracy groups and civil society groups in Egypt.
Civil society groups have filed for judicial review with the Indonesia Supreme Court.
But civil society groups allege gross human rights violations by troops and policemen.
Civil society groups led by stellar activists have saved lakes and trees and fought for the poor and dispossessed.
Nearly all civil society groups, including religious leaders have been preaching peaceful elections.
The same search engines that help customers find local businesses also point them to websites of bloggers and civil society groups.
We have used the office to coordinate training programs for women, municipal councilors and civil society groups in the Gulf region generally.
The U.N. said the declaration was weaker than international standards, however, and criticized Asean for not seeking more input from civil society groups.
It instead went through the Egyptian government through approved civil society groups, and then also lowered how much civil society groups were funded.
Our success on this front cannot be made through state actions alone but will need to involve cooperation with civil society groups and structures.
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Russian police and tax inspectors have raided the offices of the human rights group Memorial and other civil society groups which get foreign funding.
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If elections are held, civil society groups are expected to be at the forefront of monitoring the polls, as they have done for past elections.
Petitions had been filed to the court by the prime minister and by civil society groups, who claimed irregularities had affected the election result and called for fresh elections.
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And even in the midst of discord, ordinary Israelis and Palestinians - faith leaders, civil society groups, doctors, scientists, businessmen, students -- find ways to work together every day.
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None of our gains in advancing human rights, none of our awareness of new human rights frontiers would be possible without human rights defenders, civil society groups and the media.
That slim win was challenged by outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga who got 43 percent and civil society groups that complained of myriad anomalies in the voting process.
Caleb McCarey, the State Department's Cuba Transition Coordinator explained that the money will be spent to expand international broadcasting and Internet access for Cubans and to help Cuban civil society groups.
The 50 participants are mostly members of youth council or civil society groups in their respective communities and a core group of young leaders have been involved in planning the event since December 2011.
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Thus, there has been a substantial and sustained consultative efforts towards formulating a National Youth Policy, in partnership with youth NGOs and other civil society groups and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The implementation strategy discussed at the meeting operates at global and national levels, and outlines more than 100 areas of work by different UN agencies and civil society groups to secure the safety of journalists.
"Local forest communities and civil society groups have so far been completely excluded from the initiative, which is primarily about 'partnerships' between international conservation organisations and international loggers, " said Simon Counsell, director of the Rainforest Foundation.
As they did during our meeting in Moscow, leaders from civil society groups -- Russian and American - are meeting here in Washington to explore new ways to cooperate in education and health, human rights and combating corruption.
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Edgar Kavu-Lavu from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) - one of the civil society groups to bring the case to court - says they won't appeal as there is not enough time before the elections are held.
The CD-ROM, launched at the 15th Annual Conference of AMIC in Penang, Malaysia last July, is expected to be a valuable resource for PSB institutions, television trainers, civil society groups dealing with media freedom and cultural diversity issues, and tertiary institutions as a "classroom" and advocacy resource.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) is part of a powerful coalition of governments, international organizations, civil society groups and private interests that are joining together under the banner of a Global Partnership for Oceans to address the blatant need for coordinated, global action and confront widely documented problems of over-fishing, marine degradation, and habitat loss.
As international troops draw down from Afghanistan and the military presences lessens, what is really going to help the country and provide a future for Afghans is the civil society groups who work to keep children off the streets and to provide viable alternatives, like education and jobs training, that mitigates youth recruitment into ideologically extreme groups or other high-risk behavior.
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Right now in Africa we spend time with groups in civil society, with groups who are using technology to inform themselves better on what governments are doing and holding them to account.
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