Within hours, 40 pro-democracy activists united to form Operation Yellowbird. From Wordnik.com. [Still On The Wing] Reference
In fact, the pro-democracy push may be having the opposite of its intended effect. From Wordnik.com. [The InternationaList: May 16, 2008] Reference
Some in the pro-democracy camp suspect a plot to avert elections altogether until 2012. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan: The Last Tycoon?] Reference
"They must have found it refreshing," says pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Emily Lau. From Wordnik.com. [GETTING THE WORD OUT] Reference
Now the judges were facing possible prosecution, and pro-democracy forces were outraged. From Wordnik.com. [Egypt: Taking On the Wrong Enemy] Reference
The pro-democracy forces called for a massive display of "" people power '' on Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [Indonesia In Flames] Reference
Premier Wen was criticized when large pro-democracy protests erupted in the territory in 2003. From Wordnik.com. [SUBTLE POWER STRUGGLE] Reference
(The ban occurred weeks after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was thrown in jail again). From Wordnik.com. [Techno Revolution?] Reference
Notably, even many pro-democracy activists had criticized the regime as "too weak" over Kosovo. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Dreams] Reference
Despite Hong Kong people's business focus, the pro-democracy activists have widespread support. From Wordnik.com. [Testing Taboo, Hong Kong Is An Export Island Of] Reference
Beijing has ruled that out for 2007, but not after that, notes Ronny Tong, a pro-democracy lawmaker. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan: The Last Tycoon?] Reference
They marched to Myongdong Cathedral, the hotbed of pro-democracy student demonstrations in the 1980s. From Wordnik.com. [Korea's 'Generation 386'] Reference
Yet defying all odds, Alan Leong Kam-kit has managed to get on the ballot as a pro-democracy candidate. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Word: Alex Leong] Reference
But Babangida's tactics may backfire: once set in motion, pro-democracy activists aren't likely to let up. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy: Nigeria's Bad Example] Reference
Many in the pro-democracy movement are putting their hopes on rumors of a split within the ruling military. From Wordnik.com. [‘I Dare to Believe’] Reference
But when the book was made into a film in 1992, young, pro-democracy South Koreans started debating the war. From Wordnik.com. [Fallen Heroes] Reference
The two disagreed over the pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen during their televised debate on June 27. From Wordnik.com. [The Ties That Might Bind] Reference
After massive pro-democracy marches engulfed the city on July 1, 2003, Tung shelved Article 23 and Ip resigned. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall and Rise of Regina Ip] Reference
In one day I went from the top of the chess world to a politician in Russia's struggling pro-democracy movement. From Wordnik.com. [A Dangerous Game] Reference
As a pro-democracy advocate who is skeptical of Gorbachev, Quayle would have credibility with insurgent leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Quayle Handicap] Reference
Activist Martha Beatriz Roque, on the two-day pro-democracy rally held by roughly 200 Cuban dissidents in Havana. From Wordnik.com. [PERSPECTIVES] Reference
Win, whose number in Rangoon was given to me by some Burmese exiles, is a veteran of Burma's pro-democracy movement. From Wordnik.com. [‘I Dare to Believe’] Reference
One candidate represents pro-democracy reformers and the other Beijing loyalists, and as it happens, both are women. From Wordnik.com. [A Lasting Impression] Reference
He persuaded another former Megawati ally, pro-democracy Muslim leader Amien Rais, to run for the post -- and Rais won. From Wordnik.com. [Duel Of The Shadow Puppets] Reference
And some pro-democracy advocates say that efforts to infiltrate cyberdiscourse show that China's e-police are desperate. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother Is Talking] Reference
It is justifiably proud of its role in toppling military rule in the late 1980s with massive pro-democracy demonstrations. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Koreas] Reference
Now Egypt is in the midst of a vicious crackdown -- "a backlash," says one Western diplomat, against pro-democracy forces. From Wordnik.com. [Egypt: Taking On the Wrong Enemy] Reference
NATO's bombing only increased anti-Western sentiment, making the lives of pro-democracy opposition leaders more difficult. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Instead, last Friday, troops and riot police fired into the air and used tear gas to break up pro-democracy protests across Lagos. From Wordnik.com. [Nigerian Roulette] Reference
Of course, given Beijing's resistance, only international pressure can tip the balance in favor of pro-democracy forces in Hong Kong. From Wordnik.com. [VIEWPOINT: DEMOCRATIC CONTAGION?] Reference
Hong Kong is again commemorating pro-democracy demonstrations that ended in bloodshed 18 years ago around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Dictatorship We Have to Confront’] Reference
For six months Seif goaded the government by conducting a series of pro-democracy "debate salons" at his apartment in a Damascus suburb. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For His Moment] Reference
Angry hackers have even attacked www. june4.org, a pro-democracy Web site featuring a petition by Wang to honor the victims of Tiananmen. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Dreams] Reference
A visit to Independence Hall will send a powerful, if tacit, pro-democracy message: Chinese call that "" doing a lot but saying little. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes Jiang] Reference
When a flourishing pro-democracy movement swept the country in 1988, Army troops responded by gunning down 3,000 civilians in the streets. From Wordnik.com. [Burma: No Win For Ne Win] Reference
"The voters certainly accept women in top positions," says lawmaker Emily Lau, head of a pro-democracy political group called The Frontier. From Wordnik.com. [A Lasting Impression] Reference
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