On October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and the International Day of Nonviolence, the Nonviolent Radical Party brought to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe the issue of the right to know. Thanks to Senator Roberto Rampi, the Committee for Culture, Science, Education and Media, of which he is a member, decided to include a draft resolution…
On 9 and 12 September John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, gave two extremely important speeches in terms of promotion and defence of the rule of law and parliamentary democracy. Anybody attaching great value to those issues will hardly remain deaf to the words spoken by Mr. Speaker. The first speech is the one in which he announced…
On 7 August Yang Jianli and Aaron Rhode published an article on “The American Interest” explaining why Hong Kong can show Xi Jinping that repressing freedom is a no-win proposition. On August 5, a day of unprecedented strikes and demonstrations, thousands of mostly young Hong Kongers gathered around the offices of the Legislative Council, near Admiralty station on Hong Kong…
On 22 July, “Port News”, the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority magazine, edited by Marco Casale, hosted a piece by Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata where the former Foreign Secretary of Italy and President of the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” outlines the economic and political risks connected with Chinese development and the ties that Italy and…
Following the mobilization launched a few days ago by some 3,000 Hong Kong lawyers, on 9 June over one million citizens took to the streets of the Asian city to rally against the progressive, yet blatant, suppression of the rule of law on the island. This strategy is a clear breach by communist mainland China of every commitment taken with…
On Saturday 13 April a delegation of the Radical Party composed of Sen. Roberto Rampi, Umberto Gambini and Matteo Angioli, held a second meeting with former President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont in Waterloo, Belgium. The hour-long meeting ended with several statements collected by Radio Radicale. Matteo Angioli stressed Mr. Puigdemont’s attempt to internationalize the case and the need to engage…
Despite boasting unrivaled tourist attractions, large stores of natural resources that could be profitably and responsibly exploited, and one of the world’s youngest labor forces the country’s economy is floundering. And, after 34 years of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s dictatorial rule, Cambodians could soon be facing a higher price. On April 4, a group of international buyers’ associations from the…
On 12 March the Defender of Rights of France, Mr. Jacques Toubon, said he was worried about a “reinforcement of repression” in his country. In its Annual Report, this independent authority also indicates a “collapse” of fundamental rights and freedoms, caused by the introduction of the state of emergency in 2015. In France, “a policy of strengthening security and repression…
On February 16, the French newspaper Le Monde published a long and appalling study on the serious risk of “foreign interferences” in the European elections scheduled on May 26 this year. Governments need to inform parliaments and the public of what is happening and what the implications are. “Paris is afraid of having to face a wave of Russian or…
On 5 February, the President of the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella” Amb. Giulio Terzi was invited by TGCOM24 to talk about the crisis in Venezuela. After recalling the resolution adopted by the European Parliament with 439 votes in favor and 104 against to recognize Juan Guaidò as legitimate interim President, he siadd that “a coup…