'Yes' vote leads in Turkey referendum Some 60 percent of Turkish voters approved a package of controversial constitutional amendments at a referendum Sunday, with about 70 percent of the ballot boxes counted, the NTV news channel reported. トルコの有権者の約60％がカウント投票箱の約70％と、日曜日の国民論争憲法改正のパッケージを承認した、日本テレビのニュースチャンネルが報じた
Burma: We must show our solidarity with the democracy movement | Observer editorial We may not be able to do much to help Burma's political prisoners, but as the country's sham elections near, even small gestures of support are importantNext month, Burma will hold its first election for 20 years. Often, the reappearance of ballot boxes after such a long interval is cause for celebration. Not so in Burma, where the poll is widely seen as a cynical exercise, adding a veneer of civil legitimacy to the ruling military junta.The generals are closing the border and rescinding visas to prevent outside monitoring of the poll. Ordinary Burmese are reported to be divided over whether or not to participate. Some think it is worth pursuing the charade, if only to get the country into the habit of voting. There are 37 parties registered to take part.But the National League for Democracy, which won the election in 1990 but was never allowed to take power, is boycotting it. Its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is one of an estimated 2,183 political prisoners. Their families and friends are kept under surveillance, harassed and intimidated.Tomorrow deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will attend an Asia-Europe summit, where he must press the case of Burmese democracy. International pressure has so far had little impact. The regime is supported by China, the regional superpower, which prefers not to see democracy movements active in its back yard.But the situation is not hopeless, if only for the reason that Burmese democracy activists themselves have not given up hope. Their cause is being highlighted in a new campaign by Amnesty International in the run-up to the election – a photo petition including politicians, religious leaders, activists and refugees, holding a hand up in protest at the regime, a political prisoner's name inscribed on their palms.The images, powerful thoug 私たちは、ビルマの政治囚を助けるために多大な貢献をすることができない場合があります国の。選挙が近くのサポートも、小さなジェスチャーはimportantNext月されると、ビルマは、20年の初の選挙を開催します
