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	African Democracy Forum - ADF Member - Forum for Democratic Change
		FDC believes that the most solemn duty of a government is to protect her citizens and their properties, and uphold and promote their human rights.
		FDC affirms its commitment to free, fair, and regular elections by an informed electorate, and to ensure that constituents have the rights and means to remove from positions of power elected officials who do not fulfill their duties.
		FDC firmly believes in gender balance and social equity, and shall firmly uphold the rights of women and members of marginalized and disadvantaged groups to be effectively represented at local and national levels, and their interests and needs adequately addressed in policies and national programmes.
	www.africandemocracyforum.org /component/option,com_bookmarks/Itemid,1/task,detail/id,112 (730 words)

	Forum for Democratic Change - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Forum for Democratic Change is a political party in Uganda.
		The FDC is in political opposition to the government of Yoweri Museveni.
		The FDC is the political entity widely believed to pose the greatest challenge to the reelection of President Yoweri Museveni in 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forum_for_Democratic_Change (339 words)

	People's Redemption Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The rebel group is allegedly based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC Congo), founded by renegade Ugandan army officers, and estimated (in 2004) to consist of around 2,000 rebels.
		The leader of the opposition party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Kizza Besigye, was arrested on November 14, 2005, accused of being the "political leader of the PRA", sparking demonstrations and violent riots.
		A Uganda army spokesman said on November 16, 2005 that the army was deployed to help the police with the riots, and that security had been increased at all borders because "We know PRA exists and are likely to attack".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/People's_Redemption_Army (274 words)

	The Emerging Democratic Majority WebLog - DonkeyRising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Democrats will be successful with women voters if they cast progressive responses to cultural issues in the same commonsense language moms use when they express concerns about their children.
		Democrats are also doing well in terms of money, both at the individual candidate level and in terms of the DCCC closing the cash on hand gap with the NRCC.
		The reasons are probably similar to those that held down Democratic margins among Hispanics (see last week’s analysis of the minority vote): national security and moral concerns that moved many of these women toward the GOP more than economic, health care and education concerns moved them toward the Democrats.
	www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com /donkeyrising (3616 words)

	AEGiS-NV: Govt failed peace talks, says FDC
		THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has blamed the collapse of the face-to-face peace talks between the Government and the LRA rebels on arrogance and unrealistic demands from the Government.
		FDC described as impossible President Yoweri Museveni's demand that all rebels assemble in one place before the talks.
		He said FDC recognises the achievements of past governments and while it shares in on gains made under the Movement, it takes responsibility of the omissions.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2005/NV050109.html (473 words)

	Axis History Forum :: Index
		This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations,
		This is an apolitical forum dedicated to discussions on the World Wars.
		Long-time forum member Ron Klages (1939 - 2007) generously shared his knowledge and the results of his impressive research with the forum, and this section has therefore been renamed in his honour.
	forum.axishistory.com (1072 words)

	CNN.com - Judge quits opposition leader's treason trial - Feb 3, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Forum for Democratic Change spokesman Sam Akaki said the retired colonel had spent about half the campaign period in court in the capital, Kampala.
		The Forum for Democratic Change says the charges against Besigye are a bid to sideline its man ahead of the vote, but the government denies it and says the 49-year-old must face justice like any Ugandan.
		Katutsi also is the presiding judge in a rape case against Besigye that Forum for Democratic Change lawyers have denounced as a fabrication.
	www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/africa/02/03/uganda.trial.reut (640 words)

	afrika.no - Uganda: Forum for Democratic Change to sue Government over road map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He said there was no need for government to hold a referendum on change of the political system since elections can change a system.
		They are changing it because they don't have the numbers," Ruzindana who was flanked by Mr Wafula Oguttu said.
		FDC also welcomed the move by Hon Mutebi Kityo for Parliament to stick with the two-term limit.
	www.afrika.no /Detailed/8521.html (580 words)

	Global Forum Sees Potential for Democratic Change in Middle East
		The United States, he said, is working to build an Iraq that is democratic, has a vibrant economy, and is a friend to its neighbors.
		Indyk said that Bush envisions a democratic, prosperous and peaceful Middle East "and is prepared to move forward with that vision." He also pointed to promising signs in the region, noting that countries such as Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan and Qatar are all embarking on pro-democracy initiatives.
		Describing the situation in Qatar, Foreign Minister Al-Thani said that democratic reform is incomplete but nevertheless dramatic -- particularly compared to the situation in his country 10 or 20 years ago.
	www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/press/2003/june/062302.html (815 words)

	MSN Groups
		The Forum for Democratic Change, FDC is a Political Party that promotes democratic ideals, rule of law, accountable government, equitable development and peace for all Ugandans.
		This is a forum for managers of MSN groups only.It is a place to discuss not only trouble makers and trolls in the groups but ideas and current events as well as give opinions about other boards and switch opportunities for promotion.
		Young Democrats of America is dedicated to inform young democrats of their politics, as well as let them have a voice in their politics.
	groups.msn.com /browse?catid=147 (1831 words)

	FDC Bloggers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Recent waves of democratization around the world have accorded women greater space in public life, notably in Uganda, where women have held political office for the past twenty years through a quota system introduced in 1986.
		In fact the FDC leader and leading contender for the presidency noticed that the ballot box at his rural polling station was not sealed and complained about it.
		Change is “King forever and ever” and nations have perished out of “No Change”.
	fdcuganda.blogspot.com (2006 words)

	African Democracy Forum - CD Bamako Roundtable
		There is a need to change the philosophy and approach to gender equality and there is a need for the development of a new approach to addressing women’s rights and gender equality.
		There was broad agreement that it is necessary to develop a strategy that centers on introducing education for democracy into the school curriculum at every level, and that the curriculum of each country would vary according to the history and culture of that country.
		Democratic institutions and personnel require training and must be equipped to carry out their functions.
	www.africandemocracyforum.org /content/view/72/49 (3822 words)

	www.businessinafrica.net \| news_in_brief \| all Ugandan protesters ask PAP's help
		About 50 supporters of the Ugandan opposition Forum for Democratic Change have protested outside the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand against what they termed the deteriorating political and human rights situation in that country.
		Forum spokesman Suleman Mugula told PAP fourth vice president Theophilus Nata that elections planned for next year were being stalled by the current Ugandan government.
		Once the memorandum was considered, a report would be made to the protesters, the forum, and the Ugandan embassy in South Africa.
	www.businessinafrica.net /news_in_brief/all/737743.htm (531 words)

	Masscom Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) exiled leader Col (rtd) Dr.Kizza Besigye is set to return in two months’ time.
		FDC’s Acting chairperson Hon.Salamu Musumba said the party has undertaken a campaign to return their chairman in the country as it is the only way he can meaningfully participate in the democratisation process.
		She added that FDC will also at the same time be engaged in massive community mobilization and sensitisation campaigns to prepare the peaople to protect Besigye in case government tries to arrest him on his return.
	masscom.mak.ac.ug /online/news/news240601.htm (236 words)

	Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
		Opposition groups claim that the PRA is an invention of the Government to discredit Mr Besigye’s party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
		Major-General Mugisha Muntu, the FDC co-ordinator, said: “The Government is in a panic.
		Opposition politicians believe that proposed changes in the constitution are being tailored by the mainly pro-government parliament to allow Museveni to stand again and remain in power indefinitely.
	www.publiuspundit.com /?cat=74 (1599 words)

	WagNews: Uganda Hires PR Agency as Torture Continues
		In a related development, according to reliable local reports, Ugandan authorities have freed two key opposition members of parliament arrested last month on charges of murder -in an apparent politically motivated move.
		The MPs from the opposition Forum for Democratic Change, Ronald Reagan Okumu and Michael Nyeko Ocula, were arrested on April 20.
		The Forum for Democratic Change poses the greatest challenge to the reelection of Museveni next year.
	wagnews.blogspot.com /2005/05/uganda-hires-pr-agency-as-torture.html (345 words)

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		The leader of the FDC travelled to Amsterdam the Netherlands where he was invited to attend a Uganda International Peace conference.
		Without a doubt, it is again time for a new beginning in our beloved nation; a time to put our country back on a steady path to peaceful transition to democratic governance, national reconciliation and broad-based economic development.
		FDC takes the position that there are indispensable rights that are preconditions without which democratic governance is impossible, and which any government is obligated to respect and fulfill: civil and political rights, economic and social rights, and the right to peace and security.
	www.fdcuganda.org /pages (353 words)

	Zamnet Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Okumu Reagan and Nyeko Ocula both belong to the opposition Forum For Democratic Change (FDC).
		Officials of the FDC party say the arrests are aimed at curbing opposition support in the north of the country.
		The north of Uganda has been at war for the past 19 years and is largely opposed to the government of President Yoweri Museveni.
	www.zamnet.zm /newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1114161956 (316 words)

	African Update - Journal - Africa’s ‘democratic’ leadership takes a startling turn toward totalitarianism
		Kizza Besigye, the leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has been accused of plotting against Museveni’s government and having ties to the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), a ruthless band of rebels (classified as international terrorists) in the northern part of the country.
		The FDC claimed that Besigye had won the 2001 presidential election against Museveni and also claimed irregularities and fraud by the government.
		Museveni is well on his way to getting those changes made and clearly he doesn’t want his work to be in vein.
	gfh.squarespace.com /journal/2005/11/14/africas-democratic-leadership-takes-a-startling-turn-toward-totalitarianism.html (1154 words)

	Two shot dead at Uganda opposition event - Boston.com
		Justice Vincent Kagaba ordered the trial to resume on March 15 after the prosecution said it needed time to respond to what the defense called "incurable" defects in the state's charges.
		Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party says the charges against its candidate are meant to sideline him ahead of the polls, something the government denies.
		The FDC leader is charged with treason along with 22 other men, and his lawyers objected to the indictment on several grounds, including that Besigye was accused of plotting to overthrow the government with unnamed individuals.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/02/15/trial_ruling_boosts_uganda_presidential_challenger (681 words)

	[Ugnet] Re: Dose anyone rember why Kayiira & Co were initially jailed?
		Owakukiroru was the Rukungiri district chairman for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change headed by exiled Col. Dr Kizza Besigye.
		Another FDC mobiliser in Rukungiri, Mr Darius Tweyambe, who was arrested by CMI in Kampala on Tuesday, was also not brought to court.
		The Forum for Democratic Change spokesperson, Ms Beti Kamya, said in a statement on Wednesday: “This is the pre dictable wave of harassment, which is reigning in the country.
	www.mail-archive.com /ugandanet@kym.net/msg17081.html (736 words)

	Reuters AlertNet - FEATURE-Battered northern Uganda backs calls for change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This time, support for the opposition, particularly Kizza Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), is again running high in the north, although opinion polls put Museveni -- once a darling of Western donors but now accused by critics of becoming more autocratic -- firmly in the lead in a countrywide count.
		As aid agencies' white four-wheel-drive cars and green army trucks rumble past the office, he says FDC is pushing ahead with plans to hire "vigilante" youth brigades to monitor polling stations on election day -- despite government protests.
		Forum for Democratic Change supporter lies dead on street in Mengo township on outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L14705327.htm (1251 words)

	Ugandan judge refuses to quash treason charge against opposition leader
		Ugandan opposition leader of the Forum for Democratic Change Kizza Besigye(R) confers with his lawyer, Sam Njuba, on the first day of his treason trial outside the High Court in Kampala.
		Besigye's case has fuelled concerns about Museveni's commitment to democracy, and foreign donors recently suspended tens of millions of dollars in direct aid to his government, citing the prosecution and the repeal of presidential term limits that would have barred Museveni from seeking re-election.
		In addition to his case, Besigye's wife, Winnie Byanyima, and another member of the FDC have been charged with libel after Museveni complained that they had falsely accused him of bribing judges handling her husband's trial.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=105095 (611 words)

	New Vision Online : Besigye roots for joint force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PARTIES UNITE: Forum for Democratic Change candidate Kizza Besigye campaigns in Kayunga district on Tuesday
		FORUM for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has called upon all opposition political parties to forge a common front in order to oust President Yoweri Museveni from power.
		He said his first guest the morning after his release was Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Ssebaana Kizito, with whom they discussed the matter.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/13/474378 (382 words)

	The EastAfrican on the Web
		PROF OGENGA LATIGO was elected one of the five vice presidents of the Forum for Democratic Change, deputising for Dr Kizza Besigye, who lives in exile in South Africa.
		We in FDC would like to see honesty in the transition process and have it put in a realistic context.
		That is why FDC then becomes the biggest enemy in the eyes of Museveni.
	www.nationmedia.com /eastafrican/21022005/Opinion/Opinion210220051.html (918 words)

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	African Political Parties and Organizations on the Web
		In English and Portuguese."Founded in the late 80's from UDA (Association of Angolan Democrats), an Angolan underground movement, formed and operating from London by an exiled politician during the era of one-party Marxists state in Angola.
		."...aims at bringing changes in the country by privileging a cut with the old conservative ideas which have produced the results that we know today in terms of economic stagnation, unemployment, pollution lack of adequate public infrastructure, lack of water, low level of education of the populatiion etc...." Has party history, structure and photographs.
		See also information on Democratic Forces Front, GAD "a transliteration of the word 'serious' in Arabic--stands for a joint force of southerners and northerners in Sudan fighting for democracy and human rights." On the web site of DC Registry which offers free web pages to Washington D.C. individuals/organizations.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/political-parties-africa.html (7787 words)

	Human Rights Watch
		Human Rights Watch is concerned that authorities will use the ban to obstruct campaign rallies by the Forum for Democratic Change, during Uganda’s first multi-party elections in 25 years.
		In December, Human Rights Watch interviewed supporters of the Forum for Democratic Change from Kampala and the Kabarole district in western Uganda.
		An FDC activist from the Kabarole district told Human Rights Watch that police prevented him from organizing a protest against Besigye’s arrest.
	www.commondreams.org /news2005/1219-13.htm (818 words)

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