FDL-AP QUARTERLY

Official Journal
of
The Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific

Introduction to Summer '97 Issue

Includes full text of Democracy in Asia
by Dr. Kim Dae-jung

The Role of NGOs: An East Timorese Example
by Dr. Jose Ramos Horta

NGOs in Singapore
by Dr. Chee Soon Juan

Introduction to Autumn '97 Issue

Introduction to Spring '98 Issue

Introduction to Spring '99 Issue

FDL-AP DECLARATIONS
& POSITION PAPERS

Declaration on Transition
from Dictatorship to Democracy

by the Conference of the Forum
of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP)
(Manila, Philippines, November 2-4, 1996)

RECOMMENDED READING

"Asia and Human Rights"

by Angela Lee
Amnesty International

"Asian Values vs. Human Rights"

by Aryeh Neier
Open Society Institute

"Social Justice and Rule of Law in Burma"

by Aung Htoo
National Council for the Union of Burma

"Economic and Political Freedom are Inseparable"

by Dr. Meinardus
Friedrich Nauman Foundation

"The New Media and Human Rights"

by Michael M.J. Fischer, MIT

FROM CANTONMENTS TO CANTONS
-- A Modest Proposal for Kashmir and the Asian Neighborhood

A 1999 UN Hague Appeal for Peace proposal that advocates adoption of Switzerland's radically direct democratic system in Kashmir and beyond.

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

ILLUMINATING ATROCITIES
-- Disturbing a Purchased Peace with Nobel Prize Winner,
Jose Ramos Horta

A wide-ranging interview with the outspoken laureate
on media apathy, ASEAN authoritarianism,
Japanese war crimes and the uses of Nobel attention

TWENTY YEARS OF TERROR
-- Indonesia in East Timor

An angry education with Max Stahl,
the award-winning British photo-journalist who filmed
the infamous 1991 Santa Cruz massacre

TURN THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE UPSIDE TOWN
-- Toward a Sustainable Democracy

A ground-breaking interview with People First co-founder, Dr. Ashok Khosla
on the necessity and possibility of direct democracy in India

DEMOCRACY IS SURVIVAL FOR WOMEN

An Interview with human rights crusader Asma Jehangir
on the plight of women & children,
and the fundamentalist threat in Pakistan today

ISLAM MEANS JUSTICE,
AND JUSTICE MEANS RIGHTS

An Interview with cricket legend turned fiery social/political activist,
Imran Khan on the fight for democratic reform in Pakistan

SETTLING KASHMIR
Prospects for Peace, Justice, Independence...

Interview with Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nishat Ahmad
Director, Institute of Regional Studies,
Islamabad, Pakistan