Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General CIVICUS European powers appear set on perpetuating their arbitrary "entitlement" to the position of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in the wake of the controversy that precipitated the resignation earlier this month of Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Adele Poskitt This week I tasted the bitter-sweet fear that is keeping Zimbabwe on its knees.

Civil society has been defined as the space between state, private sector and family or community.

"Arbitrary arrests, detentions and intimidation of activists, journalists and political opponents in Syria by security forces and members of the intelligence unit is no way to respond to legitimate calls for reforms by citizens in Syria," said Netsanet Belay, Policy and Research Director for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation.