Sudan
Umma Party [SADIQ Siddiq al-Mahdi]; Popular Congress Party or
PCP [Hassan al-TURABI]; Darfur rebel groups including the Justice
and Equality Movement or JEM [Khalil IBRAHIM] and the Sudan
Liberation Movement or SLM [various factional leaders]
Suriname
Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs [Ricardo PANE];
Association of Saramaccan Authorities or Maroon [Head Captain WASE];
Women's Parliament Forum or PVF [Iris GILLIAD]
Svalbard
NA
Swaziland
Swaziland Democracy Campaign; Swaziland Federation of
Trade Unions; Swaziland and Solidarity Network or SSN
Sweden
Children's Rights in Society; Swedish Confederation of
Professional Employees or TCO; Swedish Federation of Trade Unions or
LO
other: media
Switzerland
NA
Syria
Arab Human Rights Organization in Syria or AHRO; Damascus
Declaration Group (a broad alliance of secular, religious, and
Kurdish opposition groups); National Salvation Front (alliance
between former Vice President Abd al-Halim KHADDAM and other small
opposition groups in exile; formerly included the Syrian Muslim
Brotherhood); Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
[Mazin DARWISH]; Syrian Human Rights Organization [Muhanad
al-HASANI]; Syrian Human Rights Society or HRAS [Fayez FAWAZ];
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood or SMB [Muhammad Riyad al-SHAQFAH]
(operates in exile in London)
Taiwan
environmental groups; independence movement; various business
groups
note: debate on Taiwan independence has become acceptable within the
mainstream of domestic politics on Taiwan; public opinion polls
consistently show a substantial majority of Taiwan people supports
maintaining Taiwan's status quo for the foreseeable future;
advocates of Taiwan independence oppose the stand that the island
will eventually unify with mainland China; advocates of eventual
unification predicate their goal on the democratic transformation of
the mainland
Tajikistan
splinter parties recognized by the government but not by
the base of the party: Democratic Party or DPT [Masud SOBIROV]
(splintered from ISKANDAROV's DPT); Socialist Party or SPT
[Abduhalim GHAFFOROV] (splintered from NARZIEV's SPT)
unregistered political parties: Agrarian Party [Hikmatullo
NASREDDINOV]; Progressive Party [Sulton QUVVATOV]; Unity Party
[Hikmatullo SAIDOV]
Tanzania
Economic and Social Research Foundation or ESRF; Free
Zanzibar; Tanzania Media Women's Association or TAMWA