TEHRAN, December 03 - Hong Kong authorities have barred a pro-democracy lawmaker from running in a local election for "implicitly" supporting Hong Kong's independence from China, in what critics said was another instance of civil rights being eroded in the China-ruled city.
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dogged by months of street protests and corruption claims, faces a key ballot box test when his Islamic-rooted party contests local election s Sunday.