Local elections in Belarus: recent reports
Photo: Yelena Masliukova Local elections in Belarus took place on February 18, 2018. Within the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights Center “Viasna” have published several in depth-reports analysing assessing the election’s compliance with the standards of free democratic elections. According to the […]
March 1, Berlin: Russia before the election
Thursday, March 1st 2018 14.00-17.00 The discussion “Russia before the elections”, prepared in a joint effort by the Foundation for Science and Politics (SWP) and the European Platform for Democratic Elections in Berlin, will cover the political situation in Russia before the presidential elections on 18 March 2018. Stanislav Andreichuk and Andrei Buzin, members of […]
Local elections in Belarus: Report on monitoring the phase of election campaigning
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In comparison with the previous elections of local councils of deputies, this year’s elections are marked by a greater number of locations for campaigning events, meetings with voters and posting campaign materials. These venues are also more convenient. When making decisions about campaigning locations, local government s were increasingly guided by the principle […]
EMDS Statement on the scheduling of the early Presidential Election
The Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS) analysed the legal-political environment in connection with the scheduling of the early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018 and concluded that although the presidential decree on bringing the election to a earlier date is in line with the Constitution and the Election Code of the […]
On the scheduling of the early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018
The Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS) analysed the legal-political environment in connection with the scheduling of the early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan on 11 April 2018 and concluded that although the presidential decree on bringing the election to a earlier date is in line with the Constitution and the Election Code of the […]
Golos report on the nomination and registration of candidates for the Presidential election (part 2)
Photo: Golos EPDE publishes the second part of the report on the nomination of candidates for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation by the Golos Movement. On this occasion, EPDE expresses its rejection to the arrests of Golos coordinators in Krasnodar and Voronezh and demands the immediate release of Golos coordinator David Kankiya […]
February 28, Brussels: Perspectives for EU-Russia relations
At this conference the ALDE Group is going to present and discuss its “Blueprint for an EU Strategy towards Russia”, which outlines how a more active EU should engage to get Moscow to respect international law and also its human rights obligations laid down in the Russian Constitution. The paper clearly defines the conditionality of […]
The Kremlin’s influence and disinformation in the Czech Presidential election
According to a new report by “European Values” on the past Czech Presidential Elections, where Miloš Zeman was re-elected, a massive disinformation campaign was orchestrated by the pro-Zeman and pro-Kremlin disinformation community of several dozen disinformation-creating websites in order to demobilize voters who would have voted for the contender Jiří Drahoš. The de-facto Zeman […]
Nomination of candidates for the March 18, 2018 presidential elections in the Russian Federation (part 2)
EPDE publishes the second part of the report on the nomination of candidates for the presidential elections in the Russian Federation by Golos. According to it, a massive and often compulsory collection of signatures in support of Vladimir Putin’s nomination happened at workplaces during business hours, including at budget, educational, and medical institutions, as well […]
Position of the Batory Foundation’s Teams of Experts on the Act of Law amending the Electoral Code
The Batory Foundation wishes to express a deepest concern, and to draw attention to the threats connected with the change of electoral rules implemented by the Act dated 11th January 2018 on the amendment of certain acts of law in order to enhance the citizens’ participation in the process of electing, functioning and controlling certain […]