Statement ahead of Parliament’s consideration of changes to Electoral Code
The Ukrainian Parliament is expected to consider proposals of changes to the Electoral Code made by the President of Ukraine this week, 3-6 December. Civil Network OPORA calls on parliamentarians to make use of procedural possibilities to fine-tune the text of the document. In particular, the parliamentary committee is recommended to hold another meeting before […]
Divisive Narratives on Facebook During the 2018 Elections
During the 2018 Presidential election, ISFED identified 52 Facebook pages that were actively engaged in dissemination of divisive value-based narratives, including nationalistic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, anti-Western, anti-liberal and homophobic messages. Their monitoring suggests that these pages aim to incite value-based confrontation and polarization in the society, create irrational fears, influence public discourse and radicalize the society […]
Divisive Narratives on Facebook During the 2018 Elections
ISFED released its latest social media monitoring report which focuses on Facebook pages that spread specific value-based narratives such as nationalistic, xenophobic, islamophobic, homophobic, illiberal, and openly anti-western messages. Narratives and propaganda methods used by these Facebook pages are identical to those used by Kremlin across Europe.
Analytical report of the Parliamentary elections
FINDINGS The elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation were announced by Presidential Decree No. 294 of August 5, 2019 and took place on November 17, 2019. In accordance with the current legislation, the parliamentary elections and the presidential elections were to be held in 2020, with […]
Full analytical report
According to the “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”, these elections do not meet international standards of democratic and free elections for a number of reasons: lack of equal access to state media for all candidates, lack of impartial election commissions, use of administrative resource in favor of pro-government candidates, numerous cases of coercion of […]
Open letter of Georgian civil society regarding the failed vote on electoral reform
REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze In Tbilisi protesters have gathered around the parliament this weekend following a failed vote in parliament on 14 November to pass amendments to the constitution allowing for the introduction of a fully proportional electoral system.Local NGOs, such as our member International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) have written an open […]
Decline of political race and total fraud
The parliamentary elections were once again marred by gross violations of both Belarusian legislation and international standards, representatives of “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections”, a nation-wide election observation coalition, said at a press conference in Minsk. Aleh Hulak (Belarusian Helsinki Committee) and Uladzimir Labkovich (Human Rights Center “Viasna”) say each electoral phase (formation of election commissions, registration of […]
Report on early voting
The official turnout for early voting is reported at 35.77%, which is the record high for the parliamentary elections since 2008. Official turnout figures were much greater than those reported by the observers. Participation in early voting was encouraged by the authorities. Administrations of government-owned enterprises and institutions, as well as universities strongly advised voters […]
Early Voting: Official turnout figures exaggerated and cases of coercion of participants to vote
SUMMARY – the official turnout for early voting is reported at 35.77%, which is the record high for the parliamentary elections since 2008; – observation of early voting was conducted by 160 observers of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” at more than 94 polling stations throughout the country; – as before, participation […]
We are hiring: Social Media Manager
We are looking for a Social Media Manager for the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) in Berlin for an immediate start, who will strengthen our online presence and support our public relations work. The responsibilities include – Regular publishing of content for social media – Editing short videos for our website and […]