Call on parliament to maintain achievements of electoral reform in Ukraine
Civil Network OPORA urges the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and its ruling coalition not to support the latest initiative from a group of Ukrainian MPs to abandon the proportional electoral system with open lists and other achievements of electoral reform gained in recent years. If supported by the parliament, the election process will be […]
No credentials for the Russian Delegation to PACE after flawed Duma elections 2021
SUMMARY Independent election experts have described the 2021 Duma elections as the dirtiest elections in Russia’s history. The lack of public control, the deprivation of ca. 9 Mio Russian citizens of the right to stand for election and the massive manipulation through application of uncontrolled e-voting have turned the Duma elections into a farce. The […]
Report on Violations of Civil, Political and Social rights in Azerbaijan
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) issued a report on the situation of civil, political and social rights in Azerbaijan based on publicly available and alternative sources of information.
Over 11% of Ukrainian voters have faced attempted voter bribery
More than 11% of Ukrainians polled faced attempted voter bribery cases in the election. At the same time, 64.5% of respondents said they were not ready to sell their vote under any circumstances. Those who are willing to accept this crime will often quote specific amounts of “vote price” – mostly up to UAH […]
Hungary: ODIHR needs assessment mission briefing
Summary Hungary faces a once-in-a-generation election in spring 2022, with a unified opposition for the first time presenting a genuine challenge to the ruling Fidesz-KDNP and Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This document sets out why a systematic and comprehensive observation of election day proceedings through a full-scale ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) is necessary to […]
Report on Violations of Civil, Political and Social rights in Azerbaijan
Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center issued the Report on the situation of civil, political and social rights in Azerbaijan based on publicly available and alternative sources of information. Over the year, EMDS recorded 676 violations based on 580 facts. Most of violations relate to the right to social security, the right to a fair […]
Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2021
SUMMARY – the presidential election of August 2020 and the unprecedented protests that followed determined the long-term political situation in Belarus; – violence, repression, demolition of civil society, creation of an atmosphere of fear have become tools to retain power instead of electoral support; – the country’s legal system has demonstrated its inability to […]
Six months in jail. What is known about three detained Viasna members
On this day six months ago, Ales Bialiatski, chairman of the Human Rights Center Viasna, his deputy Valiantsin Stefanovich and lawyer of the organization Uladzimir Labkovich have been detained. They and other Viasna members were searched by officers of the Financial Investigations Department on July 14. Since that day, three Viasna members have been in custody, and the Minsk offices of […]
Human Rights Situation in Belarus in 2021
Viasna released an analytical review on the human rights situation in Belarus in 2021. Human rights observers state that criminal and administrative persecution, arbitrary arrests, dismissals and expulsions have become the main tools of authorities for retaining power and repressing opponents, critics of the regime, and dissidents.
Main findings and recommendations for 2021 local elections
Main findings The 2021 municipal elections took place against the backdrop of a global pandemic, which again posed a challenge to the organization of elections as well as to the rights of voters and other actors involved in the electoral process. The election was preceded by a long political crisis and extreme polarization. Based an […]