The newly launched Open Election Data Initiative (OEDI) offers a suite of tools for improving election transparency by making it easy for citizens to understand and analyze election data. It was created by Google, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and is available in Arabic, English, French,…
In October 2016, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), an advocacy partnership between the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), conducted an international fact-finding mission to assess the deteriorating environment for human rights defenders in Kenya. The report, “2017 Elections: Broken Promises Put Human…
The World Movement for Democracy is alarmed to report there has been a recent crackdown on freedom of expression in Ecuador after President Rafael Correa’s former vice president, Lenin Moreno, narrowly defeated opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso in the April 2 runoff elections. Shortly after the election, police officers raided the office of the Ecuadorian NGO…
[View the story “World Movement Participants on #WorldPressFreedomDay” on Storify] On World Press Freedom Day 2017, members of civil society around the world voiced their support for freedom of expression and highlighted the crucial role that media plays in democracy. View our #WorldPressFreedomDay Storify compilation to see World Movement participants’ powerful commentary on press…