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Announcing the 12th Global Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Movement for Democracy will hold its 12th Global Assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 20-22, 2024, to commemorate 30 years of South Africa’s democracy, celebrate democratic resilience and innovation while building greater unity of effort to counter the challenges facing democracy around the world today. At the 12th Global […]
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September 3, 2024

The Exiled Afghans of Amu TV are Holding the Taliban to Account – From 7,000 Miles Away

Since August 2021, at least 80 journalists in Afghanistan have been detained in retaliation for their work. TV stations, radio channels, and publications across the country have shut down under immense financial and political pressure from the Taliban. Against this backdrop, news outlets, like Amu TV, located outside of Afghanistan have become critical lifelines for […]

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September 3, 2024

Climate Observers Partnership – Petition Ahead of COP 29 in Azerbaijan

This year, as Azerbaijan prepares to host the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 29) in November, human rights organizations are calling on the international community to take immediate and decisive action to address continuous human rights violations in Azerbaijan. Those organizations underscore that the deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan can negatively affect the credibility […]

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September 3, 2024

Redlad Condemns Massive Closure of NGOs in Nicaragua

On August 19, the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega announced the closure of 1,500 civil society organizations in the country, allegedly due to non-compliance with the “General Law of Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organizations.” With this development, the number of civil society organizations canceled in Nicaragua since the 2018 protests reached over 5,200. The […]

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September 3, 2024

Invest in Youth – Win the Elections: Why Political Youth Wing Organizations are a Great School for Learning Democracy?

“There is no better school for learning democracy than through a democratic political youth wing organization. You learn how to debate, understand and respect different opinions, how to organize activities, and how democracy works.” In this article, Birgitta Ohlsson, Director of Political Parties at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and former politician in Sweden, explains […]

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September 3, 2024

The Challenge of Confronting Dictatorships

On July 28, Venezuela held presidential elections. Despite blatant electoral fraud and mass demonstrations across the country, Nicolas Maduro has declared himself the winner – repressing anyone who dares to challenge the legitimacy of his regime. In reflecting on these events, Gabriel Silva, Director General of CADAL, raises a crucial question – What can be […]

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August 28, 2024

How to encourage millennials and Gen Z to build an appetite for news 

by Celine Isabelle Samson  Getting people to consume news these days is like trying to get them to eat broccoli: one needs to accompany it with cheese, or something a little more appetizing to make it palatable.   In my country, the Philippines, the journalistic version of “cheese” is journalists exploring novel ways to deliver news in […]

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August 15, 2024

A Victory for Press Freedom in the Philippines

On August 9, Rappler, a Filipino independent news media outlet, co-founded by Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Laureate and Chairperson of the World Movement for Democracy, received the final decision by the Philippines’ Court of Appeals voiding a 2018 shutdown order against Rappler. With the decision, the Court also ordered the restoration of the news organization’s […]

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August 15, 2024

100+ Civil Society Organizations and Human Rights Defenders Demand an End to Tech-Enabled Repression in Venezuela

On August 5, more than 100 civil society organizations and human rights defenders issued a joint statement calling for an end to the use of digital tools for the surveillance and persecution of political dissent in Venezuela. In the wake of the presidential elections of July 28, the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro has deployed […]

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August 15, 2024

The “Revolving Door” of Political Prisoners in Belarus

On July 2, 18 Belarusian political prisoners were granted a pardon by Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. This was the largest release of political prisoners in Belarus since 2020. Yet, that same week, roughly 25 new names were added to the list of political prisoners in the country. Among those released in July was Belarusian human rights […]

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August 15, 2024

Taiwan POWER: A Model for Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference Resilience

Across the globe, policymakers are being asked by their citizenry to take steps to protect their society from information manipulation and interference (FIMI) in elections. Taiwan has a long history of countering FIMI, from which others can learn to develop their own FIMI resilience models tailored to their specific contexts. POWER standing for Purpose-driven, Organic, […]

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