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How can former activists change their public perceptions after entering government? In our new #CrossoverInitiative podcast episode, Armen Grigoryan discusses how he transformed his public image after becoming a government official in Armenia. Listen 👇 https://t.co/PRo0JQh16I
Check out @WYMDnetwork's new piece "COVID-19: Times of Distraction and Demanding Better of Our Leaders." Dumiso Gatsha discusses how civil society must demand transparency and accountability from their leaders amid the #COVID-19 pandemic.
Read here:
COVID-19: times of distraction and demanding better of our leaders
There have been many citizen concerns and public statements since the six-month state of emergency was imposed, however, this was a surprise – or di...
wymd.network
(2/2)¿Qué han hecho los gobiernos desde el comienzo de la pandemia de COVID-19?
@REDLADoficial creó estas infografías para explicar las diversas medidas restrictivas de emergencia que los gobiernos han aprobado y la corrupción de America Latina. #EncuentrosEnRed #CivicTornados
(1/2)¿Qué han hecho los gobiernos desde el comienzo de la pandemia de COVID-19?
@REDLADoficial creó estas infografías para explicar las diversas medidas restrictivas de emergencia que los gobiernos han aprobado y la corrupción de America Latina. #EncuentrosEnRed #CivicTornados
The World Movement is excited to welcome @Irenekhan as the new UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression. We would like to express our support for the vital work of the mandate & look forward to working collaboratively and constructively together!
On July 30 2020, @ipacglobal issued the following statement on the obstruction of the democratic process ahead of the 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council elections. They attacked "unacceptable obstructions on the democratic process in Hong Kong". Read here
On the obstruction of the democratic process ahead of the 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council elections
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) is an international cross-party group of legislators working towards reform on how democratic countri...
www.ipac.global
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published the Human Rights Committee’s General Comment on Article 21 of the ICCPR which protects the right to peaceful assembly. See resources at @MoveDemocracy
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Lord Patten of Barnes, the last British governor of Hong Kong, issued a statement yesterday on the disqualification of 12 pro-democracy candidates from the September election: "This is an outrageous political purge of HK's democrats."
Read here: https://t.co/zTbrT1MjNv
Patten: "This is an outrageous political purge of HK's democrats. The National Security law is being used to disenfranchise the majority of HK's citizens.”
“It is obviously now illegal to believe in democracy, although this was what Beijing promised..."
https://t.co/GifjnhdSzj
(1/2) The UNHRCTee's #GeneralComment37 on #PeacefulAssembly affirms individuals’ and associations’ RIGHT TO ACCESS RESOURCES - a big win for civil society!
Read the Committee’s full interpretation, including States obligations to protect assemblies