Profiles of seven additional political prisoners have been added to our Set Them Free Azerbaijan spotlight page. Unfortunately, this expansion reflects the escalating measures taken by the Azerbaijan government to suppress human rights defenders, journalists, and religious minorities. One of the most notorious examples is the arrest of Afghan Mukhtarli in May 2017. An investigative journalist, Afghan has written…
On October 23, 2017, 55 international civil society organizations (CSOs) issued an open letter about the government’s extreme crackdown on Cambodia’s independent media, political opposition, and members of civil society over the past year. In addition to the Cambodian National Assembly’s recent attempt to pass legislation that allows the government to dissolve political parties, the letter notes that independent…
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit research and advocacy institute dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and economic openness throughout Ghana and the African continent. Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s): Network of Democracy Research Institutes; World Movement for Democracy; Africa Democracy Forum; Community of Democracies; Global Network of Domestic…
The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit research and advocacy institute dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and economic openness throughout Ghana and the African continent. Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s): Network of Democracy Research Institutes; World Movement for Democracy; Africa Democracy Forum; Community of Democracies; Global Network of Domestic…