Bahrain: On September 27, 2017, a Bahraini court postponed for the 16th time the trial of Nabeel Rajab and rescheduled it for November 19, 2017. Rajab is president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, and is facing charges for his Twitter posts criticizing Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. Currently, Rajab is serving a two-year sentence…
Last week, Rosa Maria Paya, Luis Almagro OAS Secretary General, and other Latin American activists signed onto the “Observatory on Transparency and Anti-Corruption” initiative at the OAS headquarters. Paya is the President of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC), which has been working alongside regional partners to develop the initiative. With the support of…
Femmes et Droits Humains (Women and Human Rights – FDH) is a non-political, not-for-profit organization which works for the defense and promotion of women’s and girls’ human rights. We support, facilitate, and empower women, girls, and the public in general. Building on grassroots, we are effective partners who influence policy development and consolidate social justice,…
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…