“Most of our political opposition leaders are now in prison. We need help from EU countries.” – Interview with Belarus politician, Women’s activist, Founder & Chair of the Belarus Women’s…

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/7/c/544660.pdf “The run-off presidential election held on 28 May offered voters a choice between genuine political alternatives and voter participation remained high, however,…

(Reuters) — The party of East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won the most votes in a parliamentary election, preliminary results in state media showed on Tuesday, boosting his…

On May 24, the US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, announced that visas could be denied to Bangladeshis who undermined a free and fair election. Many commentators did not…

Zillur Rahman | Published: 00:00, May 29, 2023 https://www.newagebd.net/article/202795/what-democracy-means-to-us

Kamran Reza Chowdhury, Dhaka Bangladesh’s political landscape has been shaken by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s May 24 announcement of: “a new visa policy to promote free and…

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-opposition-must-not-be-silenced-on-the-david-johnston-report

As part of our series reflecting on the recent ‘Politics before Democracy’ conference, Dr Martin Spychal, a Senior Research Fellow on the 1832-1868 Commons project, discusses the impact of the 1832…

*Scott Warren is a Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, focusing on building pro-democracy coalitions in the US, and around the world. Otto Saki, is a…