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2023 WFD & CEDAR Lecture: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
https://www.wfd.org/annual-lecture/2023-lecture-sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition movement. She stood against Aliaksandr Lukashenka in the 2020 presidential elections, after her husband was barred from running, arrested, and imprisoned. Lukashenka was declared the winner of the flawed and fraudulent elections. Following her forced exile from Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya inspired unprecedented peaceful pro-democracy protests… Read More 2023 WFD & CEDAR Lecture: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Brazil election Lula 50.9 Bolsonaro 49.1 Concession?
One close Bolsonaro ally, lawmaker Carla Zambelli, in an apparent nod to the results, wrote on Twitter, “I PROMISE you, I will be the greatest opposition that Lula has ever imagined.” http://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-wins-brazilian-election-bolsonaro-has-not-conceded-2022-10-31/
Active Fence completed a good analysis of the information and cyber environment in last August’s Kenyan elections
Opposition International commented during the election that the challenges — and some threats — faced by the opposition parties needed to be taken more seriously. It is no longer good enough to imply, there’s always been trouble at election time. Take a minute, African activists and political leaders – and others – to appreciate the… Read More Active Fence completed a good analysis of the information and cyber environment in last August’s Kenyan elections
Michael Coppedge on Why Democracies Emerge, Why They Decline, and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) – Democracy Paradox
Michael Coppedge is a principle investigator at V-Dem. We discuss some of their finding about why democracies rise and why they fall — Read on democracyparadox.com/2022/06/28/michael-coppedge-on-why-democracies-emerge-why-they-decline-and-varieties-of-democracy-v-dem/