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GNDEM Expresses Its Concern over Continued Attacks on Civic Participation in Georgia
GNDEM again expresses its concern over continued efforts to restrict civic space in Georgia given the recent announcement of the full implementation of the Russian-style foreign influence law. Continue Reading
GNDEM Expresses Its Concern with Challenges to the Credibility of Citizen Observers in Georgia
GNDEM expresses its deep concern with recent statements made against GNDEM members ISFED and GYLA in Georgia, undermining their credibility and challenging their observation methodologies. GNDEM stands in solidarity with credible and independent Georgian citizen observers. Continue Reading
GNDEM Expresses its Solidarity with Citizen Observers Targeted by Russian-Style Foreign Influence Law
GNDEM expresses its deep concern with efforts to undermine the right of citizens to monitor their own election processes, both through the Georgian Parliament’s consideration of the Russian-style foreign influence law and the constant verbal attacks by government officials on citizen observers and the ongoing harassment of civic leaders more broadly. Continue Reading
GNDEM Expresses its Solidarity with Detained Observers in Azerbaijan
GNDEM expresses its deep concern with the detainment of citizen election observers from the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) in Azerbaijan. GNDEM stands in solidarity with EMDS and all nonpartisan civic actors who face threats to their security for safeguarding the electoral process, ensuring transparency and accountability, and defending the right of citizens to exercise their vote. GNDEM condemns all forms of threats, harassment and violence against nonpartisan citizen election observers. Continue Reading
Regional Network's Special Report: EPDE’s Contribution to the Integrity of Elections and Election Observation
Over the past 1.5 years, the EPDE has developed an “Electoral Integrity Database." The goal of the database is to provide EPDE members with a unique and powerful tool to track democratic electoral reforms in their countries and to reveal mechanisms which endanger democratic processes in the region. This database will also promote domestic election experts’ recommendations that seek to strengthen democratic electoral reforms and improve electoral integrity, while denouncing messages of politically biased election observers who discredit findings of established election observation missions and whitewash fraudulent elections or legitimize illegitimate elections. Continue Reading
ISFED Strives to Safeguard Information Environment on Facebook Ahead of Elections in Georgia
The manipulation of the information environment has been a powerful tool for undermining democratic principles and electoral integrity around the world. Disinformation in the electoral environment undermines key democratic principles such as a competitive process, public confidence in the electoral institutions, and informed participation. In Georgia, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) has been monitoring disinformation and coordinated inauthentic behavior on social media in the lead up to the October 2020 parliamentary elections and in between the electoral cycle. Continue Reading
EMDS Finds Azerbaijan Elections in Violation of National Legislation and International Standards
On February 9th, Azerbaijan held snap parliamentary elections following a vote to dissolve parliament in December 2019. President Ilham Aliyev’s New Azerbaijan Party won a majority of seats in a vote that GNDEM member Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDS) concluded violated Azerbaijani law as well as international standards for free and fair elections. Continue Reading
GNDEM Members Convene for Academy on Open Data Analysis and Disinformation Monitoring
The Coalition Observes Kyrgyzstan’s First Peaceful Transition of Power
GNDEM Members Shared Best Practices, Experiences in the Balkans and Eurasia
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