DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

‘This election has brought to the forefront new voices speaking about rights’

Lina Abou Habib | LEBANON

‘We fear the democracy those before us fought so hard for will be erased’

Marinel Ubaldo | PHILIPPINES

‘The denial of resources for civic education has been a massive blow for civil society’

Paul Okumu | KENYA

‘Civil society is not yet under direct threat, but we believe that our turn is coming’

Amine Ghali | TUNISIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘We believe that the new government will defend democratic principles’

Marie Jahodová | CZECH REPUBLIC

‘The government and the international community must engage more with civil society’

Abdel-Rahman El Mahdi | SUDAN

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘We need a multilateral, flexible and creative approach from the international community’

Feliciano Reyna | VENEZUELA

‘For the first time the extremes are inside the parliament and there are unacceptable undemocratic voices’

Alberto Precht | CHILE

‘For the government, these fraudulent elections were a total failure’

anonymous | NICARAGUA

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘It is necessary to restore trust in elections’

Iván Lanegra | PERU