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EPDE New EPDE booklet on politically biased election observation

January 14, 2019

The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) continues to fight the phenomenon of "politically biased observation". A new EPDE publication shows how politically-motivated election observation tries to mislead the public around the globe.

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Armenia "We have observed the best performed elections in decades"

December 11, 2018

Independent citizen observer groups praise the overall calm and fair conduct of the early parliamentary elections held in Armenia on 9 December 2018.

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Ukraine Politically biased election observation in Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics

November 13, 2018

The international community considered the “General elections” in Donetsk and Lugansk as illegitimate and did not send any observers to monitor them. Aiming to fill the void of legitimacy, the “authorities” of the DPR and LPR invited dozens of “international observers” from countries such as Austria, Canada, France, Italy and Germany. None of them were transparent about the methodology they employed for observing the election processes and, therefore, violated the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers. We have identified their names and their background. See all details in a new EPDE report by Anton Shekhovtsov.

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Moldova Promo-LEX Election Observation Mission: Reports

The Promo-LEX Observation Mission will present a total of 6 monitoring reports on the parliamentary elections taking place on February 24, 2019. The mission of the reports is to evaluate, in real time, the quality of the organization and of the conduct of elections; to bring electoral actors to accountability; to identify positive and negative trends in the electoral processes.

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Azerbaijan Fact Sheet-2018 On the Human Rights Situation in Azerbaijan

The Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDS) prepared a report on the situation of human rights in Azerbaijan covering the year 2018 based on publicly available and alternative sources of information. Their conclusion is that there has not been any progress in the situation of human rights in Azerbaijan in 2018.

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Georgia Social Media Monitoring - ISFED's 2nd Interim Report

ISFED continues following the issue, which shows that the trends of discrediting campaigns and use of false media pages to promote government narratives and attack those with critical opinions is still ongoing well beyond election period.

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EPDE Newsletter December 2018

The EPDE Newsletter December 2018 is online. Our topics: Analysis of the elections in Armenia and Georgia | Upcoming referendum in Moldova | Global network of biased election observation | EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #10

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Ukraine EPDE Policy Alert - Electoral Reform in Ukraine #10

EPDE monitors the progress of electoral reform in Ukraine. With 2019 just around the corner, Ukraine is preparing for two landmark elections next year. Issue no. 10 gives an outlook on next year’s presidential and parliamentary elections with a special focus on the lack of an effective system of legal liability for violations of the electoral law.

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