The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) condemns the arrest and continuous detention of Ugandan human rights lawyer and citizen observer Dr. Sarah Bireete. Dr. Bireete, executive director of Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG) who also serves as board chair of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM), was arrested on
https://www.youtube.com/live/C-Bht5oR-3I?feature=shared Nonpartisan and independent citizen election observation and monitoring deters electoral fraud and irregularities, promotes transparency and accountability among election officials and government institutions and boosts public confidence in the electoral process therefore enhancing electoral integrity. The work, however, comes with risks as a number of groups have experienced forms of violence,
ANFREL Executive Council Member Elberel Davaa has been elected as the new Membership Committee Chair of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM). Davaa, the executive director of the Women for Social Progress in Mongolia, joins Chairperson Dr. Sarah Biretee of E-HORN and Vice Chairperson Zlatco Vujovic of ENEMO. New Members-at-Large
ANFREL executive director Brizza Rosales participated in the ninth implementation meeting of the Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations. The Declaration of Global Principles "provides an important set of standards for self-awareness and accountability among nonpartisan election monitoring organizations." It was "developed through a consensus
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) proudly joins the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) community in welcoming the resolution of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which recognizes international and citizen election monitors as human rights defenders. As a network of like-minded election observers and monitors, ANFREL places the
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) attended the implementation meeting of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNDEM) Declaration of Principles (DoP) for International Election Observation from 6 to 8 December 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. ANFREL executive director Chandanie Watawala also spoke on cooperation among international and non-partisan citizen observer
We, the undersigned international democracy advocates, strongly denounce the Government of Bangladesh’s decision to deregister prominent human rights NGO Odhikar and express our unwavering solidarity with the group. In early June 2022, Bangladesh’s NGO Affairs Bureau under the purview of the Prime Minister’s Office denied the group’s application for renewal of registration.