This section lists key policy reports and analysis produced by democracy and human rights organisations concerning the impact of COVID-19 on democracy, rights, and freedoms. Relevant government and official texts are also included.
Click on the organisation name to access the analysis.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World’s Human Rights’ (29 March 2022)
LIBERTIES, ‘Media Freedom Report 2022’ (28 March 2022)
LOWY INTERPRETER, 'PNG’s 2022 election takes shape' (28 March 2022)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘As Hong Kong’s Covid crisis continues, Beijing makes its presence felt stronger than ever’ (26 March 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Pandemic strikes new, authoritarian Hong Kong’ (26 March 2022)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Has the Pandemic Done Lasting Damage to Democratic Freedoms in Europe?’ (24 March 2022)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘The clock is ticking on the Emergencies Act’ (24 March 2022)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘Should it stay or go? Ottawa weighs the vaccine mandate for the public service’ (22 March 2022)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Timor-Leste votes confidently amidst the pandemic’ (21 March 2022)
UNITED NATIONS, ‘DPR Korea’s grip on population has tightened since COVID’ (21 March 2022)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: How Hong Kong’s Covid policies shifted during the fifth wave crisis’ (20 March 2022)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘The Forthcoming French Presidential Elections’ (17 March 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’s Human Rights Failures Persist’ (11 March 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Two Years On, What Has Covid-19 Taught Us?’ (11 March 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Covid-19 Vaccine Access is a Right, Not a Privilege’ (10 March 2022)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Elections in a Pandemic: How Filipinos Can Safely Elect Their Leaders’ (10 March 2022)
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS (ICFJ), ‘Journalism and the Pandemic Project: Assessing and Responding to COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts’ (9 March 2022)
SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE (SMEX) (Lebanon), ‘Vaccine Misinformation: Is Doubt Key To Certainty?’ (8 March 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Hong Kong: Covid-19 Threatens Detained Democracy Leaders’ (7 March 2022)
EAST ASIA INSTITUTE (South Korea), ‘ADRN Issue Briefing: The 2022 Philippine Elections Primer: A Democratic Citizenship Perspective’ (4 March 2022)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Freedom Convoys: The Spread of Misinformation Across Borders’ (3 March 2022)
EAST ASIA FORUM, ‘Myanmar’s pandemic politics goes international’ (3 March 2022)
OPEN SOCIETY JUSTICE INITIATIVE, ‘Q&A: Safeguarding Human Rights in Detention and in Encounters with Law Enforcement during COVID-19’ (3 March 2022)
THE ASIA FOUNDATION, ‘Nepal’s Federalism Milestone: Five Opportunities and a Second Round of Elections’ (2 March 2022)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘DEMOCRACY REPORT 2022: Autocratization Changing Nature?’ (2 March 2022)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘COVID-19 and the Far Right's Diminishing Memory of the Holocaust’ (28 February 2022)
EAST ASIA FORUM, ‘Australia’s Anglo-focussed COVID-19 news coverage’ (26 February 2022)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Report: ‘Freedom in the World 2022: The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule’ (24 February 2022)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Press Release: ‘NEW REPORT: Authoritarian Rule Challenging Democracy as Dominant Global Model’ (24 February 2022)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (24 February 2022)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘The Canadian truckers’ protests could have global implications’ (23 February 2022)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Malaysia: Elections During Covid-19: Reforms Can Cure Ailing Democracy’ (22 February 2022)
MEDIA FREEDOM RAPID RESPONSE, ‘Mapping Media Freedom: Monitoring Report 2021’ (22 February 2022)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘A Canadian Revolt Against Vaccine Mandates’ (18 February 2022)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘Whose Parliament Hill is it anyway?’ (18 February 2022)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘Three deep-seated drivers of the convoy, and what we can do about them’ (18 February 2022)
EAST ASIA FORUM, ‘Pandemics, protests and policymaking in Central Asia’ (17 February 2022)
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU), ‘New Zealand loosens pandemic restrictions amid soaring cases’ (16 February 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cambodia: Covid-19 Used to Justify Crackdown on Union’ (15 February 2022)
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LIBERTIES Third Annual Rule of Law Report: ‘Country & Trend Reports on Democratic Records by Civil Society Organisations Across the European Union’
LIBERTIES, ‘Liberties Rule Of Law Report 2022: EU Governments Vandalising or Neglecting Their Democracies’ (15 February 2022)
LIBERTIES, ‘Civil Society in 2021: Under Pressure’ (15 February 2022)
LIBERTIES, Press Release: ‘Emergency Pandemic Powers Have Become ‘Normalised’ In Some EU Countries - Landmark Rule of Law Audit Finds: Press Release’ (15 February 2022)
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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS (CPJ), ‘Threats, attacks, and insults: Canadian reporters on covering vaccine mandate protests’ (11 February 2022)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Canada’s Trucker Protests: What to Know About the ‘Freedom Convoy’’ (11 February 2022)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘Is it time for the Emergencies Act?’ (11 February 2022)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘Finland: EFJ condemned violence against journalists during convoy protest’ (10 February 2022)
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU), ‘Democracy Index 2021: the China challenge’ (February 2022)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, Working Paper: ‘Fighting the Disease or Manipulating the Data? Democracy, State Capacity, and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (January 2022)
CENTRE FOR THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY (CFD), Report: ‘The Great Reset: Public Opinion, Populism, and the Pandemic’ (January 2022)
OPENGLOBALRIGHTS, ‘Pushing back against the normalization of COVID-19–related state of emergency restrictive measures’ (8 February 2022)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Boris Johnson’s Partygate Has Echoes of Al Capone’s Downfall’ (7 February 2022)
CUBA ARCHIVE, ‘World Health Organization approval for Cuba’s COVID vaccines would greatly strengthen the Cuban dictatorship’ (4 February 2022)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Report: ‘Defending Latin American Human Rights and Democracy Activists’ (3 February 2022)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Australia’s mainstream media neglected Asia’s Covid stories’ (2 February 2022)
SOCIAL EUROPE, ‘Freedom—we won’t let you down’ (2 February 2022)
CARNEGIE EUROPE & EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘European Democracy Support Annual Review 2021’ (24 January 2022)
WILSON CENTER, ‘‘Vaccine Diplomacy,’ the Final Frontier’ (21 January 2022)
DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL, Interview: ‘Democracy Despite Crisis’ (20 January 2022)
EAST ASIA INSTITUTE (South Korea), ‘ADRN Issue Briefing: The Pandemic Exposes and Exacerbates Existing Problems of Inequality and Polarization’ (19 January 2022)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Working Paper: ‘Mechanisms of Democracy and Fundamental Rights’ (14 January 2022)
LIBERTIES, ‘Mandatory COVID Vaccines and Human Rights: Questions and Answers’ (14 December 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The Pandemic Is Providing Cover for ‘Opportunistic Repression’’ (14 January 2022)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Kenya: Vaccine Requirements Violate Rights’ (13 December 2021)
HANSARD SOCIETY, Briefing: ‘What Covid Regulations might MPs be asked to debate on 14 December and how will the Regulations be approved?’ (12 December 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Freedom of Expression Status Report: 2021’ (11 December 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Auditor General probe shows failings in international travel exemptions system‘ (9 December 2021)
IFEX, ‘Mongolia urged to uphold the right to peaceful assembly during the pandemic’ (6 December 2021)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE (IDRC), ‘Covid-19 and social accountability: Insights from a rapid baseline study in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda’ (6 December 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Democracies must join forces to counter growing authoritarianism, 29 governments say’ (6 December 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘International IDEA Democracy Statement’ (6 December 2021)
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About Victoria’s New Pandemic Bill (Australia)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Response to COVID-19 variant underscores the need for reform to international travel restrictions system’ (2 December 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Border closures should not be Australia’s default response’ (30 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Proposed amendments to Victoria's pandemic law welcome, will increase oversight and strengthen appeal rights’ (30 November 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Conspiracy cults breeding terrorism through protests’ (24 November 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Peaceful protesters reject Far-Right violence’ (24 November 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Anti-vax rallies stink of Fraser Anning's populism’ (19 November 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘The Far-Right in Melbourne presents a clear danger to democracy’ (18 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Victoria’s pandemic law: new human rights and accountability safeguards welcomed’ (16 November 2021)
PURSUIT (UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE), ‘The Need for More Parliament in Victoria’s Pandemic Bill’ (15 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Pandemic bill not perfect but does improve transparency, accountability’ (12 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Victoria’s pandemic law: New safeguards welcome, but further improvements needed’ (10 November 2021)
LAW INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA, ‘LIV Position Paper in response to the Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021’ (10 November 2021)
CENTRE FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY, ‘Welcome changes: new pandemic laws worthy of cautious optimism’ (3 November 2021)
LIBERTY VICTORIA, ‘Liberty Victoria Response to Pandemic Specific Legislation’ (3 November 2021)
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CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES (CPA) (Sri Lanka), ‘Legality of the State Response to the Right to Protest in the light of the Covid-19 Pandemic’ (29 November 2021)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on India’s federalism’ (27 November 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘The Case Against a Pandemic Treaty’ (26 November 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Timor-Leste prepares for Covid-resilient election observation’ (23 November 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘Policy Recommendations On Tackling Disinformation Online’ (23 November 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Global State of Democracy Report 2021: Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era (22 November 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Democracy faces perfect storm as the world becomes more authoritarian’ (22 November 2021)
SOCIAL EUROPE, ‘The lure of progressive authoritarianism’ (19 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Still left behind - Stranded refugees and people on temporary visas must be part of Australia’s re-opening plan’ (17 November 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Greece: Alleged ‘Fake News’ Made a Crime’ (17 November 2021)
POLITICAL CAPITAL, ‘COVID-9.11: Transformation and anti-Western radicalization of the anti-vaccination movement in Hungary’ (15 November 2021)
EAST ASIA FORUM, ‘COVID-19 exposes India’s fragile federalism’ (5 November 2021)
LIBERTIES, Report: ‘Do EU Governments Continue to Operate Contact Tracing Apps Illegitimately?’ (4 November 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘For Europe’s Far Right, Opposing Vaccine Mandates Isn’t Paying Off’ (4 November 2021)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, Working Paper: ‘Pandemic Backsliding – A Closer Look at Canada’ (October 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘On the fragility of new democracies: Tunisia between constitutional order and disorder’ (30 October 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The Welsh government is escaping scrutiny over COVID-19’ (30 October 2021)
COLLABORATION ON INTERNATIONAL ICT POLICY IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (CIPESA), ‘Assessing the Effects of Covid-19 Misinformation Laws on Freedom of Expression’ (29 October 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘What Did Europe Learn About COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Policy Brief’ (28 October 2021)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL) & ASSOCIATION OF WORLD ELECTION BODIES (A-WEB), ‘AESF 5 Memorandum: The Way Forward for Elections Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (27 October 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘The Toll of Bolsonaro’s Disastrous Covid-19 Response’ (27 October 2021)
ELECTORAL INTEGRITY PROJECT, ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT NETWORK & INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Parliamentary Elections under Covid-19: The Case of Cabo Verde’ (26 October 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cambodia: Vaccine Mandates Raise Rights Concerns’ (26 October 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Report: ‘Muzzled and unheard in the pandemic: Urgent need to address concerns of care and health workers in Italy’ (22 October 2021)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘Annual Report-2020-2021’ (22 October 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Transcript: ‘Darryl G. Behrman Lecture on Africa Policy: The Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy in Africa’ (20 October 2021)
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CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Collection:
‘Issues on the Frontlines of Technology and Politics’
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘COVID-19 Intensifies Digital Repression in South and Southeast Asia’ (19 October 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘COVID-19 Digital Restrictions in Africa’ (19 October 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Intrusive Surveillance After the Coronavirus Pandemic’ (19 October 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Disinformation Is Not Simply a Content Moderation Issue’(19 October 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Online Disinformation Against AAPI Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (19 October 2021)
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ISTANBUL POLICY CENTRE, ‘Politics of Pandemic Management in Turkey’ (October 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Report: ‘Silenced and misinformed: Freedom of expression in danger during Covid-19’ (19 October 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Tunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?’ (19 October 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Rule of law takes a big hit during COVID-19’ (18 October 2021)
DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA, ‘How should African countries hold elections during the pandemic?’ (18 October 2021)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘Italy: Journalists face fresh violence covering ‘green pass’ protests’ (18 October 2021)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘Coronavirus Act renewal: Into the sunset?’ (18 October 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Update: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (18 October 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Pro-vax, pro-union, anti-fascist: Three things to be proud of’ (15 October 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Did democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?’ (14 October 2021)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘Digitalization in Federal Governments: Impacts on Service Delivery’ (8 October 2021)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘The House of Lords after the pandemic’ (8 October 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘A baseline for discussion: Unpacking recommendations for Covid-resilient presidential elections in Timor-Leste’ (7 October 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Is COVID-19 Shaking Up Politics in Southeast Asia?’ (6 October 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Tunisia: Carving up the Constitution represents a threat to human rights’ (5 October 2021)
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS (CPJ), ‘‘It is becoming unbearable:’ Journalists say they have become ‘scapegoats’ at anti-vaccine protests’ (4 October 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘How battling France’s COVID pass led the Left to embolden the far Right’ (4 October 2021)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, Conference Proceedings: ‘Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19: Addressing the Crisis in Southeast Asia’ (1 October 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Justin Trudeau’s Failed Election Gambit’ (1 October 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘From fascism to farce to the next election’ (1 October 2021)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, Conference Outcome Document: ‘Towards a Better Partnership Between Civil Society Organisations, National Human Rights Institutions, and ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms to Address the Pandemic’s Impact on the Human Rights Crisis in Southeast Asia’ (30 September 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Civil Society and the Global Pandemic: Building Back Different?’ (30 September 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Indonesia: painted politics’ (30 September 2021)
WILSON CENTER, ‘Democracy in Canada? It’s Complicated.’ (29 September 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Malaysians Have the Right to Know! CIJ And C4 Center Call to Strengthen Legal Guarantees For Access To Information In Times Of Crisis’ (28 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI), ‘Combating Information Manipulation: A Playbook for Elections and Beyond’ (28 September 2021)
LIBERTIES, Report: ‘COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in the EU: Lessons From Germany’ (28 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Democratic Governance as an Effective and Enduring Response to the Challenges Facing Latin America’ (27 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Delving Deeper: Expanding discussions on Covid-resilient elections across Timor-Leste’ (27 September 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘The Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy’ (27 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘A snap vote in the pandemic shows Canada as one of a kind’ (24 September 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Will the Thai Prime Minister survive the Pandemic?’ (23 September 2021)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘Early lessons on electoral participation and modernizing elections after the pandemic’ (20 September 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Germany’s Election Could Upend European Politics’ (16 September 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Statement: Melbourne CBD shutdown’ (16 September 2021)
IACL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ‘Statement on COVID-19, Fundamental Rights and Constitutionalism’ (16 September 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Brazil: Bolsonaro Threatens Democratic Rule’ (15 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA & CONSTITUTION TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, ‘Beyond Representation in Pandemic Responses: Independent and International Institutions: Constitutional INSIGHTS No. 8’ (15 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA & CONSTITUTION TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, ‘How Federations Responded to Covid-19 : Constitutional INSIGHTS No. 7’ (15 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA & CONSTITUTION TRANSFORMATION NETWORK, ‘Legal Approaches to Responding to Emergencies: Covid-19 as a Case Study: Constitutional INSIGHTS No. 6’ (15 September 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Can Trudeau’s Liberals Muddle Through in Canada’s Elections?’ (15 September 2021)
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU), ‘Germany’s election: continuity through change’ (14 September 2021)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘How crises impact voter turnout in federal elections’ (14 September 2021)
EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE, ‘The Resilience Report 2020: How Europe’s independent media dealt with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020’ (13 September 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Macau: Legislative election turnout at historic low after opposition barred from running, gov’t blames weather and Covid’ (13 September 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Malaysia: New government prevents media outlets from attending parliament’ (13 September 2021)
PRO BONO AUSTRALIA, ‘Australia’s COVID response could be undermining democracy. Why is civil society staying silent?’ (13 September 2021)
UNITED NATIONS, ‘The Secretary-General’s Message on the International Day of Democracy 2021’ (13 September 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Pandemic, Crisis, and Beyond in Brazil’ (10 September 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘COVID-19 sees huge increase in support for a Charter of Human Rights: poll’ (9 September 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), Briefing Paper: ‘Holding elections during future pandemics and other emergencies’ (9 September 2021)
WILSON CENTER, ‘Japan’s Chance to End the Curse of the Revolving Political Door’ (9 September 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘The Prime Minister has Left the Race’ (7 September 2021)
POLICY OPTIONS, ‘The rising threats to democracies’ (7 September 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Trouble for Trudeau’ (6 September 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Suga steps down: Japanese politics in the pandemic era’ (3 September 2021)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘Suga Steps Down: What Next For Japan?’ (3 September 2021)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘How the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated parliamentary modernisation’ (2 September 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Thailand’s Protests Are a Sign of Popular Anger and Desperation’ (2 September 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Civil Society Monitoring Report: #LAWAN Protest’ (1 September 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Pandemics, Pathological Politics, and International Order’ (1 September 2021)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘Pandemic Backsliding: A Year of Violations and Advances in Response to Covid-19’ (July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Working towards Covid-resilience: Key issues in Timor-Leste's 2022 elections’ (31 August 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Government and media misinformation making the pandemic tougher’ (28 August 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Canada’s Snap Federal Election’ (27 August 2021)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘Pandemic Policing and Federal Pathways for Democratization’ (27 August 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘In Tunisia, President’s Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court’ (27 August 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Tunisia’s president extends suspension of parliament indefinitely’ (26 August 2021)
ASIA CENTRE, Report: ‘The Securitisation of COVID-19 Health Protocols: Policing the Vulnerable, Infringing their Rights’ (24 August 2021)
OPEN SOCIETY JUSTICE INITIATIVE, ‘This African Court Decision Could Curb Electoral Abuse during COVID-19’ (23 August 2021)
ASIA CENTRE, Report: ‘“Infodemic” and SDGs: Internet Freedoms in Southeast Asia’ (18 August 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Germany’s homegrown Q menace’ (13 August 2021)
CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES (CPA) (Sri Lanka), ‘Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Reflections on COVID Governance in Sri Lanka’ (13 August 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Protesters, Police Clash in Thailand Vaccine Protests’ (13 August 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘SOS Cuba: Protests on the Island’ (12 August 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘What’s happening to democracy in Melanesia?’ (12 August 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Australia’s lockdown demonstrations show how quickly local protests can go global’ (10 August 2021)
FREE MEDIA MOVEMENT (FMM) (Sri Lanka), ‘Unlawful arrest of protestors is a violation of freedom of speech and expression’ (7 August 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘COVID-19 and Vaccine Diplomacy in the Land of Smiles’ (6 August 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Sri Lanka: Police Abuses Surge Amid Covid-19 Pandemic’ (6 August 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Myanmar: Nation in crisis as pandemic takes hold’ (6 August 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), Malaysia: Riot police block opposition members from entering parliament’ (4 August 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘Wave of police attacks on reporters during Uganda’s night-time Covid curfew’ (4 August 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘In Spain and Europe, Pandemic Lockdowns Face a Legal Reckoning’ (4 August 2021)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Thailand: Immediately Repeal Emergency Regulation That Threatens Online Freedoms’ (3 August 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy’ (3 August 2021)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Surfing the global protest wave’ (1 August 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Government must stop harassment and intimidation of peaceful protesters’ (31 July 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘The good, the bad and the ugly side of lockdown protests’ (31 July 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Myanmar: Covid-19 surges unchecked, overwhelming shattered healthcare system’ (30 July 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Report: ‘Colombia: Cali: In the Epicenter of Repression: Human Rights Violations During the 2021 National Strike in Cali, Colombia’ (30 July 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Stop the intimidation and harassment of the organisers and participants of the #Lawan protest’ (30 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Thailand: New regulation curtails free speech’ (30 July 2021)
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS) (Malaysia), ‘Restore Parliamentary Democracy and Debate the Revocation of Emergency Ordinances’ (29 July 2021)
MEDIA FREEDOM RAPID RESPONSE (MFRR), Monitoring Report: ‘Press Freedom Under Strain in EU’ (29 July 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Miscalculating Tunisia’ (28 July 2021)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘EU Rule of Law report: Little bark, no bite’ (28 July 2021)
LEX-ATLAS: COVID-19, 'A brief comment on the Spanish Constitutional Court Judgment concerning the first Covid-19 state of alarm' (28 July 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Tunisia’s presidential power-grab is a test for its democracy’ (28 July 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘Reporters attacked while covering Covid pass protests in four EU countries’ (28 July 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Pandemic Protests: When Unrest and Instability Go Viral’ (28 July 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Annual Report 2021’ (27 July 2021)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘World Justice Challenge 2021 Outcome Report: Advancing the Rule of Law in a Time of Crisis’ (27 July 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘The power of civil society in a post-pandemic world’ (26 July 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘Slovak public TV fired journalist for criticising fake story about Covid vaccine’ (26 July 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Bangladesh: End crackdown on freedom of expression online’
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Cambodia: Local reporter charged with incitement over posts about vaccines’ (23 July 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Malaysia’s Political Crisis Is Dooming Its COVID-19 Response’ (23 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Impact of the Pandemic on Measuring Progress of the SDG 16+: Looking Forward, Tackling Obstacles’ (22 July 2021)
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About Cuba’s Protests
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘Russia Weighs in to Defend Cuba’ (22 July 2021)
INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘‘Patria y Vida’’ (20 July 2021)
INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘Democracies from the world owe concrete actions to the Cuban nation.’ (20 July 2021)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Cuba: The United States Must Support Cubans’ Demand for Long-Awaited Freedom’ (19 July 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Cuba protests: latest information’ (14 July 2021)
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS (CPJ), ‘Journalists detained and harassed, internet disrupted amid Cuban protests’ (14 July 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cuba Responds to Landmark Demonstrations with Brutal Repression’ (14 July 2021)
IFEX, ‘Independent media and organisations call on the Cuban government to respect the right to demonstrate and freedom of expression and to halt violence against demonstrators’ (14 July 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Cuba protests: A guide to the island’s largest unrest in over 60 years’ (14 July 2021)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Cuba: Authorities Must Refrain From Inciteful Language, Use of Force against Peaceful Protests’ (13 July 2021)
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INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS) (Malaysia), ‘Where is this rage coming from?’ (21 July 2021)
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS) (Malaysia), ‘Healing our democracy’ (21 July 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘The EU Commission’s Second Rule Of Law Audit: New Report, Old Concerns’ (21 July 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘Cambodian reporter facing five years in prison for comment about vaccines’ (21 July 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘2020-2021 Annual Report and Accounts: Strengthening democracy around the world’ (21 July 2021)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, ‘2021 Rule of Law Report’ (20 July 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Press freedom more important than ever in the Asia–Pacific’ (19 July 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘More Than a Battle for the Walls: Social Unrest and Duque's Repression in Colombia’ (15 July 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Greece: Freedom of Assembly at Risk and Unlawful Use of Force in the Era of Covid-19’ (14 July 2021)
EL PAÍS, ‘Spain’s top court rules that the coronavirus state of alarm was unconstitutional’ (14 July 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Ukrainian Parliament fosters new oversight skills during the COVID-19 pandemic’ (13 July 2021)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Vaccine Geopolitics and the EU’s Ailing Credibility in the Western Balkans’ (8 July 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Putting Venezuela’s Crisis on the International Agenda: Reports Have Helped Spotlight Abuses Including During the Covid-19 Pandemic’ (8 July 2021)
SWISSINFO, ‘Swiss Covid law set for second public vote’ (8 July 2021)
DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA, ‘Elections in a Pandemic: The Case of Cabo Verde’ (6 July 2021)
WASHINGTON POST, ‘India has become an ‘electoral autocracy.’ Its covid-19 catastrophe is no surprise.’ (5 July 2021)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘The Challenges and Opportunities of Nepal’s Nascent Federal System’ (2 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP, Report: ‘The Pandemic Strikes: Responding to Colombia’s Mass Protests’ (2 July 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Voter registration in the time of Covid-19: Suggestions for safe registration practices in Timor-Leste’ (1 July 2021)
SYRIAN CENTER FOR MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (SCM), Report: ‘Syrian media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic’ (1 July 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Brazil’s Coronavirus Debacle: Pandemic Chaos amid Fears of Democratic Rupture’ (1 July 2021)
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY LONDON, Briefing Paper: ‘Pandemic Politics: Covid-19 and the 2020 US Electoral Cycle’ (June 2021)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, Report: ‘Defending in Numbers: A Message of Strength from the Ground 2019 – 2020’ (30 June 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘On being an MP in a pandemic’ (30 June 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Mongolia’s Ruling Party Just Consolidated Power Even More’ (30 June 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong police ban annual July 1 democracy demo again citing Covid-19’ (28 June 2021)
ASIA DEMOCRACY NETWORK (ADN), ‘State of Media Freedom: Confronting the Regression of Freedom in Southeast Asia 2021’ (24 June 2021)
ARTICLE 19, ‘Malaysia: Emergency Fake News Ordinance has severe ramifications for freedom of expression’ (23 June 2021)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘Time to Trumpet the West’s Vaccine Diplomacy’ (23 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Summary: ‘What’s happening to democracy in Latin America?’ (23 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Yet Another Covid-19 Elections in Mongolia, but the Young were Unenthusiastic’ (23 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Thailand: Censorship laws stifle criticism of government vaccine rollout’ (22 June 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Misreported deaths, slow vaccination and presidential lies: Venezuela’s COVID crisis’ (22 June 2021)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Central European Support for Democracy: New Drivers and Challenges’ (17 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Hungary: Deterioration of press freedom under the pretext of COVID-19’ (17 June 2021)
SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER (SFLC) (India), ‘Censorship/Free Speech violations related to COVID-19 Pandemic’ (15 June 2021)
LIBERTY VICTORIA, ‘Andrews government secretly negotiating permanent pandemic laws to replace state of emergency’ (15 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘High-Level Panel on Governance in Times of Democratic Backsliding’ (14 June 2021)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘COVID-19: A Driving Force Toward Good Governance?’ (11 June 2021)
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS) (Malaysia), ‘Malaysia’s emergency ordinance and the clampdown on public discourse’ (11 June 2021)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘On the road to a rights-based recovery from COVID-19’ (10 June 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Haiti postpones June 27 constitutional referendum due to coronavirus pandemic’ (8 June 2021)
ASIA CENTRE, ‘Timor Leste Risks Downgrading Freedoms With New Laws’ (7 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Zooming in the Nepali local governance via ‘Zoom’’ (7 June 2021)
IFEX, ‘Laos urged to stop online surveillance and mandatory registration of social media platforms’ (6 June 2021)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘China: Policing by the Covid app’ (4 June 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Hong Kong: People must not be punished for peacefully marking Tiananmen anniversary’ (3 June 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘China: Account for Tiananmen Massacre’ (3 June 2021)
INDEX ON CENSORSHIP, ‘Tiananmen candlelights a sight too beautiful to last’ (3 June 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Transatlantic Islamophobia: PEGIDA before and during the pandemic’ (3 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Special Voting Arrangements: Between the Convenience of Voting and the Integrity of Elections’ (2 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Together for Democracy: UNDP and International IDEA will work towards Covid-resilient elections in Timor-Leste’ (2 June 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in the EU’ (2 June 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Why Colombia has erupted in protest’ (2 June 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Yemen: Houthis Risk Civilians’ Health in Covid-19’ (1 June 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Group of Latin American Authorities and Experts: Elections and Covid-19’ (28 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘How Do Distanced and Online Election Campaigning Affect Political Freedoms?’ (28 May 2021)
ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY, ‘2021 German Elections Dashboard Analysis: Russian State-Backed Media Narratives on Covid-19, Vaccines, Ukraine, and Nord Stream 2’ (27 May 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Cyprus: Elections and the rule of law’ (27 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Russia Should End Harassment of Opposition Activist: Authorities Use Pandemic Restrictions to Target Opposition Figures’ (27 May 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘What’s Happening to Democracy in Africa?’ (26 May 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Macau police ban Tiananmen Massacre vigil again, citing subversion, defamation and Covid-19 concerns’ (26 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘The struggle of Brazilian journalists in times of pandemic’ (26 May 2021)
ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY, ‘Lessons Learned From Portugal’s Pandemic Election’ (25 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cambodia: Stop Silencing Critical Commentary on Covid-19’ (25 May 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Proxy voting turns one: The past, present, and future of remote voting in the House’ (21 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Bangladesh: Arrest of Journalist Investigating Corruption’ (20 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Malaysia: Free Speech Under Increasing Threat’ (20 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Iran: State Covid vaccination center guard attacks journalist’ (19 May 2021)
INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, ‘Navigating Civic Space in a Time of Covid: Synthesis Report’ (18 May 2021)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘China, the West and Covid’ (15 May 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Is pandemic isolation pushing people towards extremism?’ (13 May 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Europe’s Populists Are Paying a Price for Failed Pandemic Responses’ (13 May 2021)
CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES (CPA) (Sri Lanka), ‘An Update on the Legal Framework to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka’ (12 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), Report: ‘The Covid-19 Story: Unmasking China’s Global Strategy’ (12 May 2021)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘Secretary General’s Report 2021: State of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: A Democratic Renewal for Europe’ (11 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘An International Pandemic Treaty Should Center on Human Rights’ (10 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Interview: The Human Rights Crisis Behind India’s Covid-19 Surge’ (10 May 2021)
SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER (SFLC) (India), ‘Letter to Jammu and Kashmir administration against imposing internet shutdowns during the second wave of COVID19 pandemic’ (10 May 2021)
NIKKEI ASIA, ‘Authoritarian states are using COVID vaccines to subvert democracy’ (8 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Indigenous communities should be able to choose online voting, especially during COVID-19: Report’ (6 May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘South Asia Press Freedom Report 2020-21: Truth in a Time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline’ (5 May 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Authoritarians seek advantage in India’s Covid crisis’ (5 May 2021)
NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (NUJM) & INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Locked down: Screws Tighten on Press Freedom in Malaysia’ (5 May 2021)
SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE (SMEX) (Lebanon), ‘Covid-19 and Social Control in Lebanon [Report]’ (5 May 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), Report: ‘Extraordinary or extralegal responses? Covid-19 and the rule of law in the EU’ (4 May 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘India’s Leaders Obsessed with Criticism, Not Medical Shortages’ (4 May 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘East and Southern Africa: Media freedoms curtailed as COVID-19 regional crises expose urgent need for access to information’ (3 May 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘Stop the crackdown against media: Promote media sustainability and independence’ (3 May 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: The decline of Hong Kong’s press freedom under the national security law’ (3 May 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Press Freedom Day 2021: Autocratic leaders are muzzling the media citing ‘fake news’, Covid and national security’ (3 May 2021)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Pandemic a hothouse for far-Right politics’ (2 May 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: Hong Kong national security crackdown – month 10’ (1 May 2021)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Report: ‘Nations in Transit 2021: The Antidemocratic Turn’ (May 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘WPFD 2021: Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authoritarianism’ (30 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Cambodia: Authorities must avert COVID-19 humanitarian crisis’ (30 April 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘With state of emergency lifted, Moldova’s president calls early election’ (29 April 2021)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘2021 Annual Report to the Council of Europe Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism’ (29 April 2021)
IUS PUBLICUM NETWORK REVIEW, ‘UK Human Rights Challenges in the Time of Covid-19’ (29 April 2021)
IUS PUBLICUM NETWORK REVIEW, ‘Central or Regional Corona-Management? A Journey Through Time in the Jungle of Ordinances’ (29 April 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong bans Victoria Park’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil again, citing Covid-19 restrictions’ (28 April 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘India: Protect Rights, Dignity Amid Covid-19 Crisis’ (28 April 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Measuring progress on SDG 16: Understanding the effects of the pandemic to rebuild and move towards the achievement of peaceful, just and inclusive societies’ (28 April 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘Digital Green Certificates: Not Enough Justification for Limiting Human Rights’ (28 April 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Albania: National security and the protection of human rights during emergency situations’ (27 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘INDIA: Twitter and Facebook block criticism of COVID response’ (26 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Philippines: Country faces health and human rights crisis one year into the COVID-19 pandemic’ (26 April 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘How Populism Has Proven Lethal in This Pandemic’ (26 April 2021)
IFEX, ‘Covid-19 deepening Africa’s democratic regression’ (26 April 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The bio-politics of lockdown in Greece’ (26 April 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Defending democracies from disinformation and cyber-enabled foreign interference’ (22 April 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘2021 World Press Freedom Index: Journalism, the vaccine against disinformation, blocked in more than 130 countries’ (22 April 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS (RSF), ‘RSF index 2021: regional analysis’ (22 April 2021)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘COVID-19 in Europe, North America, and Central Asia: Solutions to Rule of Law Challenges’ (21 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Tunisia: Rescind ministerial order censoring health workers over Covid-19’ (20 April 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong security law cited as ‘grave threat’ in new Reporters Without Borders 2021 Press Freedom Index report’ (20 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Congo: On the Back of the Crisis. Violations of the Right to Health and Repression of Economic and Social Rights Defenders in the Republic of Congo’ (19 April 2021)
IFEX, ‘Africa’s handling of COVID-19 marred by abuse of power’ (19 April 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Impunity passports: Governing immunity’s impact on rights’ (16 April 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘One year into Covid-19: Paving the way to change in electoral policy and practice. Will it endure?’ (16 April 2021)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific: Solutions to Rule of Law Challenges’ (16 April 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘COVID-19 has worsened a shaky rule of law environment’ (15 April 2021)
PARIS CALL, ‘Compendium on Countering Election Interference’ (14 April 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Spike in intimidation against journalists in Italy during pandemic’ (13 April 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Overcoming COVID-19 Misinformation in Africa’ (13 April 2021)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘COVID-19 in Africa and the Middle East: Solutions to Rule of Law Challenges’ (13 April 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The U.K.’s Misguided Effort to Criminalize Protests’ (13 April 2021)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘Defending Democracies from Disinformation and Cyber-Enabled Foreign Interference in the COVID-19 Era’ (12 April 2021)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Monthly Brief on Countries Under Restrictive Environment – Series #1’ (12 April 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Latin America’s Surprisingly Resilient Democracies’ (12 April 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Bolsonaro falters as his COVID disaster becomes impossible to ignore’ (9 April 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Has COVID brought about a far-Right dystopia?’ (8 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights’ (7 April 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Emergency Law Responses and Conflict-Affected States in Transition’ (7 April 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘In Singapore, Covid vs privacy is no contest’ (7 April 2021)
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED), ‘Abuse of Emergency Powers Threaten Human Rights in Northern Triangle’ (7 April 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘South Asia: COVID-19 hits marginalized hardest as pandemic used to escalate repression’ (6 April 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Chile's senate approves delay to constitution commission elections’ (6 April 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cambodia: ‘Stop Covid-19’ System Raises Privacy Concerns’ (6 April 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 9’ (2 April 2021)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Solutions to Rule of Law Challenges’ (2 April 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘“Red-tagging” and the Rule of Law in the Time of COVID-19’ (1 April 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Finland's government withdraws lockdown bill after committee warns measures violate constitution’ (1 April 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘COVID-19 and Its Effect on Inequality and Democracy: A Study of Five Large Democracies’ (March 2021)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘Turning Defense into Offense’ (31 March 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘Three Things the EU Must Do to Restore Our Rights Eroded Under the Pandemic’ (31 March 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘How Germany became ground zero for the COVID infodemic’ (31 March 2021)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ (30 March 2021)
CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES (CIHRS), ‘Annual Report 2020: New aspects of human rights crises during the Covid-19 pandemic’ (24 March 2021)
SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE (SMEX) (Lebanon), ‘Coronavirus Trials in Egypt: Blurring the Lines Between Fake News and Freedom of Expression’ (24 March 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Chile may delay constitution assembly election due to pandemic’ (29 March 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Backgrounder: Bulgaria’s elections and the rule of law’ (29 March 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Argentina: Abusive Covid-19 Measures in Northern Province’ (26 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Emergency Law Responses to Covid-19 and the Impact on Peace and Transition Processes’ (26 March 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Americas: Vaccines in the Americas: Ten Human Rights Musts to Ensure Health for All’ (25 March 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Geopolitics waits for no one: Southeast Asia a year on from the outbreak of Covid-19’ (25 March 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘EU Governments Squeeze Citizens' Groups, Protests and Media Freedom in 2020: Analysis’ (25 March 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Kosovo Early Assembly Elections 2021 Final Report and Recommendations: UK Election Expert Mission’ (25 March 2021)
GULF CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (GCHR), ‘Human Rights In the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries in the Face of Lockdowns and more Layers of Restrictions’ (24 March 2021)
RECONNECT, ‘Power and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Beyond the Separation of Powers?’ (24 March 2021)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Online Freedoms in Asia’ (22 March 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Entrenching democracy in African countries: Policy imperatives for leaders in 2021’ (18 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Multilateral Action for Democracy Assistance: Assessing the Path, Defining the Future’ (18 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘The 31st Special Session of the General Assembly in Response to the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic’ (18 March 2021)
SOCIAL EUROPE, ‘Germany’s super-election year is a wild card’ (18 March 2021)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Restrictions on Online Freedom of Expression in China’ (17 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections and Covid-19: international electoral observation in 2020’ (17 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Update: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (17 March 2021)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT & COVID-DEM, ‘Elections During Crisis: Global Lessons from the Asia-Pacific’ (17 March 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘New Malaysian ordinance threatens very concept of truth’ (17 March 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘A Path Forward on COVID-19 in Tanzania’ (17 March 2021)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘How the Coronavirus Unveiled Merkel’s Germany’ (16 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), ‘The geo-economics and geopolitics of COVID-19: implications for European security’ (16 March 2021)
YOUGOV, ‘One in four ethnic minority voters would feel unsafe voting in-person in May’s elections’ (16 March 2021)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘Information Bedlam: Russian and Chinese Information Operations During Covid-19’ (15 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘Democracy Talks in Manila: The Role of Youth Voices in Democracy’ (15 March 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Malaysia: Revoke ‘Fake News’ Ordinance’ (13 March 2021)
CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES (CIHRS), ‘Prospects for Reform in the Arab Region in Post COVID-19 Realities’ (12 March 2021)
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM (CIJ) (Malaysia), ‘CIJ deeply shocked with the extreme punitive measures undertaken by the government to criminalise “fake news”’ (11 March 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Sweden’s failed COVID strategy leaves the country deeply divided’ (11 March 2021)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘Democracy Report 2021: Autocratization Turns Viral’ (10 March 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Digitizing civic spaces amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond’ (9 March 2021)
LIBERTIES, Report: ‘EU 2020: Demanding on Democracy - Country & Trend Reports on Democratic Records by Civil Liberties Organisations Across the European Union’ (9 March 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Women in the frontlines: Women leaders responding to COVID-19 in South Asia’ (8 March 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Democracy Is Down, but Not Out’ (8 March 2021)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘COVID-impact on civil society work: Results of consultation with FRA’s Fundamental Rights Platform’ (5 March 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cambodia: Scrap Abusive Covid-19 Prevention Bill’ (5 March 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘A health check for democracy in Latin America’ (5 March 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘4 things parliaments can do to protect citizens’ democratic freedoms’ (5 March 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Technology is Enabling Surveillance, Inequality During the Pandemic’ (4 March 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Covid-19 Pandemic Sparked Year of Rights Crises’ (4 March 2021)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘China: Harassment of foreign correspondents intensified during Covid-19’ (4 March 2021)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Report: ‘Freedom in the World 2021: Democracy under Siege’ (3 March 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 7’ (3 March 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘African journalists underline the importance of a strong journalists’ union role in managing the response to the COVID-19 crisis to protect quality journalism and improve working conditions’ (3 March 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘The EU rule of law report: Making the bark bite’ (2 March 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘China using Covid-19 to obstruct foreign journalists, media group says’ (2 March 2021)
ASIA CENTRE & COUNCIL OF ASIAN LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS, Report: ‘Defending Freedom of Expression: Fake News Laws in East and Southeast Asia’ (1 March 2021)
PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA, Senate Report: ‘Nationhood, national identity and democracy’ (February 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Governance in Africa: Citizen dissatisfaction is growing, and COVID-19 is likely to reverse recent gains’ (25 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections and Covid-19: How special voting arrangements were expanded in 2020’ (25 February 2021)
YOUGOV, ‘One in six voters would feel unsafe voting in-person in May’s local and devolved elections’ (25 February 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Limiting Free Speech Undermines the Fight Against Covid-19’ (24 February 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘How President Bolsonaro used COVID-19 to erode Brazil's democracy’ (24 February 2021)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Algeria: Suppressing Free Speech and Assembly: The Targeting of Hirak Activists in Algeria’ (23 February 2021)
IFEX, ‘Digital rights in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya throttled by COVID-19 regulations’ (23 February 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Guatemala: Free Press Under Attack’ (18 February 2021)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘As Norway’s far Right declines in popularity, a new populist force rises’ (18 February 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Taiwan says ‘political pressure’ blocking coronavirus vaccine deal’ (18 February 2021)
LIBERTIES, ‘Belgium: New 'Pandemic Bill' Undermines Democracy and Rights’ (18 February 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, Essay Collection: ‘Divisive Politics and Democratic Dangers in Latin America’ (17 February 2021)
IFEX, ‘Guinea-Bissau ramps up repression’ (16 February 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Covid-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse’ (11 February 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Is Another Pink Tide About to Hit Ecuador?’ (11 February 2021)
GLOBSEC, ‘GLOBSEC Trends 2020: Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans at the Times of Pandemic’ (10 December 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘How the Chinese state mobilized civil society to fight COVID-19’ (9 February 2021)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘The Twin Authoritarian Challenge in the Western Balkans’ (8 February 2021)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘The Deadly Effects of Disinformation’ (8 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Slovenia: Government Communication Office must stop controlling COVID-19 news coverage’ (8 February 2021)
YOUGOV, ‘Global survey: Which sources of information do people trust on COVID-19?’ (8 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections and COVID-19: Health and safety in polling stations’ (5 February 2021)
YOUGOV, ‘Which political systems are good for handling a pandemic?’ (5 February 2021)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Algeria: The Hirak and COVID-19’ (4 February 2021)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘How Middle-Power Democracies Can Help Renovate Global Democracy Support’ (4 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Taking Stock of Regional Democratic Trends in Europe Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: GSoD In Focus Special Brief’ (4 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Special Voting Arrangements in Europe: Postal, Early and Mobile Voting: Webinar series report, November 2020’ (4 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative’ (4 February 2021)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘In sickness and in health’: Covid-19 prompts global democracy slump’ (3 February 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong downgraded from ‘flawed democracy’ to ‘hybrid regime’ as city drops 12 places in Economist’s democracy index’ (3 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections in Latin America: Governments whose support is volatile in societies that are divided’ (3 February 2021)
ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT (EIU), ‘Democracy Index 2020: In sickness and in health?’ (2 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections and COVID-19: How election campaigns took place in 2020’ (2 February 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Press freedom in Spain in 2020: Coronavirus and five years of the ‘gag laws’’ (2 February 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Voting in a pandemic: Lessons for elections in Africa in 2021’ (1 February 2021)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Looking for the keys to Covid “success”’ (1 February 2021)
STUDY OF PARLIAMENT GROUP, ‘Parliaments and the Pandemic’ (January 2021)
SYDNEY CRIMINAL LAWYERS, ‘COVID-19 and the Global Shift Towards Authoritarian Governance’ (30 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Update: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (29 January 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Investigators must counter China’s disinformation campaigns, including on the origins of Covid-19’ (28 January 2021)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘ECHR President: Polarisation and COVID-19 threaten difficult times ahead’ (28 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Brazil: Crackdown on Critics of Covid-19 Response’ (28 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Taking Stock of Regional Democratic Trends in Africa and the Middle East Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: GSoD In Focus Special Brief’ (28 January 2021)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The Netherlands’ Violent Anti-Lockdown Protests Are a Bad Omen’ (28 January 2021)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Europeans’ Right to Protest Under Threat’ (27 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘China's Covid Success Story is Also a Human Rights Tragedy’ (26 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Increasing threats and violence against journalists in the Netherlands’ (26 January 2021)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Lebanon: How a securitised state of emergency threatens democratic norms’ (25 January 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Democratic expressions amidst fragile institutions: Possibilities for reform in Duterte’s Philippines’ (22 January 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Democracy in Asia’ (22 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Russia: Crackdown Ahead of Pro-Navalny Protests’ (22 January 2021)
LIBERTY VICTORIA, Press Release: ‘Liberty Victoria Calls on Government to find COVID-safe ways for Protest Activity’ (22 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Uganda: Elections Marred by Violence’ (21 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Malaysia: Urgently Revise Emergency Ordinance’ (21 January 2021)
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THINK GLOBAL HEALTH Series: ‘Democracy and Coronavirus’
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘The Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Democracy’ (21 January 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘How COVID-19 Proved a Boon for Dutertismo –With Long-Term Damage to Philippine Democracy’ (20 January 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘A Moment of Truth for Bolsonaro’ (20 January 2021)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘COVID-19 and Democracy in Indonesia: Short-Term Stability and Long-Term Threats’ (19 January 2021)
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OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Tory donor Lord Ashcroft’s outsourcing firm lands £350m vaccination contract’ (20 January 2021)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Internet Freedom Is Under Attack in The Middle East and North Africa’ (19 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Reflections from Paraguay: the impact of the pandemic in the quality of democracy’ (19 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Democracy Day in the Time of the Pandemic: A Sustainable Response to the Global Crisis based on Multilateralism and the Rule of Law’ (19 January 2021)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19’ (19 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Human rights abuses escalate in Africa during the pandemic’ (18 January 2021)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Switzerland to hold referendum on government's power to impose coronavirus restrictions’ (15 January 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Technology helping, and hindering, Uganda’s election’ (14 January 2021)
THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION, ‘The impact of COVID-19 on journalism in Emerging Economies and the Global South’ (14 January 2021)
IFEX, ‘Malaysia’s emergency proclamation could be used to ‘infringe on freedom of expression’’ (13 January 2021)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘The brutal governance lessons of 2020’ (13 January 2021)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Have democracy’s bona fides dimmed?’ (13 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘World Report 2021’ (13 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Bangladesh: Pandemic as pretext for authoritarian crackdown’ (13 January 2021)
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED), ‘COVID-19 and the Information Space: Boosting the Democratic Response’ (13 January 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘With House Republicans flouting COVID-19 guidelines, proxy voting remains an essential option’ (12 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), ‘The pandemic and a 2021 super election cycle in Latin America’ (8 January 2021)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: Australia’ (7 January 2021)
IFEX, ‘COVID-19 and surveillance tech: Year in review 2020’ (7 January 2021)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Elections in Kyrgyzstan: 2021 Early Presidential Election’ (7 January 2021)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘China: Seekers of Covid-19 Redress Harassed’ (6 January 2021)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Southeast Asia Events to Watch in 2021: Part 1’ (4 January 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 6’ (4 January 2021)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Covid or covert? How Beijing concocted an election delay to reshape Hong Kong’s legislature’ (2 January 2021)
CREDIT SUISSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ‘What will last? The long-term implications of COVID-19’ (December 2020)
IFEX, ‘Journalism and COVID-19: The toll of the pandemic’ (30 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘COVID-19 pandemic severely undermined press freedom in South Asia’ (29 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Findings from Indonesia’s 2020 Regional Head Elections’ (23 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Taking Stock of Regional Democratic Trends in Asia and the Pacific Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: GSoD In Focus Special Brief’ (22 December 2020)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, ‘National Human Rights Institutions’ Responses to COVID-19’ (21 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Elections and Covid-19 Response Analysis: 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Serbia’ (21 December 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam urges ‘no politics’ in vaccine rollout – whilst using Covid-19 for political means’ (21 December 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘How (not) to police a pandemic’ (17 December 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?’ (17 December 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘COVID-19 Crackdowns: Police Abuse and the Global Pandemic’ (17 December 2020)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘Managing Covid-19 - what role does democratic governance play?’ (17 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘Global State of Democracy Report and the experience of elections in Mongolia during the COVID-19’ (17 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Freedom a casualty of Covid-19 pandemic: Biggest news story ever?’ (16 December 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘This year has demonstrated what human rights are for’ (15 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Global democracy 2020: Bad news, good news’ (15 December 2020)
IFEX, ‘COVID-19 regulations used to curb online rights’ (15 December 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Uganda: Stop killings and human rights violations ahead of election day’ (14 December 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘2020 in Review: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Cyberspace’ (14 December 2020)
IFEX, ‘Legal defence fund established to support journalists facing threats in Malaysia’ (14 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Don’t underestimate legitimacy’s role in democratic resilience’ (11 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), Webinar Report: ‘Media Freedom in Europe in the Shadow of COVID-19’ (11 December 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Joint Statement: International Community: Stand Against Authoritarian Rule In Bangladesh’ (10 December 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Covid-19’s impact on elections in the Indo-Pacific’ (10 December 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘UN rights chief decries Hong Kong’s ‘shrinking civic space’ under security law’ (10 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Taking Stock of Global Democratic Trends Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (9 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Covid-19 pandemic highlights democratic deficits (and resilience)’ (9 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democracy in post-pandemic Latin America: Enhanced vulnerabilities’ (9 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Indonesia’s Big-size COVID-19 Elections – What to Watch For?’ (9 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Press Release: ‘Nearly half of democracies have regressed on basic rights in 2020 with measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic’ (9 December 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Angola: Authorities escalate use of excessive force to crack down on dissent’ (8 December 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cuba: Covid-19 Rules Used to Intensify Repression’ (7 December 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Coronavirus as a Catalyst for Global Civil Society’ (7 December 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong’s measures against Covid-19? More effective at stamping out protests than the pandemic’ (6 December 2020)
ASIA CENTRE, ‘COVID-19 and Democracy in Southeast Asia’ (4 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How pro-active democracies can withstand disinformation’ (4 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Romania’s elections and the rule of law’ (4 December 2020)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘Why the exclusion of pregnant MPs from the House of Commons during Covid-19 matters – for them and for others’ (4 December 2020)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS (CEPA), ‘Democratic Defense Against Disinformation’ (3 December 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘US: Ensure Equitable Voting Access in Georgia Runoffs’ (3 December 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Journalists across EU face wave of attacks covering anti-lockdown protests’ (3 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Autocrats using Covid vaccines to expand sharp power’ (2 December 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Consolidating dictatorship: Venezuela’s sham election’ (2 December 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘America needs a COVID-19 Commission’ (1 December 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 5’ (1 December 2020)
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (IDEAS) (Malaysia), Policy Brief: ‘COVID-19 and Malaysia’s Democratic Resilience’ (November 2020)
ANDRÉS BELLO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (UCAB) & INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘On Conditions of the 2020 Parliamentary Electoral Process in Venezuela’ (30 November 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘The impact of COVID-19 on the Italian far right: The rise of Brothers of Italy’ (30 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘As Beijing tightens grip, Hong Kong’s democracy movement ‘in dire straits’?’ (30 November 2020)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications: With a focus on social rights’ (27 November 2020)
IFEX, ‘Globe International Center asks Mongolia to uphold freedom of expression in pandemic response’ (27 November 2020)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘The 2020 pandemic has challenged press freedom in Africa’ (27 November 2020)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘In Search of a Cure for the Infodemic’ (26 November 2020)
POLITICAL CAPITAL, ‘The Orbán government’s strange commitment to the Russian coronavirus vaccine’ (26 November 2020)
UNESCO, ‘Small Caribbean Islands prepare to fight COVID-19 disinformation’ (26 November 2020)
ASIA DEMOCRACY NETWORK (ADN), ‘Weaponizing the pandemic to silence critics’ (25 November 2020)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, Report: ‘Human Rights in South Asia in Times of Pandemic’ (25 November 2020)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Why the Pandemic and Populism Still Work Together’ (24 November 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Addressing the Effect of COVID-19 on Democracy in South and Southeast Asia’ (24 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Austria’s journalists face roadblocks to accessing official information’ (24 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Spain’s free press put to test under COVID-19 restrictions’ (24 November 2020)
MEDIA FOUNDATION FOR WEST AFRICA (MFWA), ‘COVID-19, Protests Trigger FOE Violations in Second Quarter of 2020’ (24 November 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Is the Coronavirus Catalyzing New Civic Collaborations for Open Government?’ (23 November 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Hong Kong’s Academic Freedom Withers under National Security Law’ (23 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘Democracy in the Times of Corona’ (23 November 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Transparency, openness and accountability are key to parliamentary effectiveness in a pandemic’ (23 November 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Uganda: Authorities Weaponize Covid-19 for Repression’ (20 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE CONSORTIUM (ILAC), ‘The judiciary and accountable governance in times of a pandemic’ (19 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic solidarity: Strategic priorities address 21st century challenges’ (18 November 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Institutional Failures in COVID-19’ (18 November 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Covid-19 is accelerating the surveillance state’ (17 November 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘How the Coronavirus Risks Exacerbating Women’s Political Exclusion’ (17 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Don’t let covid-19 kill democracy’ (17 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Covid pandemic presents political parties with acute challenges – and real opportunities’ (17 November 2020)
IFEX, ‘Liberia is classic example of feared COVID-19 infodemic’ (17 November 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘How parliaments can keep an eye on surveillance technology during COVID-19’ (17 November 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Hong Kong’s Darkening Future, Through the Eyes of Unbowed Protesters’ (17 November 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Greece: Blanket Ban On Public Assemblies Must Be Urgently Revoked’ (16 November 2020)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘17th EMB Conference synopsis and conclusions’ (16 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘China exploiting pandemic to pose ideological challenge to West’ (16 November 2020)
IFEX, ‘Media Freedom Coalition should prove its impact: More needs to be done during COVID-19 pandemic’ (16 November 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘OAS misses another opportunity to combat the pandemic of repression in the Americas’ (15 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Voting twice during a pandemic: Lessons from Queensland, Australia’ (13 November 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Revealed: Former Tory chairman was secretly appointed as COVID advisor’ (13 November 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘Taiwan’s exclusion from World Health Assembly threatens global pandemic response’ (12 November 2020)
FORUM ON INFORMATION & DEMOCRACY, ‘250 recommendations on how to stop “infodemics”’ (12 November 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Reflections on the Election in Pandemic America’ (12 November 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘UPDATED: Spare the Vote, Spoil the Virus?’ (12 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘A Pressing Concern: Covid-19, disinformation and the parameters of truth’ (11 November 2020)
IFEX, ‘Hong Kong: The National Security Law’s “creeping impact” on the education sector’ (11 November 2020)
CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES (CPA) (Sri Lanka), ‘Technocratic Populism and the Pandemic State’ (10 November 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Democracy, policing and the coronavirus pandemic’ (10 November 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Election Process in Myanmar, Peaceful — PACE’ (9 November 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), Press Release: ‘ANFREL Hopes for Free, Fair, and Safe Elections in Myanmar’ (8 November 2020)
IFEX, ‘Press freedom missing from Myanmar’s parliamentary elections’ (7 November 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘After This U.S. Election, the Case for Online Voting Is Stronger Than Ever’ (6 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘COVID-19, Election Governance, and Preventing Electoral Violence’ (6 November 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘Why the Pandemic Didn’t Hurt Trump’ (4 November 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Press Release: ‘United States: All Ballots Must Be Counted before Presidential Election Result Is Declared’ (4 November 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘US: Electoral Process Needs Time’ (4 November 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘For Donald Trump, his defeat will be fake news’ (4 November 2020)
OSCE, Press Release: ‘Highly competitive elections in US tarnished by legal uncertainty and unprecedented attempts to undermine public trust, international observers say’ (4 November 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Neither Validation nor Renunciation: The U.S. Election’s Inconclusive Verdict’ (4 November 2020)
UK IN A CHANGING EUROPE, ‘Is Lockdown the New Brexit?’ (3 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus transformation is ‘a marathon, not a sprint’’ (3 November 2020)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ‘Report on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms’ (3 November 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘The Pandemic Really Is Fake News: It’s Deadlier Than Anyone Realized’ (3 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Conference Report: ‘In celebration of the International Day of Democracy: discussion on international responses to COVID-19 crisis’ (3 November 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Blurring fact and fiction in the US election’ (3 November 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Guidance for Civil Society and Its Supporters on Elections with Integrity During Covid-19’ (2 November 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Digital Authoritarianism, China and Covid’ (2 November 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Covid-19 Pandemic Affected Election Campaign in Myanmar — PACE’ (1 November 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Has the COVID pandemic really ‘strengthened global democracy’?’ (30 October 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 4’ (30 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections need to be accessible for the ill during COVID-19 to avoid disenfranchisement’ (29 October 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Holding Incumbents Accountable: COVID-19 at the Ballot Box’ (29 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How to control the global authoritarian pandemic’ (28 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Vote by Mail: International Practice During Covid-19’ (28 October 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘NGOs' Eviction During Curfew Is Another Blow to Democracy in Slovenia’ (28 October 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘COVID-19 Has a Strong Chance of Winning on November 3’ (28 October 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Progress Protecting Rights While Combatting Covid-19’ (27 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘UK: Boris Johnson’s government undermines democracy, the legal system and the press’ (27 October 2020)
YOUGOV, ‘Few Britons think the government is handling coronavirus well’ (26 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus opposition ‘gaining momentum’: Taking ‘steps towards dual power’?’ (26 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘Global and Regional Dialogue on Democracy, SDG 16 and COVID-19: Identifying Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward’ (26 October 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘COVID-19 Won’t Stop Myanmar From Plowing Ahead With a Flawed Election’ (26 October 2020)
USAID, ‘DRG and COVID-19 Trends Paper Series: Democratic Backsliding’ (23 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Paradoxes of the Pandemic’: Covid-19’s real political legacy’ (22 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Authoritarian digital influence: Grappling with the new normal’ (22 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Country report: The rule of law in Lithuania’ (22 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Rush to pass ‘fake news’ laws during Covid-19 intensifying global media freedom challenges’ (22 October 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (21 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘China ‘turning Hong Kong into a Tibet or a Xinjiang’’ (21 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Is 21st century democracy heading for failure?’ (21 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘CEE road map points to democratic post-pandemic agenda’ (21 October 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘How Israel failed its Covid test’ (20 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘When pandemics meet democracy’ (20 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic renewal? Belarus’s popular movement shows how it’s done’ (20 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘Tanzania tramples digital rights in fight against COVID-19’ (20 October 2020)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘The Twin Crises of Public Health and the Rule of Law’ (20 October 2020)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘COVID-19 Exposes Asia’s Shaky Offline and Online Governance’ (19 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe: In-Country Postal, Early, Mobile and Proxy Arrangements in Individual Countries’ (19 October 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘Europe's culture war on masks’ (19 October 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Is the U.S. at Risk of Mirroring Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding?’ (19 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘Thailand issues emergency decree, nationwide restrictions on press’ (18 October 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘The Rise of the COVID Dictatorships’ (16 October 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘After Covid-19 Volume 2 Australia, the region and multilateralism’ (16 October 2020)
CARNEGIE MIDDLE EAST CENTER, ‘Shared Responsibility: Moroccan Civil-Military Relations and COVID-19’ (16 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘African experts speak out on problematic COVID-19 measures that compromise data privacy and protection’ (15 October 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The Global Rise of Anti-Lockdown Protests—and What to Do About It’ (15 October 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Thailand: More arrests amid ‘drastic’ emergency order banning gatherings’ (15 October 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Covid-19 Is New Pretext for Old Tactics of Repression in GCC’ (15 October 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE (ASPI), ‘New Zealand’s corona-shaped election’ (15 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Values matter: Cooperation, solidarity vital to post-pandemic democracy’ (15 October 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Thailand: Emergency Decree Pretext for Crackdown’ (15 October 2020)
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY, ‘The Effects of the Novel Coronavirus on Democratic Experiences’ (14 October 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Freedom on the Net 2020: The Pandemic's Digital Shadow’ (14 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections in times of the pandemic: Argentina’s lessons to face 2021 elections’ (14 October 2020)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘India: Challenges in conducting elections during Covid-19’ (14 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘A lesson in pandemic democracy?’ (13 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Covid vs. Democracy: How pandemic impacts the West’ (13 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS (ICFJ), ‘New Global Survey Raises Red Flags for Journalism in the COVID-19 Era’ (13 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Electoral Risk Management and the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of parliamentary elections in North Macedonia’ (13 October 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Tanzania: Lawfare: Repression by Law Ahead of Tanzania's General Elections’ (12 October 2020)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘Digital solutions to fight COVID-19: shortcomings protecting privacy and personal data’ (12 October 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Why Myanmar’s elections won’t be free, fair or safe’ (12 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Covid vs. Democracy: Brazil’s Populist Playbook’ (9 October 2020)
OSCE, Press Release: ‘Participants of annual Central Asia Media Conference highlight need to uphold OSCE media freedom commitments while countering ‘harmful content’’ (9 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Turkey backsliding to ‘stunted democracy’’ (8 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Covid-19 misinformation in Myanmar: Facebook groups and discrimination of minorities’ (8 October 2020)
EUROPEAN UNION, ‘The work of Parliaments in times of COVID-19: INTER PARES & the case of Bhutan’ (8 October 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, ‘Hong Kong Press Freedom Suffocates under Beijing’s National Security Law’ (8 October 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘PACE Pre-Election Survey: Interest in Politics on a Downward Trend Among Myanmar Citizens’ (7 October 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Geopolitics after the pandemic’ (7 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Lessons for a post-pandemic world’ (7 October 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘When is targeted surveillance wrong?’ (6 October 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Lessons learned from Taiwan and South Korea’s tech-enabled COVID-19 communications’ (6 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘Tanzania clamps down, Sudan backs down, and Cameroon uses COVID-19 to crush dissent’ (6 October 2020)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘The unprecedented White House race’ (5 October 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘Bolsonaro’s Brush with the Coronavirus Empowered Him - Will the Same be True for Trump?’ (5 October 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Trump gets sick and the media dives into the deep end’ (5 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Update: Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (4 October 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Is Covid-19 a threat to democracy?’ (4 October 2020)
SOCIAL EUROPE, Year 30: Germany’s Second Chance. Merkel’s European Policy Change of Course and the German Unification Process (4 October 2020. Author Jürgen HABERMAS)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Protecting political leaders from Covid-19’ (3 October 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Special Report 2020 Democracy under Lockdown (2 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘Vengeful crackdowns and MENA’s battle for access to information’ (2 October 2020)
IFEX, ‘Deterioration of human rights in Cambodia amid COVID-19’ (2 October 2020)
THINK GLOBAL HEALTH, ‘Spare the Vote, Spoil the Virus?’ (2 October 2020)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘Pandemic Backsliding: Democracy and Disinformation Seven Months into the Covid-19 Pandemic’ (2 October 2020)
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY, ‘Mexican politics in the pandemic - key points from our webinar’ (1 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Peru: 163 journalists killed and 500 fired during the pandemic’ (1 October 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Briefing: Press and Media Freedom Violations in EU’ (1 October 2020)
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY NETWORK (GHSN), ‘The COVID-19 Pandemic vs Post-Truth’ (September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Covid pandemic a ‘stress test’ of democratic resilience to backsliding’ (30 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘Kenya’s fight against COVID-19 chips away at digital rights’ (30 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Going against the trend: elections with increased voter turnout during the COVID-19 pandemic’ (30 September 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Duterte’s vaccine promise is a political placebo’ (30 September 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Will our right to protest ever be fully returned?’ (29 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Covid-19 intensifies challenges for freelance journalists in Italy’ (29 September 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘France: Thousands of protesters wrongly punished under draconian laws in pre and post COVID-19 crackdown’ (28 September 2020)
COMMONWEALTH, ‘Covid-19 and election management’ (28 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Preserving Independent and Accountable Institutions’ (September 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Kyrgyzstan: Medics suffer rights violations, pay high personal price during COVID-19 pandemic’ (25 September 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘Instead of Postponing Elections, Let Us Make Sure that They Happen, Even During a Pandemic’ (25 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Latin America: six months into the pandemic’ (25 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), ‘Pandemics and politics’ (25 September 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘COVID-19 is a litmus test for the rule of law in Armenia’ (25 September 2020)
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, ‘States Must Maintain and Expand In-Person Voting Locations During COVID-19’ (24 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘31 human rights groups call for urgent response to the Algerian government’s intensifying crackdown on civil society and journalists amidst the COVID-19 pandemic’ (24 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Australia: Harsh Police Response During Covid-19’ (24 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘In Hungary a government rattled by the pandemic finds new ways to suppress independent media’ (23 September 2020)
LIBERTY VICTORIA, ‘'Overreach and Overzealous': Concerns over Victoria's Proposed New Police Powers’ (23 September 2020)
WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, ‘Fundamental Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (23 September 2020)
YOUNG AUSTRALIANS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘The international implications of Belarus’ national protests’ (23 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘A pandemic turning point for democracy & open government?’ (22 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Stemming a Receding Tide’? Human rights & democratic values in Asia’ (22 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Populism, pandemic & performance threaten liberal democracies’ (22 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarusian democracy ‘may be on the horizon’’ (22 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘US: Officials’ Pandemic Response Impaired Right to Vote’ (22 September 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Americas: Authorities convert state-run quarantines into form of repression’ (21 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Pandemic ‘wake-up call’: Should democracies develop new social contract?’ (21 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Cameroon: Heightened Crackdown on Opposition’ (21 September 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘What is deadlier in Venezuela: its security forces or COVID-19?’ (21 September 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘Will COVID-19 Kill Democracy?’ (18 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Post-Covid scenarios for geopolitical order: Is democracy resilient enough?’ (18 September 2020)
OSCE, Press Release: ‘Stronger collective efforts needed to protect journalists against growing threats, concludes seventh OSCE South-East Europe Media Conference’ (18 September 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Enforcing Covid-19 restrictions could erode public trust in police’ (18 September 2020)
OSCE, Press Release: ‘Stronger collective efforts needed to protect journalists against growing threats, concludes seventh OSCE South-East Europe Media Conference’ (18 September 2020)
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, ‘Public opinion survey: The coronavirus crisis and the role of regions and cities in the EU’ (17 September 2020)
LIBERTY VICTORIA, ‘Liberty Victoria very concerned about proposed new powers introduced in the COVID-19 (Emergency Measures) Bill’ (17 September 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘How Countries Are Holding Elections During the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (17 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Introducing advance voting for Sri Lankan elections’ (16 September 2020)
EAST ASIA FORUM, ‘Polarisation a pre-existing condition in Asia’s troubled democracies’ (16 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Concern as Albania looks to push ahead with controversial ‘anti-defamation law’’ (16 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Justice Is Needed for Belarus: International Scrutiny Is the Way to Get it’ (16 September 2020)
CHANGEMAKERS, ‘2020’s Lessons for Democracy’ (15 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Press Release: ‘“There is no time to lose” - Democracy must revitalize itself to combat COVID-19 impact’ (15 September 2020)
KOFI ANNAN FOUNDATION, ‘International Day of Democracy 2020: nothing to celebrate?’ (15 September 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), Webinar Report: ‘Cooperation among Election Stakeholders Needed for Elections amid Covid-19 Pandemic to Succeed’ (15 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Transition time: From democratic decay & breakdown to innovation & renewal?’ (15 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘UN’s Guterres must renew call to free jailed journalists amid pandemic’ (15 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Press Release: ‘“There is no time to lose” - Democracy must revitalize itself to combat COVID-19 impact’ (15 September 2020)
KOFI ANNAN FOUNDATION, ‘International Day of Democracy 2020: nothing to celebrate?’ (15 September 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘A Left populist strategy for post-COVID-19’ (15 September 2020)
OSCE, Press Release: ‘COVID-19 brings home the critical importance of democracy in an era of challenges, ODIHR says’ (15 September 2020)
UNITED NATIONS, ‘COVID-19: A Spotlight on Democracy’ (15 September 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘India’s silenced parliament’ (14 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Populism and pandemic – the undoing of fragile democracies?’ (14 September 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘The Pandemic Is Eroding Bolivians’ Trust in Democracy’ (11 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Resilient NGOs counter COVID-driven media crisis’ (11 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus ‘a strong counterpoint’ to democratic regression’ (11 September 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Politics of COVID-19: Partisan manoeuvres on the Right wing’ (11 September 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘How China Ramped Up Disinformation Efforts During the Pandemic’ (10 September 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘The UN’s Unhappy Birthday’ (10 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘COVID-19 ‘a moment of reckoning’ for democratic order’ (10 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic resilience demands tackling disinformation’ (10 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Malaysia: Media council critical for press freedom’ (10 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Uganda’s forthcoming elections put journalists under threat’ (10 September 2020)
ASIA DEMOCRACY NETWORK (ADN), ‘Myanmar’s election, the Rohingya crisis, and the road to democracy’ (9 September 2020)
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CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE Series: ‘The Day After: Navigating a Post-Pandemic World’
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘A New U.S. Foreign Policy for the Post-Pandemic Landscape’ (9 September 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘A Coming Decade of Arab Decisions’ (9 September 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Europe’s Global Test’ (9 September 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Revitalizing Democracy Internationally’ (9 September 2020)
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ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), Report: ‘2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections: Defending Democracy amid the Covid-19 Pandemic’ (8 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Pandemic highlights Southeast Asia’s democratic struggles’ (8 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why West should support Belarus’s national civic awakening’ (8 September 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Covid-19 Disinformation & Social Media Manipulation’ (9 September 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Pandemic democracy’ (7 September 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Myanmar election: A fractured process’ (7 September 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘COVID-19 Exposes the Fragility of Central Asia’ (3 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus: what’s Russia’s next move?’ (3 September 2020)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘National human rights institutions: guaranteeing fundamental rights compliance during COVID-19 and beyond’ (3 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘Barbarism and disinformation: The authoritarian response to peaceful dissent’ (3 September 2020)
NONPROFIT QUARTERLY, ‘Elections Interrupted: How Governments Are Using COVID to Break Democracy’ (3 September 2020)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘9th World Forum for Democracy is postponed’ (3 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Opposition Leader Convicted in Azerbaijan’ (3 September 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Tanzania: Freedoms Threatened Ahead of Elections’ (2 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Wake-Up Call: Why COVID exposed West’s weakness – and how to fix it’ (2 September 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Bolivia’s Political Paralysis Is Imperiling Its Response to COVID-19’ (2 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘Fundamental rights under siege in Romania’ (2 September 2020)
IFEX, ‘Slovenia: A swift downturn in press and media freedom’ (2 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Malaysia: IFJ report highlights the impacts of Covid-19 on press freedom’ (2 September 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The path to the square: the role of digital technologies in Belarus’ protests’ (1 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in East Africa’ (1 September 2020)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), ‘Russia and the Belarusian question’ (1 September 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Visualizing the state of democracy’ (1 September 2020)
ASIAN FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT, Webinar Report: ‘Human Rights in Southeast Asia in Times of Pandemic’ (31 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Australia's trend toward Dutton-style government power’ (31 August 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘In Algeria, Protests Pause for COVID-19 as the Regime Steps Up Repression’ (31 August 2020)
IT FOR CHANGE (India), ‘IT for Change's Proposed Resolution on Technology and Surveillance at Janta Parliament’ (August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Preventing Government Corruption in Crises’ (August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘COVID-19, internal divisions testing democracy’s resilience’ (28 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Belarusian journalists face prosecution and suppression as government tactics morph’ (28 August 2020)
ASIA DEMOCRACY NETWORK (ADN), ‘Free Expression in the Shadow of the Pandemic’ (27 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Tsai Ing-wen tells ASPI China’s Hong Kong security laws challenge Taiwan’ (27 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘The global risk of the US election’ (27 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How to stop Covid disinformation promoting polarization’ (27 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus ‘on the edge’: How will the West respond?’ (27 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Belarusian labour activists pressured as political crisis drags on’ (27 August 2020)
YOUNG AUSTRALIANS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘America’s Growing Election Integrity Discourse’ (27 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Ardern and Biden victories would be a shot in the arm for the centre-left’ (26 August 2020)
IFEX, ‘Indonesia: Media organisations targeted in digital attacks for COVID-19 reporting’ (26 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Australian call for Covid-19 inquiry like Brutus knifing Caesar: China’s deputy ambassador’ (26 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Latin America’s Covid-driven populism: Democracy at risk or resilient?’ (26 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus reborn: But ‘unprecedented’ movement faces uphill battle’ (26 August 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Where next for MIKTA?’ (26 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘As protests mount, Belarusians turn away from the regime’ (26 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The coronavirus crisis: revealing an ugly truth about the UK and human rights’ (26 August 2020)
FOREIGN POLICY, ‘The World Needs to Reopen Borders Before It’s Too Late’ (25 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Lukashenko retreats to his bunker’ (25 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Singapore’s real opposition emerges’ (25 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Detecting Digital Fingerprints: Taiwan’s resilience to Chinese disinformation’ (25 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus a ‘litmus test and challenge’ to democracy’ (25 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus: Can people power topple Europe’s last dictator?’ (24 August 2020)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘Massive blocking of access to the media today in Belarus’ (22 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Getting the message about COVID-19’ (22 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES Experts Co-Author British Academy Briefing on Elections During COVID-19’ (21 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘"Belarus will never be the same"’ (21 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Europe’s last dictator makes his last stand’ (21 August 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Nigerian electoral commission prepares to hold elections during pandemic’ (21 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Coronavirus could dethrone the neoliberalism that’s made the UK a basket case’ (21 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Lukashenko’s ‘Ceauşescu Moment’? Unthinkable change happening in Belarus’ (20 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (IFJ), ‘Covid-19: Pandemic threatens press freedom’ (20 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Elections in Montenegro: 2020 Parliamentary Elections’ (20 August 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Thailand: More peaceful activists arrested and charged amidst pro-democracy protests’ (20 August 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘In Malaysia’s Covid “infodemic”, crime is all too easy (20 August 2020)
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, ‘Trump’s War on the Postal Service Hurts All Americans’ (19 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Techno-nationalism’ fueling digital authoritarians’ (19 August 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Venezuela: Authorities are repressing and failing to protect health workers as the COVID-19 pandemic gathers force’ (18 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Might social intelligence save Latin America from its governments in times of Covid-19?’ (18 August 2020)
ASIAN NETWORK FOR FREE ELECTIONS (ANFREL), ‘NAMFREL Calls for Safer Voter Registration Process’ (18 August 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Two Thailands: Clashing Political Orders and Entrenched Polarization’ (18 August 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Belarus’s Turn for Change’ (18 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Belarus ‘primed to break free’? Lukashenko open to power-sharing’ (18 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Pandemic Populism’ may increase threat to democracy’ (18 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How to ensure post-Covid democratic resilience’ (18 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, Webinar Report: ‘Transitional Justice and Social Cohesion (re)Construction in African Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (18 August 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Diplomacy and global governance after Covid‑19: Prepare for change’ (18 August 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘President of Belarus says new elections may be held following constitutional referendum’ (18 August 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘To Save the Postal Service, Bring It Online’ (18 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Might social intelligence save Latin America from its governments in times of Covid-19?’ (18 August 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Putin and Belarus: Five Reasons Not to Save Lukashenko’ (17 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Lukashenko era is over’? Kremlin deploys troops to Belarus border’ (17 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Hong Kong crackdown ‘more menacing by the day’’ (17 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘COVID-19 hasn't stopped Chile's Government from violating human rights’ (16 August 2020)
RECONNECT, ‘Principles to Uphold the Rule of Law and Good Governance in Public Health Emergencies’ (August 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Belarus Protests Expose Europe’s Flawed Foreign Policy’ (14 August 2020)
KIWIBLOG, ‘Countries that have delayed elections due to Covid-19’ (14 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Tunisia’s political wrangling: Disarray & dysfunction boosts support for populists’ (13 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘COVID-19 demands a social democratic response, not a neoliberal disaster’ (13 August 2020)
PACE MYANMAR, ‘Press Statement – Restrictions on Observation’ (13 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘Bangladeshi Youth Leading Through COVID-19’ (12 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Tanzania bars media from using foreign content: Another blow to press freedom in the country’ (12 August 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Authoritarian Weaknesses and the Pandemic’ (11 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How Covid exposes authoritarian weaknesses’ (11 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Post-pandemic populist resurgence? Reforms needed to save democracy’ (10 August 2020)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, ‘New Strategy, New Voices: Time to Change Victoria’s Crisis Approach?’ (10 August 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Weaponising Covid-19: How state suppression breeds distrust and disinformation in Hong Kong’ (9 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Reclaiming our freedoms from big tech and government amid COVID-19’ (9 August 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Sri Lanka: Increasing Suppression of Dissent’ (8 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Of pandemics and protests: democracy renewal’ (6 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Elections in a Pandemic: Lessons From Asia’ (6 August 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘COVID-19 Is Pushing Belgium’s Messy Federal System to Its Limits’ (6 August 2020)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, ‘Private Actors and Crisis: Scrutinising the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board’ (5 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Autocrats turning COVID crisis into opportunity. Really?’ (5 August 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong police violated int’l humanitarian laws – the world must act’ (5 August 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘The rise of police power due to COVID-19’ (5 August 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘The pandemic’s geopolitical aftershocks’ (4 August 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘In Ethiopia, state claims federal government's orders to halt elections violates constitution’ (4 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How long-term pandemic fallout could erode democracy’ (4 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Covid-19 and the perception of freedom’ (4 August 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘More contagious than coronavirus: electoral unrest under Lukashenka’s tired rule in Belarus’ (4 August 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘‘It’s Not Normal for Belarus.’ Lukashenko Faces Growing Pre-Election Protests’ (4 August 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘The newest way to silence dissent during a pandemic’ (3 August 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The Crisis in Mali Holds Important Lessons for Governments Everywhere’ (3 August 2020)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT & COVID-DEM, ‘Prioritising Parliament: Roadmaps to Reviving Australia's Parliaments’ (1 August 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Measuring political systems by coronavirus responses does not answer the right questions’ (30 July 2020)
KOFI ANNAN FOUNDATION, ‘COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: an opportunity for inclusive democracy’ (30 July 2020)
ASIA DEMOCRACY NETWORK (ADN), ‘In Defense of Dissent: Before, During, and After COVID-19’ (31 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Tired Of Being Afraid’: Belarus election jolts Europe’s last dictator’ (31 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Reconstructing democracy vs. dangerous new populism’ (31 July 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Global Call to Reject Hong Kong Security Law’ (31 July 2020)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘120 alerts in 4 months: first MFRR-report documents severe threats to media freedom across Europe’ (30 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Hong Kong press freedom enters threatening new era’ (30 July 2020)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘COVID-19 ‘new normal’ should also safeguard fundamental rights’ (30 July 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Can Elections Be Credible During a Pandemic?’ Carnegie (29 July 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Troubling Trends Threaten What Little Trust Remains in Tanzania's Democracy’ (29 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Inclusion and Meaningful Political Participation’ (July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus’: How liberalism can survive’ (29 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘What Orwell Feared’: Artificial Intelligence vs Democratic Norms’ (29 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Latin America facing a ‘decline of democracy’ under Covid pandemic’ (29 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why Covid could prove ‘a restorative moment’ for democracy’ (29 July 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Sri Lanka: Human Rights Under Attack’ (29 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Turkish parliament passes bill that will curb free speech on social media’ (29 July 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus: China, Russia and the West’ (29 July 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Battle for Hong Kong takes on a new shape’ (29 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘‘Multitasking’ Maduro tightens hold on Venezuela as coronavirus surges’ (28 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Constitutional Performance Assessment in the Time of a Pandemic: The 1987 Constitution and the Philippines’ COVID-19 Response’ International IDEA Discussion Paper 3/2020 (27 July 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Morrison cancels Parliament due to COVID-19 — and Dan Andrews’ (23 July 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Modi’s pandemic gambit’ (23 July 2020)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU), ‘Country compilation of parliamentary responses to the pandemic’ (21 July 2020)
ISTANBUL POLICY CENTRE, ‘The Day after Covid-19: Capacity, Governance and Order’ (July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Autocrats employ pandemic memes in new tactics of information warfare’ (24 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Regimes using pandemic to ‘tighten chokehold’ on freedoms’ (24 July 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Under Cover of COVID-19, Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Cracks Down on Dissent’ (24 July 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘While All Eyes Were on Hong Kong, China Just Ended Hopes for a ‘Free Tibet’’ (23 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Palestine: How the pandemic is impacting media freedoms’ (22 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘Zimbabwe arrests journalist who exposed Covid-related fraud’ (21 July 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘China’s Deep State: The Communist Party and the Coronavirus’ (23 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why the pandemic will strengthen smart populists’ (21 July 2020)
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED), ‘International Forum for Democratic Studies July 2020 Newsletter’ (20 July 2020)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION (IPU), ‘Building the virtual parliament: The state of play at the end of June 2020’ (20 July 2020)
INDEPENDENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Journalists should question Scott Morrison over Parliament closure’ (21 July 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong’s security law: Violence was just the excuse – the aim is to outlaw just about everything’ (21 July 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘State media blames Hong Kong democrat primaries for Covid-19 surge as medics question gov’t’s growing ‘quarantine exemption’ list’ (20 July 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Exclusive: Media law expert Doreen Weisenhaus on why Hong Kong may no longer be Asia’s oasis of free speech’ (18 July 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Hong Kong’s national insecurity law and the problem with the primary elections’ (18 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Kwanza Online TV suspended for criticising government’s COVID-19 response’ (17 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Bridging the data gap to monitor progress in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies at the time of COVID-19 – challenges and opportunities for partnerships’ (16 July 2020)
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION, ‘Why the Voice of Civil Society Matters More than Ever in the Era of COVID-19’ (16 July 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘DemocracyWatch: Journalists gagged in the name of COVID’ (16 July 2020)
MAXIM INSTITUTE (New Zealand), Policy Paper: ‘Civic Defence: Defining Roles and Preparing Our Democracy for the Next Emergency’ (15 July 2020)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘Ireland's new Parliament: Political and physical change coincide amid Covid-19 crisis’ (9 July 2020)
OSCE, Report: ‘OSCE Human Dimension Commitments and State Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic’ (17 July 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘In Suriname, the Coronavirus Pandemic Dislodges a Once-Unmovable Strongman’ (16 July 2020)
EUROPEAN ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY & INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Global Democracy & Covid-19: Upgrading international support’ (15 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why ‘incompetent nativist populists’ can survive the pandemic’ (15 July 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Why Populism Can Survive the Pandemic’ (15 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Electoral officials need more money to run elections during COVID-19’ (14 July 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Has Hong Kong’s national security law created secret police with Chinese characteristics?’ (14 July 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘Building on the foundations for COVID-resistant elections’ (14 July 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Across Central Asia, Police States Expand Under the Cover of COVID-19’ (14 July 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Maldives: Free Speech, Assembly Under Threat’ (14 July 2020)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ‘Draft Interim Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by the Republic of Poland of the rule of law’ (13 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Singapore: Government orders removal of critical comments on handling of COVID-19 pandemic’ (12 July 2020)
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY, ‘Global Challenges: Human Rights and Covid-19’ (10 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Hong Kong media in 2020: ‘Freedom in danger’’ (9 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Malaysia: Civil society organizations stand in solidarity with Al Jazeera and for media freedom’ (9 July 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘Why Singapore’s election be will like no other’ (9 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Political, legal and organizational lessons from elections in the time of a pandemic – Republic of Poland’ (9 July 2020)
UNESCO, ‘Freedom of expression as a fundamental right amid the COVID-19 pandemic’ (8 July 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Malaysia: Stop Treating Criticism as a Crime’ (8 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Hong Kong set to become the new Tibet?’ (8 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How to counter disinformation’s deadly fallout’ (8 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Under the Shadows of COVID-19, a Potential African Spring of Alternation of Power’ (8 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic innovation key to strategy for shaping post-COVID world’ (7 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘New Global Monitor tracks impact of COVID-19 on democracy and human rights’ (7 July 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘State repression in the Philippines during COVID-19 and beyond’ (7 July 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘COVID-19 emergency responses and protecting democratic space’ (7 July 2020)
THE POLICY SPACE, ‘Does COVID-19 Change the Debate about Democracy?’ (7 July 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘How Israel’s COVID-19 mass surveillance operation works’ (6 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Disinformation sows doubt and confusion’ (6 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Virtual Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy and Development’ (6 July 2020)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘Pandemic Backsliding Update: Democracy During COVID-19’ (3 July 2020)
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY, ‘Loyalty, Voice or Exit? Latin American Countries after the Pandemia’ (3 July 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘Southest Asian democracies in declining health amid Covid-19’ (3 July 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘The Hong Kong we know is dead’ (3 July 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘”South Africa belongs to all who live in it”, COVID-19 showed it does not’ (2 July 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA. ‘New Policy Brief: Constitutional and Legal Perspective on the Philippines’ COVID-19 Response’ (2 July 2020)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘Hong Kong: Under the National Security Law, no journalist in the world is free from China’s violent retribution’ (2 July 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic values can guide path to pandemic resilience’ (2 July 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Will COVID-19 Make This Year’s Election Different for Singapore’s Ruling Party?’ (2 July 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Venezuela, imperialism and militarization’ (1 July 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘Global Protests Start to Return’ (30 June 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘Democracy in Hong Kong’ (30 June 2020)
ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY, ‘Competitive Strategies for Democracy in the Age of AI’ (30 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Two pandemics sweeping the planet: democracy ‘already on ventilators’’ (30 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Me the people? How populist renaissance transforms democracy’ (30 June 2020)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications: With a focus on older people’ (30 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic resilience and pragmatism amid the pandemic’ (1 July 2020)
IFEX, ‘Hong Kong: Freedom House condemns China’s imposition of National Security Law (1 July 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘DemocracyWatch: The pandemic is a long way from being over’ (1 July 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Bangladesh: Repeal Abusive Law Used in Crackdown on Critics’ (1 July 2020)
TRANSPARENCY PROJECT, ‘HMCTS response to letter on open justice in the COVID-19 emergency’ (1 July 2020)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, ‘A New Federalism? The Role and Future of the National Cabinet' (1 July 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘To Create a Democratic, Fair & Innovative Digital Society, EU Must Protect Users’ Rights’ (30 June 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘‘Personal sovereignty’ in pandemics: or, why do today’s ‘sovereignists’ reject state sovereignty?’ (30 June 2020)
CGTN AFRICA, ‘Ghana’s presidential vote to go on as planned despite COVID-19 threat’ (30 June 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘Can an Open World Exist After COVID-19?’ (30 June 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘The Partnership for Recovery: A Roadmap for Building Back From COVID-19’ (30 June 2020)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘Nearly half of UN member countries have obstructed coronavirus coverage’ (29 June 2020)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘Procedure under Coronavirus restrictions: written evidence to the House of Commons Procedure Committee’ (June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democratic innovation can shape COVID-19 recovery’ (29 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How COVID could kill off populism’ (29 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Preserving Electoral Integrity During an Infodemic’ (June 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Beijing has a plan to change Hong Kong – but can citizens fight back?’ (28 June 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Chinese lawmakers discuss Hong Kong security law with implementation expected in days’ (28 June 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘Coronavirus and the court: The case of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’ (28 June 2020)
IFEX, ‘Pakistan’s new media directive could restrict TV reporting on COVID-19’ (27 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How to uphold democratic values while fighting COVID-19’ (26 June 2020)
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, ‘Global Democracy and Human Rights Impacts of COVID-19: In Brief’ (26 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Fiji’s response to COVID-19 and the strategies to contain future outbreaks’ (26 June 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Cities versus multinationals: who will win our post-COVID future?’ (25 June 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Covid-19 and the new global chaos’ (25 June 2020)
OPEN LETTER: INTERNATIONAL IDEA & NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘COVID-19 crisis threatens democracy, leading world figures warn’ (25 June 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘In Modi’s India, Rights and Freedoms Erode Further Amid COVID-19’ (24 June 2020)
THE ASIA FOUNDATION, ‘Mongolia’s Lessons on Democracy during a Pandemic’' (24 June 2020)
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CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT Series: ‘How the Coronavirus Tests European Democracy’
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Does the Coronavirus Endanger Democracy in Europe? ’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Coronavirus and Europe’s Incomplete Union’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Coronavirus and European Civil Society’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Digital Divides and the Coronavirus’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘The Myth of German Coronavirus Exceptionalism’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Coronavirus and Democratic Erosion in Hungary’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Poland’s Democratic Slide During the Coronavirus’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Technocracy and Populism After the Coronavirus’' (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘Democracy and the Coronavirus Infodemic’ (23 June 2020)
CARNEGIE EUROPE, ‘A Democratic Narrative for the Coronavirus’ (23 June 2020)
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WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘COVID-19 Threatens to Derail an Unsteady Democratic Transition in Sudan’ (23 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How Covid-19 may ’embed’ the new authoritarianism’ (22 June 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Bio-surveillance, invisible borders and the dangerous after-effects of COVID-19 measures’ (22 June 2020)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Coronavirus vs. Dissent in Lebanon’ (20 June 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Reopening the World’ (20 June 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘Reopening America’ (20 June 2020)
FORUM OF FEDERATIONS, ‘Federalism and the COVID-19 crisis: Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis in the United States of America’ (June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Time to confront China’s global influence: Post-COVID prospects for Beijing’s sharp power’ (19 June 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Political economy and democracy in Brazil under Bolsonaro’ (19 June 2020)
DEMOCRATIC AUDIT, ‘The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed why we urgently need to re-imagine democracy’ (18 June 2020)
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, ‘The Authoritarian Politics of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe’ (18 June 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE, ‘US primacy will survive Covid-19 and Trump’ (17 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Exchange of practices between European EMBs on special voting arrangements (SVAs)’ (17 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Continued Cooperation with Civil Society during COVID-19 Pandemic: Indonesia’s Voting Technology Guide’ (16 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why COVID-19 is a ‘litmus test’ for democracy’ (15 June 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Russia: Health Workers Face Retaliation for Speaking Out’ (15 June 2020)
DALIA, Democracy Perception Index (15 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Another COVID-19 election looming on the horizon’ (12 June 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘Italian Restrictions on Personal Freedom May Be Unconstitutional’ (12 June 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘Italian Regulations May not be Robust Enough to Protect Rights as COVID-19 Tracking Apps Come in’ (11 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Legal Considerations When Delaying or Adapting Elections’ (June 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Malaysia: New Government Backslides on Free Speech’ (10 June 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Climate change makes Covid-19 politics look easy’ (10 June 2020)
OPEN LETTER, ‘Open letter from NGOs and academics on Open Justice in the Covid-19 emergency’ (10 June 2020)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘How Jersey's legislature has risen to the Covid-19 challenge’ (10 June 2020)
IFEX, ‘IFEX-ALC condemns obstruction of information rights, journalism activities in Brazil’ (9 June 2020)
BLACKSTONE CHAMBERS, ‘Legal Opinion on Hungarian Covid-19 legislation’ (8 June 2020)
CONSTITUTION UNIT, ‘Open letter: Ending of the hybrid House of Commons breached fundamental democratic principles’ (8 June 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Post-Covid democracy: Renewal with Chinese characteristics?’ (5 June 2020)
WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY, ‘Citizens’ Panel to help guide Covid-19 recovery’ (4 June 2020)
ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY, ‘Q&A with David Levine: What Can We Learn from the June 2 Primaries?’ (4 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Transforming political parties in the middle of a pandemic: The moment for online voting?’ (4 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA. ‘Updates to Global overview of COVID-19: Impact on elections’ (4 June 2020)
MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, ‘Securing Democracy: Australia’s Pandemic Response in Global Context’ (3 June 2020)
WORLD POLITICS REVIEW, ‘COVID-19 Will Leave South Asia Poorer, Weaker and Less Democratic’ (2 June 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES), ‘IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Safeguarding Health and Elections’ (May 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Ending Hungary’s State of Emergency Won’t End Authoritarianism’ (29 May 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The gift of Covid-19’ (29 May 2020)
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, ‘Journalists attacked during far-right protests in Spain’ (29 May 2020)
INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL, ‘Statement on the Unprecedented Threat to Democratic Freedoms in Hong Kong’ (29 May 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Number 10 must lift briefing ban on openDemocracy, says European press freedom watchdog’ (29 May 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Russia: Journalists Held Over Peaceful Pickets’ (29 May 2020)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY (EU), ‘Coronavirus pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications: With a focus on contact-tracing apps’ (28 May 2020)
POLITICAL CAPITAL, ‘Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution - the state of danger will come to an end in Hungary, but its impact remains’ (28 May 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘DemocracyWatch: People are organising against the assault on democracy across the world’ (28 May 2020)
PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM INITIATIVE (Australia), ‘Number of public interest news contractions in Australia tops 200’ (28 May 2020)
HONG KONG FREE PRESS, ‘China parliament approves plan to impose Hong Kong security law’ (28 May 2020)
PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION, ‘PGA Call for the Malaysian Government to Respect the Legislature's Mandate’ (28 May 2020)
RIGHTS REPORTER, ‘Hungarian PM Orbán’s Friend Wins Big During the COVID-19 Crisis’ (28 May 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Qatar: Contact Tracing App Exposes Personal Details of More than One Million (27 May 2020)
PRO BONO AUSTRALIA, ‘Fears COVID-19 could make the far right more dangerous than ever’ (27 May 2020)
VENICE COMMISSION, ‘Report - Respect for Democracy Human Rights and Rule of Law during States of Emergency - Reflections’ (26 May 2020)
HONG KONG WATCH, ‘Patten-led group of 233 Parliamentarians from 26 countries decry 'flagrant breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration' (Issued 23 May 2020. Last Updated: 25 May)
OPEN LETTER, ‘Krisis: a manifesto for the future’ (24 May 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘In the Philippines, committee on constitutional change suspends work’ (21 May 2020)
JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS (UK), ‘Chair’s Second Briefing Paper on the Lockdown Regulations’ (21 May 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Downing Street has banned me from asking questions. Why?’ (20 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Preserving liberty in the time of corona: Democratic governance the best antidote’ (20 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democracy must not become pandemic’s ‘silent victim’’ (20 May 2020)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Democracy Delayed: COVID-19’s Effect on Latin America’s Politics’ (19 May 2020)
HANSARD SOCIETY, ‘Who chooses the scrutineer? Why MPs should resist the government's attempt to determine the Liaison Committee chair’ (19 May 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Sri Lankan Officials Stoke Covid-19 Communal Hate’ (18 May 2020)
PARLIAMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP, ‘Parliaments and Crisis: Challenges and Innovations’ (15 May 2020)
LIBERTIES, ‘Two People in Hungary Detained for Their Political Views’ (15 May 2020)
PARTICIPO (OECD), ‘Online deliberation: Opportunities and challenges: Lyn Carson in conversation with Graham Smith’ (15 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Pondering pandemic’s political potency’ (15 May 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Bulgarian president challenges constitutionality of pandemic act before constitutional court’ (15 May 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Switching to all-postal voting in times of public health crises: Lessons from Poland’ (15 May 2020)
CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN & LATINO STUDIES, ‘Ecuador: Growing Political and Economic Repercussions of COVID-19’ (15 May 2020)
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN CENTRE ON DEMOCRACY, ‘The Risk of Democratic Backsliding in Latin America During the Pandemic’ (14 May 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Covidpoll: Lowy Institute Polling on Australian Attitudes to the Coronavirus Pandemic’ (14 May 2020)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘Brazil’s Coronavirus Crisis: Democracy Hanging by a Thread?’ (13 May 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Covid-19 Apps Pose Serious Human Rights Risks’ (13 May 2020)
INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘COVID-19 pandemic weakens democratic governments & strengthens dictatorships in Latin America’ (13 May 2020)
PRO BONO AUSTRALIA, ‘A post COVID-19 world: Some questions to ask’ (13 May 2020)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘How fake news is complicating India’s war against COVID-19’ (13 May 2020)
DANISH INSTITUTE FOR PARTIES AND DEMOCRACY, ‘Governments must roll back emergency legislation’ (13 May 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘It’s Not Just Covid-19 That Threatens UK’s Human Rights’ (13 May 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Democracy as truth: Why democracies are better at preventing pandemics’ (12 May 2020)
UNITED NATIONS, ‘United Nations Guidance Note on Addressing and Countering COVID-19 related Hate Speech’ (11 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘ New Briefing Paper: Democracy in Intensive Care?’ (11 May 2020)
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS), ‘From Wuhan to the World: How the Pandemic Will Reshape Geopolitics’ (11 May 2020)
ALLIANCE FOR JOURNALISTS’ FREEDOM (AJF), ‘Regional Coalition call on Duterte Govt to re-open ABS-CBN’ (10 May 2020)
PRESIDENT OF GERMANY, ‘75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd World War’ (8 May 2020)
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO NATIONAL NATURAL DISASTER ARRANGEMENTS (Australia), ‘Issues Paper – Constitutional Framework for the Declaration of a State of National Emergency’ (8 May 2020)
OSCE, ‘States of emergency stress-testing democracy, OSCE parliamentarians hear in COVID-focused webinar’ (8 May 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Indonesia’s democracy is flawed, but do enough people care?’ (8 May 2020)
NORDIC FOREIGN MINISTERS, Letter to the Council of Europe Secretary General [regarding Hungary] (7 May 2020)
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ‘In the age of American ‘megaregions,’ we must rethink governance across jurisdictions’ (7 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Post-Covid era: 1945 or 1918?’ (7 May 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Nations in Transit 2020 Dropping the Democratic Facade (6 May 2020)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘Covid19 is reshaping Brazil’s politics’ (6 May 2020)
EDELMAN, ‘2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Spring Update: Trust and the COVID-19’ (5 May 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The world after COVID: the good news’ (5 May 2020)
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT (CPGD), ‘The Risk of Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency Measures to Democratic Standards in Eastern and Southern Africa’ (May 2020)
V-DEM INSTITUTE, ‘Pandemic Backsliding: Does Covid-19 Put Democracy at Risk?’ (4 May 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘The Coronavirus Pandemic is Reshaping Global Protests’ (4 May 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democracy’s place in a new post-Covid world order’ (4 May 2020)
ASEAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, ‘Promote and protect human rights while combating Covid-19 pandemic’ (2 May 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Can the Coronavirus Heal Polarization?’ (1 May 2020)
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE (IPI), ‘WPFD 2020: COVID-19 accelerating a global decline in media freedom’ (1 May 2020)
ISTANBUL POLICY CENTRE, ‘Governance, State and Democracy in a Post-Corona World’ (April 2020)
JOINT STATEMENT (170 scientists and researchers), ‘Joint Statement on the Contact Tracing App Developed by NHSX in the UK’ (30 April 2020)
BALKANS IN EUROPE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP (BiEPAG), ‘The Western Balkans in Times of the Global Pandemic’ (30 April 2020)
Petra BÁRD & Sergio CARRERA, ‘Showing True Illiberal Colors: Rule of law vs Orbán’s pandemic politics’ (30 April 2020)
OPEN LETTER (Law professors, including COVID-DEM Director Tom Daly), ‘Call to Jourová and Reynders: act to save democracy in Poland’ (29 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘DemocracyWatch: COVID-19 ushers in a new era of surveillance apps’ (29 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Democracies vulnerable to crisis: Covid exacerbates weaknesses, says BTI’ (29 April 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Challenging times: How to get a virtual Parliament up and running during the coronavirus pandemic’ (29 April 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Polarization and the Pandemic’ (10-author compilation) (28 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Poland: Make Vote for President Free, Fair, Safe’ (28 April 2020)
OSCE, ‘Opinion on the Draft Act on Special Rules for Conducting the General Election of the President of the Republic of Poland Ordered in 2020 (Senate Paper No.99)’ (27 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY COMMUNITY, ‘Crisis councils: involving citizens in crisis management’ (26 April 2020)
NUFFIELD COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS, ‘Statement: COVID-19 and the basics of democratic governance’ (25 April 2020)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘Panchayats and pandemic’ (25 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Bolsonaro's maneuvers amid a pandemic: strategy or desperation?’ (24 April 2020)
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, ‘Statement on derogations from the Covenant [ICCPR] in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic’ (24 April 2020)
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR (on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression), Disease pandemics and the freedom of opinion and expression (23 April 2020)
VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY, ‘Pandemic Backsliding: Does Covid-19 Put Democracy at Risk?’ (24 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Civil society in times of the coronavirus: reinventing its role’ (23 April 2020)
DEMOCRATIC AUDIT (UK), ‘Covid-19 lockdowns: early evidence suggests political support and trust in democracy has increased’ (23 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY. ‘DemocracyWatch: journalists and dissidents arrested in COVID crackdowns’ (22 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘COVID-19’s new pretexts for consolidating autocrats’ power’ (22 April 2020)
CARNEGIE EMDOWMENT, ‘Civil Society and the Coronavirus: Dynamism Despite Disruption’ (21 April 2020)
OSCE, ‘Parliaments vital for strong democracies in times of crisis, OSCE human rights and parliamentary heads say’ (21 April 2020)
LOWY INTERPRETER, ‘New crackdown will deepen dividing lines in Hong Kong’ (21 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Why Russia’s Power Vertical is failing the COVID-19 Challenge’ (21 April 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Tunisia: End prosecution of bloggers for criticizing government's response to COVID-19’ (21 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Hong Kong: Crackdown Amid Covid-19’ (20 April 2020)
DEMOCRATIC AUDIT (UK), ‘Faced with an ‘infodemic’ of fake news about Covid-19, most people are checking their facts – but we mustn’t be complacent’ (20 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘The COVID-19 pandemic: multilateralism and parliaments’ (20 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘Managing Elections under the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Republic of Korea's Crucial Test’ (18 April 2020)
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ASIAN RESEARCH, ‘The “New Normal”: Thoughts about the Shape of Things to Come in the Post-Pandemic World’ (18 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘With emergency measures, governments should learn from evidence-based public health’ (17 April 2020)
VENICE COMMISSION, Compilation of Venice Commission Opinions and Reports on States of Emergency (16 April 2020)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, ‘Poland: Lockdown protests force "freeze" on retrogressive bills on abortion and sex education’ (16 April 2020)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ‘COVID-19 in Brazil: Bolsonaro’s Far-Right Authoritarianism in a Pandemic’ (16 April 2020)
DEMOCRATIC AUDIT (UK), ‘The territorial politics of coronavirus: is this the hour of central government?’ (15 April 2020)
HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY (UK), ‘Coronavirus: How are parliaments worldwide working during the pandemic?’ (15 April 2020)
OPEN LETTER (MEPs and organisations), ‘Open letter: the EU must not sit idly by while a Member State’s democracy is in jeopardy’ (15 April 2020)
OSCE, ‘COVID-19 response in Bulgaria should not curb media freedom, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media’ (15 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘The devastating effects of COVID-19 on democracy - but what if there is a silver lining?’ (14 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘You don’t defeat the virus by bleeding democracy’ (14 April 2020)
BUSH INSTITUTE, ‘Democracy Talks: COVID-19, Authoritarianism, and Democracy’ (14 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA, ‘Policy Lessons From COVID-19 in Africa’ (14 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Poland: Reject New Curbs on Abortion, Sex Ed: Don’t Manipulate Pandemic to Endanger Women, Adolescents’ (14 April 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Coronavirus will not dominate elections in South Korea this week’ (13 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘Will Covid-19 prompt breakdown of democratic regimes?’ (10 April 2020)
WILSON CENTER, ‘South Korea’s Parliamentary Elections: Key Variables and Their Implications’ (10 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS (ICFJ), ‘Key Quotes: Media freedom threats and COVID-19 with UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye and CPJ’s Courtney Radsch’ (10 April 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE, ‘Covid-19: A war of words’ (9 April 2020)
WESTMINISTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘Parliaments are needed to keep democracies alive – so how can we support them?’ (9 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY COMMUNITY, ‘French local elections in democratic limbo’ (9 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CENTRE (Australia), ‘Parliamentary scrutiny of Federal Government’s COVID-19 response vital for democracy’ (8 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘DemocracyWatch: Pandemic power grabs all over the world’ (8 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19’ (8 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY AUDIT (UK), ‘The fight against coronavirus ‘fake news’ should begin with our political leaders, not just online trolls’ (8 April 2020)
COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ‘Coronavirus: guidance to governments on respecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law’ (8 April 2020)
DEVEX, ‘Opinion: Elections and COVID-19 — what we learned from Ebola’ (8 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (IFES),‘White Paper: Considerations on Internet Voting: An Overview for Electoral Decision-Makers’ (7 April 2020)
ATLANTIC COUNCIL, ‘Lessons from Taiwan’s experience with COVID-19’ (7 April 2020)
AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE, ‘Two in Three Australians support Parliamentary Scrutiny of COVID19 Decisions’ (7 April 2020)
IFEX, ‘Keeping our eyes on the ball: Human rights in the time of COVID-19’ (7 April 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Newsletter: ‘Best Practices for Protecting Privacy in the Coronavirus Pandemic’ (7 April 2020)
FREEDOM HOUSE, Press Release: ‘United States: Wisconsin Primary Underscores Need for Urgent Action to Protect National Elections in November’ (7 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Community spaces in India: constructing solidarity in pandemic times?’ (7 April 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘New Zealand and COVID-19: Parliamentary accountability in time of emergencies’ (7 April 2020)
AFRICAN ARGUMENTS, ‘Coronavirus: Beware the power grab’ (7 April 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ‘How Will the Coronavirus Reshape Democracy and Governance Globally?’ (7 April 2020)
EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRACY, ‘Joint statement: Democratic principles in a time of crisis’ (6 April 2020)
DEMOCRACY DIGEST, ‘How coronavirus will reshape democracy and governance’ (6 April 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Participatory democracy in times of COVID-19’ (6 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Philippine Authorities Go After Media, Online Critics’ (6 April 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE (Australia), ‘Coronavirus: Global Giants Stumble while Agile Nations Aspire’ (6 April 2020)
GERMAN INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL AND AREA STUDIES (GIGA), ‘Assessing the Political and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis in Latin America’ (6 April 2020)
CONSTITUTIONNET, ‘Hungary’s Enabling Act: Prime Minister Orbán Makes the Most of the Pandemic’ (6 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS (ICFJ), ‘Key Quotes: Frontline Lessons from International News Outlets Reporting the Pandemic With Maria Ressa, Ritu Kapur and Branko Brkic’ (3 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis to Grab Power’ (3 April 2020)
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘The acceleration moment in tech that will impact democracy’ (3 April 2020)
CENTER FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES, ‘Coronavirus politics and their impact on EU freedoms and rule of law in the Schengen Area’ CEPS Paper in Liberty and Security in Europe No. 2020-04 (3 April 2020). Authors: Sergio CARRERA & Ngo Chun LUK
INTERNATIONAL IDEA, ‘The impact of the coronavirus in Latin America´s future’ (2 April 2020)
AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE, Petition: ‘We Need Proper Parliamentary Scrutiny Of COVID-19 Decisions’ (started 2 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘How should civil society respond to Covid-19?’ (2 April 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Resilience, radicalisation and democracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (2 April 2020)
EDP WIRE, ‘COVID-19 as a Threat to Civic Spaces Around the World’ (1 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Hungary’s Authoritarian Takeover Puts European Union at Risk’ (1 April 2020)
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION, ‘How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A’ (1 April 2020)
JOINT STATEMENT (16 European governments), ‘Joint Statement – Rule of Law in the context of the Covid-19 crisis’ (1 April 2020)
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, ‘Democracy Under Threat As COVID-19 Spreads: Daily Brief’ (31 March 2020)
CHATHAM HOUSE, ‘Coronavirus and the Future of Democracy in Europe’ (31 March 2020)
LOWY INSTITUTE (Australia), ‘Of democracy and despots: Protecting political leaders from Covid-19’ (31 March 2020)
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS (EFJ), ‘COVID-19: Council of Europe must ensure press freedom is protected’ (31 March 2020)
DEMOCRACY REPORTING INTERNATIONAL (DRI), ‘Emergency measures and the rule of law in the age of covid-19’ (31 March 2020)
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT, ‘Do Authoritarian or Democratic Countries Handle Pandemics Better?’ (31 March 2020)
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY (WFD), ‘Shoring up democracy during the pandemic and beyond’ (31 March 2020)
OPENDEMOCRACY, ‘Germany: is the COVID-19 pandemic weakening the far right?’ (30 March 2020)
DEMOCRATIC AUDIT (UK), ‘Elections and Covid-19: making democracy work in uncertain times’ (30 March 2020)
NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT, ‘COVID-19: What is the Epidemic Response Committee?’ (30 March 2020)
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) (India), ‘The post COVID-19 world’ (29 March 2020)
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