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Photo Credit: Ben Hajan/EPA BANGSAMORO PLEBISCITE: HOPE FOR PEACE TRIUMPHS, DESPITE CHALLENGES AHEAD Seoul, Jan 21, 2019.   The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) welcomes today a most important event in Southern Mindanao island of the Philippines where citizens will begin to decide on a plebiscite to determine whether or not Republic Act No. 11045 known […]

BANGLADESH ELECTORAL INTEGRITY IN DOUBT, ANOTHER THREAT FOR THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY December 24th , 2018 –Seoul The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) expresses deep concern to the ongoing suppression and lack of transparency of the Bangladesh electoral process. The country is preparing for its General elections to be held on December 30 th , 2018 and […]

  Sri Lanka Political Struggle Continue: Deeper Democracy Disruption   Seoul, Korea November 12, 2018   The Asia Democracy Network is deeply concerned with the current democracy struggle in Sri Lanka. The once political coalition that defeated the strong hold leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, are now in conflict when President Maithripala Sirisena removed Prime Minister, Ranil […]

  CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY CALL FOR MORE SOLIDARITY TO RESOLVE HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES     Seoul, December 10th – The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) celebrates International Human Rights Days by highlighting the actors involve in the continuous struggle to make the world a better place to live for humankind through the realization of […]

    Greetings from the ADN Secretariat! We have exciting news! CIVICUS Monitor just released its first People Power Under Attack 2018 Report on November 27, regarding the assaults on civic freedoms that persist across the Globe. Over 20 civil society organizations all over the world collaborate on the CIVICUS Monitor to provide an evidence-based picture of […]

  Sri Lanka Political Struggle Continue: Deeper Democracy Disruption   Seoul, Korea November 12, 2018   The Asia Democracy Network is deeply concerned with the current democracy struggle in Sri Lanka. The once political coalition that defeated the strong hold leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, are now in conflict when President Maithripala Sirisena removed Prime Minister, Ranil […]

AFGHANISTAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHS BUT CHALLENGES AHEAD TO ENHANCE DEMOCRACY FORWARD     Seoul October 22nd – The Asia Democracy Network congratulates the people of Afghanistan in achieving democratic victory in the recent parliamentary elections. With security threats and electoral reforms delaying the elections for three years, this year’s elections were the first parliamentary […]

  PAKISTAN: Rights Activists Detained and Arrested for Taking Part in Peace Rally Must Be Released Immediately   October 16, 2018 SEOUL, KOREA – Pakistan’s arrest of rights activist is an attempt to silence the voice of the people, an increasing trend of suppression in the country. Pakistan authorities started to crack down on those […]