air strikes, were a lot of reports of gunfire, of airstrikes, of were a lot of reports of gunfire, of air strikes, of battles and fighting on the ground. as much as in the last seven days, we have seen a little bit of aid and medical assistance getting into hospitals in khartoum, it is not much and there are millions of people, especially in places in darfur where there have been heavy fighting, that really need aid, really need attention but this has not been able to get to them because despite all these talks of a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor has not been established yet. we do not know whether this will lead to a complete secession at least for five days because that has not happened for any of the ceasefires. that is what many people are helpful for and ceasefires. that is what many people are helpfulfor and aiming for. hopefulfor. i ve been sppeaking to hamid khallafallah, from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. he s in cairo, having fled
restoration of facilities for five days but that is what many people are hopefulfor and aiming for. live now to hamid khallafallah, from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. he s in cairo, after having fled sudan two weeks ago. thank you very much for being with us. do you consider this ceasefire to have been effective? i us. do you consider this ceasefire to have been effective? to have been effective? i think it is better than to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. it - to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. it had - is better than nothing. it had allowed some humanitarian assistance to get into khartoum for the first time, the world food programme were able to distribute some food packages for the very first time in khartoum stop so it did have some positive impact. they were able to get some humanitarian assistance. but on the general spectrum and s
international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. and one of the feelings that they speak about is that when our country begins going into authoritarianism you see women s rights accelerating. and this is the first time in history that we have had our supreme court, that is meant to be the highest court in the land, remove right from americans. and you start hearing the horror stories from a ten year old ray the cooked a rip victim in ohio principles of travel for care. a little girl who has not just an anyone who s either been through a sexual assault, understands that you cannot understand a person, and compound their trauma. this is a moral issue and it s also an issue of medical safety. when you see this rollback, you curve women s rights
against doug mastriano in pennsylvania, he made that point last night. that you can t be the party of freedom if you are taking freedom away from women. voting rights and abortion rights are intertwined. absolutely. about a backsliding democracy comes from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. one of the things they speak about is that when a country begins suspending authoritarianism, you see curves on women s rights accelerating. this is the first time in history that we have had our supreme court, what is meant to be the highest court in the land, remove rights from americans. you start hearing from the horror stories. you hear about a ten-year-old rape victim in ohio who is forced to travel for care. a little girl who has not just not just men in power, some women saying this could be a
states. reporter: britain has much stricter rules on campaign spending than the u.s. but the last time i checked, it was still a vibrant democracy. in fact many other democracies have such spending limits. that s what we believe in. that s what we will deliver. reporter: and it s not just campaign finance where the u.s. is an outlier. consider voter turnout. america ranks 31st out of the 34 developed countries in the oecd according to pew. with just over half of its voting-age population turning out in 2012. other countries like south korea, denmark and sweden have turnout rates above 80%. according to the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance the u.s. barely beats out war-torn afghanistan. one reason why the u.s. lags behind in turnout might be that other countries make it a lot easier to vote. nations like france hold elections on weekends so voters