Why is Iraq Postponing its Coming Elections? Published January 17th, 2021 - 10:29 GMT
An Iraqi woman voter her ink-stained index finger before a national flag after having cast her vote in the first parliamentary election in Baghdad, May 12, 2018. (AFP)
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Next June elctions are likely to be postponed to October.
Iraq is edging close to postponing the general elections that were scheduled to take place next June in light of the inability of the competent authority to secure the requirements for polling at the appointed date.
Informed sources suggest that a consensus is likely to be reached on the postponement decision provided that the new date is next October.
Authorities Must Lift Social Media Block Amid Crackdown Ahead of Election in Uganda
January 13, 2021
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Responding to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) shutting down access to social media services in the run up to the January 14 general election, Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said:
“Amid concerns over threatening rhetoric from high-ranking government officials, use of violence and an escalating crackdown on political opposition, human rights defenders, activists, journalists and civil society actors, it is alarming that the Ugandan authorities have suspended social media networks including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp and restricted people’s right to freedom of expression and access to information.
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