democracy – ELDH

ELDH enthusiastically supports a new constitution for Chile

ThSchmidt — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:41:42 +0000

On 4 September 2022, the Chilean people will vote on the draft of a new state constitution. Their choice will be either to approve the entry into force of the new constitution, or to continue to apply the 1980 constitution drafted under military dictator Augusto Pinochet. A vote for the Pinochet constitution of 1980 would ...

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Statement against the banning of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)

ThSchmidt — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:20:34 +0000

The undersigned organisations, active in the field of democracy and human rights protection and promotion, are deeply concerned about the ongoing case before the Constitutional Court in Turkey regarding closure of the opposition party. HDP was founded on October 15, 2012 and has since been a vital part of political life in Turkey. Our organisations ...

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Threat of HDP ban: European lawyers demand credible EU response

ThSchmidt — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:42:26 +0000

Download PDF A few days ago Turkey’s Chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court filed an indictment seeking dissolution of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The indictment accuses HDP leaders and members “of acting in a way that flouts the democratic and international rules of law, colluding with the terrorist PKK and affiliated groups, and ...

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EJDM demands: to acknowledge the public utility character of the anti-fascist organization VVN

ThSchmidt — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:08:50 +0000

Düsseldorf, 12. Dezember 2019 Press release In recent months, the number of cases in which associations in Germany have been deprived of their predominantly long-recognised non-profit status by tax offices has increased. One of the victims of this repressive politics is the 1947 created Federal association of the pursued ones of the Nazi regime – ...

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