Observers say female candidates systematically threatened with physical, sexual violence to deter them from running.

At the 141st IPU Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia, IPU Member Parliaments condemned human rights violations against a record

The body of mayoral candidate Karina García was found shot and incinerated in her car in the Cauca department of southern Colombia, 

September elections in Afghanistan were expected to produce the country’s democratic transfer of power and a moral sign of social progress, however, it saw a record low turnout.

Boris Johnson on Wednesday night sparked a tide of criticism by dismissing suggestions that his rhetoric was dangerous in the current climate and 

Erin Schrode, who was running for Congress in her Northern California district in 2016, reports that while she was running, she would wake up each morning