Nigeria -- Call for Signatures on Letter in Support of Restoring Trust in Nigerian Elections: 

Dear IRF Roundtable Participants,

IRF Nigeria Roundtable is circulating a letter regarding the 2023 Nigerian Elections. Please see below for more information from their organization:

The recently conducted 2023 Nigerian Elections are in serious doubt of being free, fair, transparent nor credible. We are calling on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be patient enough to hear evidence and resolve claims of serious election violations, intimidation and fraud. It is incumbent on the current administration to consider these claims before voting on whether to certify the 2023 Election results. That vote is the lone constitutional power remaining to consider and force resolution of the multiple allegations of serious voter fraud.

To date, the letter has 16 signatures.

CALL FOR SIGNATURES 

• View and read the multi-faith letter with 16 original signatures. 
• Please let us know (info@iconhelp.org) by email if your organization would like to sign on or if you will sign as an individual (with title and organization for identification purposes only), or both.
• The deadline for signatures is the close of business on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

• CNN has reported that there is an “unprecedented threat”
• Many observers (domestic and international) believe that the election process has “reduced trust in the process and challenged the people’s right to vote."
• Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results of the presidential elections are being announced because of “a lack of transparency” including the PDP and LP. 

INDIA -- Final Call for Signatures on Letter in Support of asking Pres. Biden to rescind his invitation to PM Modi for an official state visit: 

Dear IRF Roundtable Participants,

Indian American Muslim Council and Hindus for Human Rights are circulating a letter regarding the Indian Prime Minister’s scheduled visit to the US. Please see below for more information from their organization:

President Biden has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a State visit in June or July. Throughout his career, Narendra Modi has had a long career of curtailing civil and political liberties and undermining democratic norms. His government has instituted Hindu nationalist policies, such as the Citizenship Amendment Act, and encouraged increasing toxicity in Indian society. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended, three years in a row, that India be designated as a country of particular concern because of increasing religious persecution under Modi. American politicians in both parties have denouced Prime Minister Modi’s encouragement of religious persecution and authoritarianism.

In light of this, Indian civil society groups, including the India Working Group, are asking President Biden to rescind his invitation to Prime Minister Modi for a state visit.

To date, the letter has 6 signatures.

CALL FOR SIGNATURES 

• View and read the multi-faith letter with 6 original signatures. 
• Please let us know by email if your organization would like to sign on or if you will sign as an individual (with title and organization for identification purposes only), or both.
• The deadline for signatures is the close of business on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

• USCIRF - Country Update: India 
• Early Warning Project - India 2022-23 Statistical Risk Assessment for Mass Killing
• The Wire - US State Department Cites Immunity Given to Modi While Justifying the Same for MBS