Article originally published by The Network of Police Monitoring on 26 November 2020 The Conservative government is planning to introduce major changes to public order legislation to crack down on…
Migrants, journalists and civil society activists suffered disproportionate use of police force Article originally published by French by Liberation on 23 November 2020. With the help of associations and lawyers,…
Article originally published by Notes From Poland on 19 November 2020 Violence erupted in Warsaw last night, as police officers – many in plain clothes – used force, including tear…
Article originally published by European Center for Not-for-Profit Law on 13 November 2020 On November 10, Hungary adopted new measures against the second wave of the pandemic. The Law on emergency…
Analysis by Filip Pazderski, Institute of Public Affairs Download it here Introduction of first anti-pandemic measures and their influence on a civic space As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was developing in…
Update: After protest from civic organisations, media and citizens, on 26 November, the Prime Minister announced that an independent committee will be in charge of rewriting article 24 of the…
Analysis by Osservatorio Repressione Since the beginning of the health crisis, in Italy and elsewhere, various problems have emerged balancing constitutional rights seemingly conflicting. Balancing the safeguard of public health…
Report on Slovenian civic space produced by the European Civic Forum for CIVICUS monitor. Background On 13th March 2020, only one day after the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
Article originally published in Balkan Insights with Civic Space Watch information on 28 October 2020. A group of NGOs told abruptly to quit the building they have used for decades…
Instead of considering the NGO sector as a valuable collaborator, the state, faced with criticism, most often conducts campaigns of appeasement, attacks and pressure on these independent organizations. At a panel discussion…