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…
Report originally published by Chaire Unesco. Historically, France is a country renowned for its values and principles, which uphold human rights and democracy. However, democracy, which is “the power of…
Report originally published in French by La Coalition. The analysis of 100 cases of associations sanctioned after critical collective action by public authorities traces the contours of repressed citizenship. In…
Article originally published on 29 September 2020 at CIVICUS Monitor. COVID-19 measures In an attempt to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lithuanian government announced a national lockdown on 16th March…
On 5 October, the Council of Ministers approved a new decree-law, proposed by President Giuseppe Conte and Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, on "Measures for city security, immigration and international protection".…
Joint letter signed by several trade unions and NGOs and published at France Info on 4 October 2020. "This new scheme is a missed opportunity to better protect the freedom…
Spanish police violated the right to peaceful assembly by using disproportionate and "unjustified" force to disperse a spontaneous demonstration in Valladolid in 2014, an action that resulted in permanent injury…
Article originally published on 24th September 2020 by Liberties and Greenpeace European Unit. Restrictions on the right to protest, free speech, access to information and freedom of association. This is…
Analysis for Civic Space Watch by Zahari Iankov, lawyer, Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law Context – Political Actions Since the end of the initial state of emergency in relation to COVID-19 and the easing of…