(featured photo: rally in Italy in favour of sea rescue by Repstatic.it) (ECNL) On 5 August 2019, the Italian Parliament passed that a law that increases punishment for offences and…
A new Security Decree is currently under discussion, targeting search and rescue NGOs as well as other forms of dissent.(Translated with DeepL from Italian - Contropiano) Reiterating the scheme of…
(Translated from Spanish with DeepL - Defender a quien defiende) Red Malla is a network of solidarity and denounce to confront collectively the repression and criminalization of the protests. Defender…
(Translated from French with DeepL - Observatory of liberties of Nantes) The Observatory of liberties of Nantes was created as a result of the public authorities' reaction to the terrorist…
Since 2015, Spain has in place restrictive legislation dubbed "Gag Laws”. In 2018, the Socialist Government led by Pedro Sánchez opened a window of opportunity for reform, which was suddenly…
(Civicus Monitor) Peaceful Assembly A string of protests with reports of violence and hundreds of arrests took place in Belgium during the months of November and December 2018. Belgian police confirmed to…
(Ecologist) More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence during Katowice climate talks. More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence to demand negotiators and ministers attending…
https://youtu.be/DZGf9ZcuiRs A new report by Amnesty International France warns that freedom of assembly has been threatened in the country since the introduction of the state of emergency: 155 demonstrations were…
(Translated from Friends of the Earth France) Florent Compain, President of Friends of the Earth France, and Denys Crolotte, a member of the Movement for a Non-violent Alternative, have just been…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) A governmental decree on security is currently being discussed in the Italian parliament. The decree covers a broader range of policy areas from migration to…