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Regulating Political Activity of Civil Society: a comparative analysis of regulation of civil society organisations’ “political activity” and international funding – Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Finland

(CIVICUS and Irish Council for Civil Liberties) Ireland has a vibrant and diverse civil society. An estimated 29,000 civil society organisations (CSOs), ranging from informal local non-profit groups to formally-registered national…

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11 October 2018

Freedom of expression / Latest Updates

GERMANY: Journalists facing conflict with emergency responders over filming

(Index on censorship) “What happened is that I stumbled across something which made the police look bad.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=inBCgA2hPm8 Video footage shot by Thomas Kraus shows police violently detaining journalist Marvin Oppong.…

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9 August 2018

Freedom of expression / Latest Updates

GERMANY: Bavaria passes bill expanding police powers despite civil society opposition

On 15 May, the Bavarian parliament passed a controversial Police Task Bill (PAG) granting police new powers to act without “concrete suspicion”. The law will lower the threshold for surveillance…

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17 May 2018

Freedom of association / Latest Updates

GERMANY: The case of ATTAC in light of globally closing civic spaces

(Centre for Strategic and International Studies) A non-governmental organization (NGO) that is critical of the government’s actions in the country at hand receives a letter from the local tax office, indicating…

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18 July 2017

Regulating Political Activity of Civil Society: a comparative analysis of regulation of civil society organisations’ “political activity” and international funding – Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Finland

GERMANY: Journalists facing conflict with emergency responders over filming

GERMANY: Bavaria passes bill expanding police powers despite civil society opposition

GERMANY: The case of ATTAC in light of globally closing civic spaces

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