Update by ECF originally published on Civicus Monitor, 15 June 2020 - accessible here BACKGROUND Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD (Portuguese NonGovernmental Development Organisations (NGDOs) Platform) reported that a state of…
In 2017, two legislations aiming at transposing EU directive 2015/849 (Fourth European Directive against Money Laundering) were passed by the Portuguese state. These new measures are on the one hand…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) In late March, Transparency International Portugal reported that the government had failed to provide the public with detailed information on so-called "golden visas", investment-related resident permits which…
(CIVICUS Monitor) Positive action on harmful speech A positive case of cooperation between the Portuguese government and civil society occurred at the beginning of January 2018 when the state's Equality Body filed…
(PPL) Solidarity with Arlindo Consolado Marques in the suit filed by Celtejo-Empresa de Celulose do Tejo, SA, of the ALTRI Group Dear friends of the Tagus, Arlindo Consolado Marques, a member…
(RSF) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) hails the Portuguese parliament’s adoption of two laws increasing the penalties for crimes against media personnel, which are in line with RSF’s recommendations for better…
(Index on censorship) Although not exposed to the perils that press freedom encounters in places such as Turkey or Hungary, experts in Portugal tell Mapping Media Freedom that journalists in the country…