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SLOVENIA: CSO challenges the constitutionality of a decree banning protests in Court
Credits: Piotr Drabik
Freedom of assembly / COVID-19 crisis

SLOVENIA: CSO challenges the constitutionality of a decree banning protests in Court

When Slovenia entered the orange phase of the pandemic, some restrictions were softened. Thus, gatherings, that were previously completely forbidden, are now allowed up to 10 people. However, gatherings are…

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3 March 2021
Defending freedom and democracy: raising voices against inequalities
Civic Pride Awards / COVID-19 crisis / Initiatives and campaigns

Defending freedom and democracy: raising voices against inequalities

People of Slovenia took to the streets for over 20 consecutive weeks to protest against the right-wing government and its corruption scandals, which have erupted since it took office in…

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2 March 2021
SLOVENIA: New push to restrict environmental and nature conservation NGOs
foto: MMC/ BoBo
Freedom of association

SLOVENIA: New push to restrict environmental and nature conservation NGOs

In Slovenia, according to Environmental Protection Act, non-governmental organisations that obtain the status of acting in the public interest in the field of environmental protection can be parties in the…

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21 January 2021
SLOVENIA: CSOs successfully oppose the abolishment of NGO fund
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Freedom of association / COVID-19 crisis

SLOVENIA: CSOs successfully oppose the abolishment of NGO fund

By Brankica Petković, Peace Institute After various restrictive measures and hostile rhetoric targeting NGOs since the new government took power in Slovenia in March 2020, in December 2020 the Janez…

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5 January 2021
SLOVENIA: Peaceful assembly and media freedom strained under Janša’s government
Freedom of association / Freedom of assembly / Freedom of expression

SLOVENIA: Peaceful assembly and media freedom strained under Janša’s government

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…

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30 October 2020
SLOVENIA: NGOs Facing Eviction From Metelkova Claim Jansa Wants Them Silenced
Freedom of association

SLOVENIA: NGOs Facing Eviction From Metelkova Claim Jansa Wants Them Silenced

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…

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28 October 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly / Freedom of association / Freedom of expression

SLOVENIA: government uses the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms

Update by ECF originally published on Civicus Monitor, 19 June 2020 - accessible here BACKGROUND At the end of January 2020, prime minister Marjan Šarec resigned. Following this, on 13th…

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6 July 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly

SLOVENIA:Cycle Protests Enter 7th Week Despite Bad Weather

(Extract from Total Slovenia News, 6 June 2020, Read the entire article here) Despite the stormy weather, anti-government protesters on bicycles hit the streets of several Slovenian towns for the…

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8 June 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of association

SLOVENIA: new government takes rights from environmental and nature conservation NGOs

Article originally published on Justice and Environment website, 19 May 2020 - accessible here In the shadow of the coronavirus, the new Slovenian government is taking rights from environmental and…

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29 May 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of expression

SLOVENIA: journalists operate in increasingly toxic atmosphere

Article originally published on International Press Institute, 26 March 2020 - accessible here Statement by International Press Institute Journalists in Slovenia have been subjected to an unprecedented wave of insults…

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27 March 2020
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