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SPAIN – Police violence and crack down on the right to protest  
Freedom of assembly / Freedom of expression

SPAIN – Police violence and crack down on the right to protest  

- Original content by ECF in collaboration with Novact. Police in Spain have reacted with violence and arrests in recent protests against police aggression (in Linares, Jaen), and the imprisonment of Pablo Hasel (in Spain’s main…

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22 February 2021
SPAIN: Manifesto in defence of freedom of expression, creativity, and the right to protest
Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Manifesto in defence of freedom of expression, creativity, and the right to protest

- Unofficial translation of manifesto from Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información, accessible here.  The Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información (PDLI), No Somos Delito, Defender…

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12 February 2021
HUNGARY: Students, Artists Protest Government’s Takeover Of Famed Film School
Freedom of association

HUNGARY: Students, Artists Protest Government’s Takeover Of Famed Film School

Article originally published by Radio Free Europe on 19 October 2020  Hundreds of students, celebrities, and faculty of Hungary's University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE) have protested outside the…

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12 November 2020
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
Freedom of expression

ITALY: “Cherry bomb under car”, writer from Verona claims

This street artist covers swastika graffitis with food paintings. A week ago a cherry bomb went off under his car, among other death threats received #hate #civicspace #freedomofexpression #racism https://t.co/ihvNWO8BPY…

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28 November 2019
Freedom of assembly / Freedom of association / Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security

🔸El real decreto-ley 14/2019 permite que el Gobierno cierre páginas web para prevenir desórdenes públicos. 🔸Los desórdenes públicos son uno de los tipos penales que más habitualmente se imputa a…

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28 November 2019
SPAIN: Actor detained after ridiculing ‘God and the Virgin Mary’
Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Actor detained after ridiculing ‘God and the Virgin Mary’

(The Guardian) Willy Toledo to face Madrid court after not showing up for questioning over Facebook post A Spanish actor accused of ridiculing God and the Virgin Mary has been detained…

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17 September 2018
SLOVENIA: pressure on civil society increase amidst elections
Freedom of association / Freedom of expression

SLOVENIA: pressure on civil society increase amidst elections

(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) Slovenia had seen significant improvements in recent months concerning civic space, largely as a result of the new NGO law passed by parliament on 23rd March 2018.…

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9 August 2018
Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Anti-terror law has ‘chilling effect’ on satire, says Amnesty International

(The Guardian) Charity urges repeal of article 578, which they say has restricted freedom of expression Amnesty International has warned that an “exponential increase” in prosecutions under a controversial Spanish anti-terrorism…

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17 July 2018
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