- 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…
- 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
🔸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…
(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…
(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.…
(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…