Initiatives and campaigns / COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly / Freedom of association / Freedom of expression

FRANCE: LDH – Collective statement and Petition “Truth and Justice”, published on Libération

Collective statement originally published in French on Libération, 1 July 2020 - accessible here SIGN THE PETITION to give your support! (at the bottom of the page) Initiative by LDH…

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8 July 2020

COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly / Initiatives and campaigns

SPAIN: Manual Burorresistiendo – self-protection tool for fighting the Gag Laws

Initiatives published by Defender a quien Defiende platform - accessible here The Burorresistiendo Manual, developed by Legal Sol with the support of the Defender a quien Defiende platform, is a self-protection…

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7 July 2020

Initiatives and campaigns / Freedom of assembly

ITALY: Cassa di Resistenza NoTAP – #PeopleNotPipelines

NoTAP Resistance Fund - Fundraising initiatives on GoFundMe.com  The local resistance to the TAP pipeline, a huge EU-funded fossil gas project, is facing repression and criminalisation. About 100 NoTAP activists…

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6 July 2020

COVID-19 crisis / Initiatives and campaigns

ITALY: Dealing with the emergency, for health, against isolation, for dignity. The proposals of Antigone, Anpi, Arci, Cgil and Gruppo Abele

Article originally published in Italian on Associazione Antigone, 14 Marzo 2020 - accessible here The tragic events of recent days have shaken the Italian prison system to its core. Almost…

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20 March 2020

Initiatives and campaigns

POLAND: Women’s Day – dance for legal abortion in the streets of Warsaw.

By Polish Women's Strike The demand for legalization of abortion as well as anti-fascist and pro-climate slogans resounded on March 8th in Warsaw, Poland. The street disco event, called #DiscoLegal was…

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10 March 2020

hoto by Neil Scott (Time to Take Back Our Buses petition hand-in at Glasgow City Chambers on 29 January 2020)

Freedom of assembly / Initiatives and campaigns

UNITED KINGDOM: “People started to call for the public ownership and control of all our public transport” – Interview with Ellie Harrison, activist in Glasgow

We interviewed Ellie Harrison, a British artist and activist based in Glasgow. Ellie sparked controversy in the UK after announcing her year-long project The Glasgow Effect, for which she refused…

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5 March 2020

Initiatives and campaigns

Recommendations for an EU civil society policy – deadline for signatures extended

Last year the six Central European foundations under the umbrella of the Environmental Partnership Association initiated a set of Recommendations for a comprehensive European civil society strategy and policy. The…

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7 February 2020

Freedom of assembly / Initiatives and campaigns

FRANCE: Families of victims of police violence demand the prohibition of deadly arrest techniques and weapons used by the police

Local groups and families demand the truth in court cases concerning victims of police violence are calling for a demonstration on 14 March 2020. The petitioners: Collectif Vies Volées (Paris,…

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6 February 2020

Freedom of association / Initiatives and campaigns

SLOVAKIA: We started discussing shrinking civic space before it was too late – Interview with VIA IURIS’ Ivana Kohutková

Slovakia has made the international headlines after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in February 2018. The murder sparked protests opening tumultuous times for…

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5 February 2020

Initiatives and campaigns

Side Event “The Right to Protest in Spain” in the UN in Geneva (21 January 2020)

On 21 January, in Geneva, the European Civic Forum took part in the event organised by Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (IDHC). The event addressed the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association…

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30 January 2020