Òmnium, Irídia and the ANC demand 37 new prosecutions
A new expert investigation from three private accusations identifies more than 450 illegal actions during the 2017 Catalan referendum in Barcelona Barcelona, 22nd January 2022 – Catalan NGO and ECF member Òmnium Cultural, jointly with the also Catalan NGOs...
We stand in solidarity with people in Belarus
in their fight for dignity and freedom
Since the 9th of August, after rigged presidential elections, hundreds of thousands of Belarussians took to the streets to manifest peacefully their disapproval to oppressive authorities that violate people’s civic and economic rights and freedoms. Their fight for...in their fight for dignity and freedom
Romania: Bucharest mayor bans public protests on city’s main square
The Bucharest Mayor’s Office, led by one of the most popular political figures of the governing Social Democratic Party, is taking actions deterring civic protests in front of the Governmental building. Just yesterday, November 28th, The Bucharest local authorities...
#IStandWithNGOs: how did civil society react to Hungary’s law on NGOs
On 13 June 2017, the Hungarian Parliament adopted a new law on “Transparency of Organisations supported from abroad”. Behind these words stands a strong control of the government over civil society organisations, working especially on human rights and Rule...