Civil society spaces are shrinking. Environmental and human rights defenders face more and more criminalisation. We stand in solidarity with people facing injustice and cooperate across borders to create more sustainable, caring, democratic and equal global society.
Declaration on the abusive use of legal proceedings to silence activists in Armenia
Civil society in Armenia is being silenced by Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits (SLAPP), abusive legal cases used to intimidate journalists or activists who exercise their freedom of expression and information on matters of public interest. Since 2018, activists and protesters in Armenia have been issued with an alarming 30 SLAPP suits by mining …
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Statement: Threat to Georgian civil society – foreign agent law proposal
Friends of the Earth Europe deeply condemns a proposed bill in Georgia that will suppress NGO’s and independent media organisations in the country. The Georgian ruling party intends to go ahead with the adoption of the ‘foreign agent’ bill. A piece of legislation that will classify almost any type of civil society organisation as “bearing …
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