Civil Society Crackdown
October 20, 2015
Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam
This blog post is based on the introduction to a new report—“Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam”—produced by the International Forum for Democratic...
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September 22, 2015
The “GONGO Show”: Authoritarian Imposters Crowd-Out Civil Society
The closing space for civil society has been well documented, but sometimes modern autocrats find it more convenient to manipulate civic space than to close it. Contemporary authoritarian regimes are...
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September 15, 2015
Under Pressure: Space for Civil Society
September 15 is the United Nations International Day of Democracy. This year’s theme highlighting “Space for Civil Society” raises the profile of human rights defenders and democracy activists at a...
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May 19, 2015
Azerbaijan’s Two Big Campaigns
The government of Azerbaijan is pursuing two big, interrelated campaigns. One of them is a relentless domestic effort against any independent voices who criticize the regime. The other is an...
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April 30, 2015
The Export of Russia’s “Foreign Agent” Law
On March 10, 2015, a Kyrgyz parliamentary committee approved a draft law with grave implications for civil society. According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), the proposed legislation seeks...
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