🇧🇩 Updated report for BANGLADESH

🔎 Explore our Civic Freedom Monitor bit.ly/3UAqI4T for updated info on freedoms of association, expression & peaceful assembly in #Bangladesh + over 50 other countries and 8 multilateral orgs covering key legal issues re: civil society.

🚨 Al Jazeera English reported: 'Police in Georgia have used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters as thousands rallied outside parliament in Tbilisi for a third week to oppose a controversial “foreign influence” bill.'

🔎 Learn about this global trend: bit.ly/49DDa8m

📣 #CSO resource: The Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism is working to raise awareness, collect evidence, and mobilize civil society orgs affected by global measures affecting global counter-terrorism norms & programmes 👉 humanrights-in-ct.org

🇰🇬 The law on foreign representatives, passed by #Kyrgyzstan ’s president on April 2, establishes new burdensome requirements for all noncommercial organizations.

🔎 This ICNL analysis bit.ly/3UF3avN explores the possible consequences of its adoption.

'While the stated aim of this proposed law is to increase the transparency of NGO funding, it is, in reality, a thinly disguised attempt to stigmatize #civilsociety organizations that are critical of the authorities and hamper their vital work.'

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🔊 FOAA Online provides easily accessible legal arguments for lawyers, activists, and judges to protect and promote the freedoms of association and of peaceful assembly.

👉 Available in English, French, & Spanish

View the resource HERE ➡️ icnl.org/resources/foaa…

'Responses by universities and law enforcement need to be guided by human rights law, allowing vibrant debate and protecting safe spaces for all.'
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🚨 Al Jazeera English reported: 'Police in Georgia have used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters as thousands rallied outside parliament in Tbilisi for a third week to oppose a controversial “foreign influence” bill.'

See our analysis of the law HERE: bit.ly/4aYexoj

Used worldwide, #SLAPPS are '...lawsuits or threats of legal action which use abusive litigation tactics with the aim or effect of suppressing public participation and critical reporting on public interest matters. This new UN briefer examines the impact: ohchr.org/en/documents/b…

🚨 Southeast Asian governments used COVID-laws to amass disproportionate power & over-restrict #civicfreedoms in 4 ways:

❗️Strict lockdowns
❗️Anti-COVID measures
❗️Fake-news laws
❗️Surveillance

🔎Get the full story in this Asia Centre policy paper: icnl.org/post/analysis/…

🔴Draft #ForeignAgent law in #RepbulikaSrpska .🔴

Our analysis with ICNL Alliance has the details of how the law violates 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina’s obligations to guarantee freedom of #association , #expression & right to #participation .

Full analysis ⬇️
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🚨 'For instance, draft article 36 gives government security forces the authority to prohibit public or private radio stations from broadcasting and to disrupt some telecommunication services under “exceptional circumstances” without a court order. hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

US democratic erosion has received a fair amount of attention.

There's been a lot of focus on elections, disinformation & political violence. But US civil society also faces new challenges.

ICNL Alliance lays out 10 legal threats to nonprofits:

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♀️📓 International law recognizes the link between #OGBV and offline gender-based violence. This report icnl.org/post/report/on… looks into legal approaches to protect women human rights defenders #WHRDs from tech-facilitated gender-based violence in the Indo-Pacific region.

🇬🇪 Thousands rally in Georgia in support of 'Russian' foreign influence law

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell has warned that if the bill is passed it “would negatively impact Georgia’s progress on its EU path.'

🚨Nonprofits and activists in the US face a growing range of legal threats, from bans on certain social services to restrictions on the right to protest.

➡️Learn more in our new piece 10 Major Legal Threats to US Civil Society

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🚨 Lifeline Fund for Embattled CSOs funds are available!

☑️ Advocacy grants for #CSOs pushing back against threats to #civicfreedoms
☑️ Resiliency #grants for CSOs in high-risk environments
☑️ Small, short-term crisis assistance for #humanrights CSOs under threat

Apply! 👉 icnl.org/our-work/globa…

🇪🇬 Updated report for EGYPT

🔎 Explore our Civic Freedom Monitor bit.ly/3UAqI4T for current info on freedoms of association, expression & peaceful assembly in #Egypt + reports on over 50 other countries and 8 multilateral orgs covering key legal issues re: civil society

🚨 This Global Study by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, former UNSR, is a crucial resource, synthesizing extensive research + evidence re: the intersection of #counterterrorism and preventing and countering violent extremism practices w/ civil society & #civicspace :
icnl.org/post/report/in…

⚖️ Looking for a resource to help US grantmakers make equivalency determinations?

🌎 Check out Country Notes for key info on 35 countries on domestic nonprofit laws and regulations, research, reports and local contacts for cross-border #philanthropy .

👉 cof.org/country-notes