Ein weiterer Grund 👇, warum Deutschland Vorreiter für liberale Demokratie und #CivicSpace sein sollte und endlich das Recht #Gemeinnützigkeit wie im Koalitionsvertrag vereinbart modernisieren muss. Hierzulande fürchtet sich jeder 20. Verein vor Advocacy: https://www.zivilgesellschaft-ist-gemeinnuetzig.de/30000-vereine-verstummen-wegen-zu-engem-gemeinnuetzigkeitsrecht-ziviz/
#MaecenataInstitut berichtet: "Today, significantly fewer #nonprofits know #advocacy activities they are legally allowed
to do compared to 20 years ago."
Find out more in the new publication "The Retreat of Influence: Exploring the Decline of #Nonprofit Advocacy and #PublicEngagement": https://independentsector.org/blog/independent-sector-commissioned-research-finds-significant-decrease-in-nonprofit-advocacy/

@cvoule RT by @laiyanhoeric: To counter authoritarian regimes, “we must defend what I would call the core of #democracy, which is the right to organize and to peacefully assemble.” Thanks @Int_IDEA for this opportunity to share my views on #democracy & #civicspace at this #SummitForDemocracy2023 🔽 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/cvoule/status/1641538986152800257#m

Direkt zum Länderbericht #Deutschland:
https://civic-forum.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Civic-Space-Report-2023-GERMANY-European-Civic-Forum.pdf
#CivicSpace #ShrinkingSpace #Zivilgesellschaft

Ein europäischer Blick auf #Zivilgesellschaft, beschränkte oder freie Handlungsräume #civicSpace.
#Deutschland aufgemerkt, hier ist nicht alles wunderbar, Probleme u.a. bei #Gemeinnützigkeit.
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RT @EUCivicForum
🔴 Our #CivicSpace2023 report is out now!

#CivilSociety is under pressure across the EU, but it remains the bedrock of democracy.

The report includes 14 country reports, written by ECF members & partners.

A thread 🧵...

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https://twitter.com/EUCivicForum/status/1636681166706155523

🇰🇭 #Cambodia: Media and civil society groups have criticized the government's revocation of the media license of VOD, one of the last remaining independent media outlets in the country.

https://ifex.org/cambodia-media-and-civil-society-groups-condemn-governments-decision-to-revoke-vods-media-license/

#PressFreedom #CivicSpace

The Media Rights Agenda Nigeria🇳🇬 announces the launch of Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD), a coalition of Nigerian media and civil society organizations working together on critical aspects of the country's 2023 general elections:

https://mediarightsagenda.org/alliance-for-deepening-democracy-launched-to-track-planning-and-conduct-of-2023-elections/

#CivicSpace #Elections

IFEX's latest #MENA brief:

🇵🇸 Media violations surge against #Palestinian journalists.
🇪🇬 #Egypt’s heightened digital oppression.
🇮🇷 #Iran: 30 women prisoners demand end to protester executions.

https://ifex.medium.com/new-year-violent-trends-escalating-violence-against-media-impunity-and-digital-oppression-in-9ec248c739c9

#FreedomOfExpression #PressFreedom #CivicSpace #FreeExpression

How do counter-terrorism measures impact civic space & civil society?

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism has an open call for inputs on this question (deadline 28 Feb) ahead of issuing a global study.

Hoping this is of interest to those working on free expression, civic space and digital rights:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2023/call-inputs-global-study-impact-counter-terrorism-measures-civil-society-and

#CivicSpace #CounterTerrorism #TrustAndSafety #HumanRights #FreeSpeech

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: Ahead of the February polls, the International Press Center launched the Nigeria Media Code of Election Coverage while showcasing its on-going media monitoring initiative:

https://www.ipcng.org/press-release-6/

#CivicSpace #elections

RT @CIVICUSMonitor@twitter.com

🇲🇲#Myanmar: Journalists and activists continue to be given long jail sentences on fabricated charges nearly two years on from the illegal coup
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Our latest #civicspace update: https://web.civicus.org/MyanmarDec2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CIVICUSMonitor/status/1613689186539958272

#CivicSpace 📢 New report outlines the legal, policy, & institutional frameworks & practices governments have in place in 4 key areas:

➡️Protection of civic freedoms
➡️#AccessToInformation
➡️#MediaFreedom + online civic space
➡️Enabling environment

See👉 http://oe.cd/civic-space-report

#Freedom
#free
#report
#Research
#civicfreedoms
#Humanity
#HumanRights
#direitoshumanos
#desigualdade
#equity
#Government
#biodiversity
#Environment
#meioambiente
#world
#earth
#areas
#key
#policy

🇩🇿 #Algeria: At least 14 journalists are under judicial proceedings. Four are in detention.

We are witnessing an escalation of repression. Authorities must protect freedom of expression and a free press, says Article19

https://ifex.org/algeria-authorities-must-protect-freedom-of-expression-and-a-free-press/

#PressFreedom #CivicSpace #journalism #journalists #JournalismIsNotACrime

@CIVICUSMonitor RT by @laiyanhoeric: 🇭🇰 #HongKong: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed' as the harassment & criminalisation of activists, journalists and protesters have continued unabated Our latest update: https://web.civicus.org/HongKongDec2022 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/CIVICUSMonitor/status/1602507426238173184#m

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, @Attacd@twitter.com - Euer Streit um die #Gemeinnützigkeit ist für #CivicSpace, für weite Handlungsspielräume für sehr viele #zivilgesellschaft|liche Organisationen. Danke!

RT @RZTicker@twitter.com

Der Streit um die Gemeinnützigkeit des Anti-Globalisierungsnetzwerks Attac beschäftigt seit Jahren diverse Gerichte. https://www.rhein-zeitung.de/ar.2483538

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RZTicker/status/1602718812784164865

RT @stefandt@twitter.com

Klar,dass jemand nach #Hausdurchsuchung bei #LetzteGeneration noch etwas mit #Gemeinnützigkeit ruft: Der Vorwurf, dass @AufstandLastGen@twitter.com eine #kriminielleVereinigung sei, ist fragwürdig. Da geht es um #Strafrecht. Ein Sonderstrafrecht für Vereine gibt es hier nicht. #CivicSpace https://twitter.com/stefandt/status/1478008365947236355

@CIVICUSMonitor RT by @finnlau_cd: 🇭🇰 #HongKong: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed' as the harassment & criminalisation of activists, journalists and protesters have continued unabated Our latest update: https://web.civicus.org/HongKongDec2022 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/CIVICUSMonitor/status/1602507426238173184#m

@CIVICUSMonitor RT by @nathanlawkc: 🇭🇰 #HongKong: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed' as the harassment & criminalisation of activists, journalists and protesters have continued unabated Our latest update: https://web.civicus.org/HongKongDec2022 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/CIVICUSMonitor/status/1602507426238173184#m

@CIVICUSMonitor RT by @HKLiberty_Team: 🇭🇰 #HongKong: The state of #civicspace remains 'repressed' as the harassment & criminalisation of activists, journalists and protesters have continued unabated Our latest update: https://web.civicus.org/HongKongDec2022 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/CIVICUSMonitor/status/1602507426238173184#m

🇺🇦Widespread destruction of #Ukraine’s museums, theatres and libraries, the persecution of writers and artists, and other attacks against Ukrainian heritage expose the breadth of #Russia’s attempts to erase the country’s cultural identity.

https://ifex.org/report-exposes-putins-war-on-ukrainian-culture/

#CivicSpace #culture #identity

🇵🇱#Poland’s government should immediately drop charges against a member of parliament who participated in a pro-choice protest and stop targeting reproductive rights activists. via @humanrightswatch

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/04/poland-lawmaker-faces-charges-pro-choice-protest

#ReproductiveRights #CivicSpace