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We are a diverse network of human rights activists with a presence in 18 countries across Europe.
Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia
Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia (CMS - Croatian abbreviation) is a non-profit association of citizens whose mission is promoting non-violence, human rights and social change through education, research and activism.
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Belgian League of Human Rights
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European Media Freedom Act
Stronger Media Freedom Strengthens Democracies In Europe
The European Commission's presented a new proposal to strengthen a free and pluralistic media system and protecting journalists and editorial independence across Europe. But it has some serious shortcomings.
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Media Freedom Report 2022
Decline in Media Freedom Across Europe, Some Countries Follow Putin's Playbook
Decline in Media Freedom Across Europe, Some Countries Follow Putin's Playbook
Targeted Political Advertising
Political Advertising On Social Media Threatens Our Democracies & Should Be Banned
Political Advertising On Social Media Threatens Our Democracies & Should Be Banned
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DONATE TO LIBERTIES
Your donation makes our team stronger, our campaigns louder, and our defense of your human & digital rights more impactful.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- 100+ EU-wide human & digital rights campaigns
- 500+ rights defenders trained
- 100,000+ monthly website visitors
- Quotes in The Guardian, The New York Times, Reuters & more
Your support makes a difference.
Your donation will help us become stronger, louder and more sustainable, and it will directly support the core vision of Liberties: the full implementation of human rights in the European Union.
We are a passionate team of advocacy and communications professionals protecting and promoting your fundamental human rights.
Anna Ackermann
Advocacy & Research Assistant
Eleanor Brooks
Communications Specialist
Michaela Brzezinka
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Csilla Budai-Sawalha
Development Officer
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Head of Video Advocacy
Balázs Dénes
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Ilina Neshikj
Project Manager and Network Coordinator
Alex Nulman
Advocacy & Research Assistant
Franziska Otto
Advocacy and Research Assistant
Linda Ravo
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Orsolya Reich
Senior Advocacy Officer
Eva Simon
Senior Advocacy Officer
Valentin Toth
Head of Communications
We are in the News
"Europe Day is an occasion to remind ourselves that what unites us is greater than what divides us. The EU gives people a way to come together across national, cultural and religious differences to pursue values we all share, like democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights" says our op-ed in EUObserver.
The primary purpose of the DSA is to check the power of Big Tech and make the internet a safer place for everyday users, claim Liberties' Eva Simon and Jonathan Day in their opinion piece in EurActiv.
In its report, the Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe said that countries such as Hungary, Poland or Slovenia had used the pandemic to strengthen their hold on power and limit criticism of the government.
A new report from the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, based in Germany, suggests that the pandemic has played an important part in weakening democracy across the continent.
“Beyond being a distraction from the task of vaccination, the pass could end up creating a two-tier society,” Israel Butler of the Civil Liberties Union for Europe, a human rights watchdog, said about the EU Commission's vaccine pass plan.
“The recommendation is a good start, but the Commission should go further and implement concrete safeguards into EU law, similar to what it intends to do as a means to counter strategic lawsuits against journalists,” Eva Simon, senior advocacy officer at the Civil Liberties Union For Europe, said in a statement.
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