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On 29th October 2020, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, with the support of Parliament, extended the state of alarm until May 2021, which is expected to help the authorities control the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While governments around the world are rightly focussing on vaccination strategies to protect people from COVID-19, a debate has heated up as to what the vaccine will entail for our civil liberties – including our right to move freely in the EU.
We have a right to choose our leaders through fair elections.
As previously reported on the CIVICUS Monitor, on 22nd October 2020, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled that abortion due to foetal abnormality is unconstitutional.
Covid restrictions have created a dangerous climate of arbitrariness and mistrust, resulting in a sick society. Authorities must implement measures that help fight the pandemic without taking away basic freedoms.
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Antigone is presenting its 17th annual report, entitled “Prison Beyond the Virus”. The report is based on direct observations of prison conditions by Antigone’s Observatory on prison conditions.
Authoritarians in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia abused the pandemic to continue eroding democratic standards, but traditionally strong democracies also disappoint. Here are some of the media coverage about our latest report.
Despite promising a helpful contact tracing app to fight the pandemic, the launch of Spain's Radar Covid App was mired in concerns over data protection and a lack of transparency.
Knowledge Hub: COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in the EU
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