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What is a State of Emergency: Definition, Principles

In response to a crisis, the state can grant itself special powers to protect citizens from danger. However, as the Covid-19 pandemic showed, this increases the opportunities for abuses of power as many democratic checks and balances are weakened.

#HumanRightsUnderCorona , #DemandingOnDemocracy , #WeDecide

March 15, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Anti-Torture Committee Report Calls On Lithuania To Modernise Facilities

The Committee for the Prevention of Torture's new report found no allegations of mistreatment by police and satisfactory conditions in holding cells and prisons, but urged authorities not to drag their feet in modernising the country's detention centres.

March 10, 2023 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute

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New Government Attempts to Tackle Disinformation

The Czech Republic is considering making the spread of fake news illegal in its efforts to tackle disinformation. The country saw a surge in disinformation networks during the pandemic and since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

#CivicusReport

February 28, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Democracy Drinks Berlin, February | Qatargate: Is Political Corruption Rife in the EU?

In February’s edition of Democracy Drinks Berlin, Liberties was joined by Flora Cresswell and Jorge Valladares of Transparency International to discuss the fallout of Qatargate and understand how the cash-for-influence scandal was allowed to happen.

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February 24, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Governments Continue Weakening Democracy: EU Rule of Law Report By 45 NGOs

Liberties Rule of Law Report 2023

#RoLReport2023 , media freedom , NGO rights , populism , protests

February 21, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Civil Society in 2022: NGOs Still Left Out in the Cold

Liberties’ Rule Of law Report 2023 shows that civil society continues to be given the cold shoulder by EU governments in 2022. This hostility feeds negative public perceptions of activists and contributes to the increasing dangers they face.

#RoLReport2023 , populism , protests , media freedom , NGO rights

February 21, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Rule of Law Report 2023: Tools to Stop Corruption Are Too Weak

Qatargate at the European Parliament, continued deep corruption in Hungary, unprotected whistleblowers everywhere. Liberties’ annual EU-wide rule of law report found rules created by governments were too weak to stop or reduce corruption in 2022.

#RoLReport2023 , populism , media freedom

February 21, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Governments Continue Weakening Democracy in 2022: Liberties Rule Of Law Report 2023

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February 21, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Teachers Fired For Civil Disobedience; Teenager Faces Backlash Over Speech

Hungarian teachers have been protesting against low wages, exhausting working hours, and their general working conditions that they believe are not conducive to educating the next generations.

#CivicusReport

February 17, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Opposition MP's Immunity Stripped For Pro-Abortion Protest

Poland appears to have started reinstating judges suspended or demoted for being critical of the government, as this is one of the key conditions that the EU set for disbursing the COVID recovery funds to Poland.

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January 17, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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Access to Information: Definition, Importance, Expansion

The right to access information is a fundamental right, protected by most constitutions worldwide. When citizens can access information about how their government is performing, they can exercise their right to freedom of expression more meaningfully.

free speech , #DemandingOnDemocracy

January 16, 2023 • LibertiesEU

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