🌈 #Hungary can celebrate #Pride again — but the laws that criminalise Pride participation and enable biometric #surveillance of protesters remain in force. They must go. Read new op-ed from ECNL, @liberties.eu and Edri colleagues in @euobserver.com : euobserver.com/224022/budap...

Large trucks equipped with biometric cameras were stationed around last year's Budapest Pride march to discourage participation. The objective was not only punishment, but deterrence. Despite the new government, this logic remains embedded in Hungarian law today.

🌎💚#ClimateAction is stronger when the voices of those on the front lines are heard. 💡 The #LEAD event during #LondonClimateActionWeek highlighted how governments, funders, and civil society all have a role in making this happen. 🟢 Learn more and support LEAD's cause: lead-initiative.com

💫 How might emerging social, technological, political, and behavioral shifts reshape democracy & how can civil society adapt to defend rights? Join our workshop on the future of democratic participation. 📅2 July 2026, 10:30 CET Free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #ParticipationMatters

The world's strongest regional human rights system is being tested from inside ⚖️ This week, we at @faultlinenotes.bsky.social stay with the Council of Europe📍 Can @coe.int and does it still want to answer democratic backsliding by its own members and protect the human rights defenders? ⤵️

🚨 New @cloudflare.social report on cyberattacks finds that civil society organizations are targeted more frequently, and often with more sophisticated attacks, than other Internet users: blog.cloudflare.com/celebrating-...

👁️ Digital surveillance is silencing voices around the world. Permanent monitoring of citizens, activists, and HHRR defenders creates a "chilling effect": people self-censor, abandon solidarity networks, and stop organising because they know they are being watched. indepthnews.net/constant-dig...

❗"If #AI fails LGBTQ people, it fails everyone." This important new GLAAD report documents the harms that AI is causing to the LGBTQ community. The harms are not inevitable - but the result of choices that companies make. 💡 The report outlines what the AI industry must do differently.

A recent OGP Europe Dialogue brought together experts from @ecnl.bsky.social, the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social, the fra.europa.eu, and national governments to discuss the state of civic space and what can be done to reverse current trends.

Human rights advocates on environmental issues give communities a say and help build equitable, just, democratic societies, writes Sharan Srinivas. He calls for donors to redouble support for local organizations: www.justsecurity.org/141453/prote...

NEW BRIEFING📣 Russia's latest amendments to its Code on Administrative Offenses significantly expand the state's ability to pursue individuals and organizations outside the country. 👁️ Learn more about key provisions of the law & potential implications: www.icnl.org/post/analysi...

Together with @petefussey.bsky.social and @daragh.bsky.social we are releasing "Pushed into the Shadows: evidencing digital surveillance chilling effects and the erosion of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association” 1/ www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Now more than ever, the rule of law matters. It protects everyday life by ensuring fair rules & accountability – from home rentals to job contracts or public speech. As the rule of law comes under pressure, we must protect it to ensure people’s rights are respected. 🔗https://link.europa.eu/7MHF6T

#Hungary's new government opens space for civil society recovery. Márta Pardavi warns: ensuring restoration is genuine and inclusive will take sustained effort. Read more: web.civicus.org/Marta_Pardavi#Hungary#CIVICUSLens

💡 Can AI innovation benefit society? 📽️ Check out this new video explainer by #RefrAIme initiative: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5UN...

💻 Digital transnational repression is changing how gov'ts monitor, intimidate & silence people across borders - from diaspora communities to journos. AI is becoming a powerful tool for control. Read more in our Tech Policy Press blog on the tools & policy gaps: www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-is-po...

👥People with disabilities must be represented in EU decision-making. Today, ‘The Power of Many’ brings a story from Pierre Gyselinck, President of the Belgian Disability Forum. Learn more about our ‘Voices of Millions campaign’ here: bit.ly/4tqscgh #VoicesOfMillions #ThePowerOfMany #EUCivilSociety

Across Eurasia, civic space is under growing pressure. ICNL has freshly updated key Civic Freedom Monitor pages tracking legal and regulatory developments affecting civil society across the region. 🙌The updated pages cover #Belarus, #Russia, #Kyrgyzstan, #Kazakhstan, #Uzbekistan, and #Tajikistan

Read my statement after a visit to Serbia focused on freedom of expression, inc. media freedom, the right to peaceful assembly, and the protection of civic space. #HumanRights 👇 www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Repression no longer stops at borders. AI is helping states surveil, intimidate and silence dissidents, exiled journalists and diaspora communities worldwide—often invisibly. In a new piece in Tech Policy Press, Ana Sofia Harrison and Marlena Wisniak map the tools, the harms and the policy gaps.

🎙️ New #podcast by ECNL and TAI: Let’s rethink #resilience 💡 Hear from civil society leaders from Ukraine, Serbia, Kenya, Brazil and the global human rights field on what resilience means to them. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0eFN...

💡 Want to learn more about AI agents? 📽️ Check out this new video by #RefrAIme initiative on how they affect fundamental rights:

*1/3*🧵 Zambia's last-minute "postponement" of RightsCon is a de facto cancellation, a deliberate obstruction of a critical assembly for the global digital rights community. 🔗 ohchr.org/en/statements/2026/05/zambia-rightscon #Zambia #HumanRights #CivicSpace

⚠️ Across Europe, powerful actors are still using legal threats to silence journalists, activists and watchdogs. The EU has a law to stop these abuses - now governments need to include those protections in their national laws. ✍️ Sign this new #antiSLAPP campaign: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...

🔴 GNI joins a chorus of individuals and organizations expressing shock and deep disappointment at the Government of Zambia’s unilateral decision to “postpone” #RightsCon2026. We are appalled by the timing of this decision & the manner in which it was made: globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-condemns...

📽️ New video on how generative #AI affects your rights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5JA... If you want to dig deeper: 👉 Explore our paper on #LLM content moderation and its impact on human rights and civic space: ecnl.org/publications... 💻️ Check the #RefrAIme page: refraime.csd.eu/refraime-awa...

💡 Important new report on collective care in regions that are shaped by cycles of war, displacement, intensified repression, and severe funding constraints:

What will it take to create a multilingual and participatory #AI that works for everyone? @aliyabhatia.bsky.social, Jhalak M. Kakkar, Dhanaraj Thakur and ECNL's @marle.bsky.social explain in this new @techpolicypress.bsky.social blog:

𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 Important #AIAct implementation talks are already underway - but without civil society. That's why, with 35 orgs and experts, we call on the EU AI Office to prioritise setting up the forum: ecnl.org/news/eu-ai-o...

📽️ New video on high-risk #AI systems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiDu... Want to learn more? 💻️ Visit #LearningCenterECNL and explore the protections the EU #AIAct provides: learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac... 👉 Check the #RefrAIme page: refraime.csd.eu/refraime-awa...

📽️ New video on biometric #surveillance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISh... Want to learn more? 💻️ Visit #LearningCenterECNL: learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac... 🖇️ Explore strategies that work against such practices: ecnl.org/publications... 👉 Check #RefrAIme: refraime.csd.eu/refraime-awa...

💡 How can civil society ensure new technologies protect rights? Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs) are a key tool, now required for high-risk #AI. We’ve launched a new learning package on the topic: 📖 Start learning today: learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac... #FundamentalRights

📣 Call for input: What challenges do organisations face when representing or supporting national minorities? The COE Expert Council on NGO Law is working on a new report, fill in their survey by April 30! For more info, visit: www.coe.int/en/web/civil...

📢 In the context of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the #AI Omnibus proposal, together with 32 other organisations and individuals, we contributed to an open letter to EU institutions, expressing our concerns about current proposals that could weaken the scope and effectiveness of the AI Act.

🤝How civil society & journalists can engage in investigations to protect digital rights. Over the past year, the Civic Journalism Coalition, launched by ECNL, EDRI & @lighthousereports.com led 6 investigations on tech's impact on society. 🔎Learn more & read the guide: ecnl.org/publications...

🌐Are you interested in engaging with #ICANN? 📣Fellowship applications are open until 19 April! An excellent opportunity to learn more and attend the ICANN87 Annual General Meeting in Oct 2026. 👉 Apply here: www.icann.org/fellowshippr... 🔖 For more info: ecnl.org/publications... #CADE

🇬🇪 A new legal framework in #Georgia is redefining how civil society can operate. 👉 Our latest briefing unpacks these changes and their implications for civic space, donors, and local organizations. 🔗 Learn more: www.icnl.org/post/news/am...

📢 What does #CivilDisobedience look like for migrants and migrant-rights defenders? 💡Our new paper explores protest rights, migration control, civil disobedience and digital surveillance. How do existing legal frameworks apply? Are current safeguards enough? 👉 ecnl.org/publications...

❗#Georgia and #Greece passed problematic laws for civil society, says Council of Europe Expert Council on NGO Law. Read the opinions here: www.coe.int/en/web/ingo/...

📢 ICNL is hiring a Legal Advisor-U.S. Program. This Washington, D.C.–based role focuses on legal research, tracking laws affecting civil society, and supporting nonpartisan analysis that strengthens civic space. 🔗 Learn more and apply: www.icnl.org/work-with-us

5 lessons from 3 years of #RiskAssessments under the #DSA 🔖 Read our new policy brief on how #BigTech platforms' reports, and the implementation of the Digital Services Act, can be strengthened: ecnl.org/publications...

🔴 Tomorrow, women take to the streets. States must facilitate, not repress. On #IWD2026, I call on all authorities to protect women's right to peaceful protest. The streets belong to women. 🧵 Read my full statement: mailchi.mp/09a8ee1af4ae... #8M #WomenDefenders #FoAA

🆕 Navigating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) can be complex for nonprofits. Our new briefer explains the law, why it matters, and steps organizations can take to navigate compliance in a shifting legal landscape. Read the briefer: www.icnl.org/our-work/us-...

When aid is cut, it is not only funding that disappears: #CivilSociety weakens. One year after the U.S. aid freeze, thousands of organizations have closed or been forced to alter their missions. #FreedomOfAssociation is at stake. 🔗 www.ipsnews.net/2026/03/the-...

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 #𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Repression no longer stops at national borders. Our new report explores how AI is making it faster, more scalable, and harder to detect, looking at AI-enabled surveillance, AI platforms and policy gaps. 📥 ecnl.org/publications...

We stand in solidarity with Greenpeace. A US court awarded Energy Transfer $345 million. @greenpeace.org will appeal & continues its #antiSLAPP lawsuit against the company under the #EU’s new directive. This is bigger than Greenpeace. Public participation is the backbone of democracy. #TimeToResist

⚖️ Human Rights At Stake ⚖️ Mapped by 120+ human rights defenders and experts as the global realignment hardens into a fractured order, and civic space, equality, and accountability come under pressure ➡️10 Global Human Rights Trends humanrightscompass.org#kpg_17808

📣 Call for Input: the #UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched an online survey on #CivicSpace 🗓️ DDL: Friday, 6 March 2026 ▶️ Find more info here: www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

📅 March 4 | Digital Governance Working Group 2026 – Session 1 Join us online to map collaboration opportunities and strengthen Global North–Global South partnerships for inclusive, human-centric internet governance. 🌍 EN/FR/ES interpretation available 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌍️More countries, more info! The Global Nonprofits Guide just got bigger - now covering information on nonprofit laws in 78 countries, including Germany, France and Switzerland – and many more. Explore what’s new: www.globalnonprofitsguide.org GNG is powered by DLA Piper, ECNL and PILnet.