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ISHR @ishr.ch · 23/09/2026

#Breaking: Over 130 human rights experts issue global call for States to end transnational repression They warn of its increasing impacts on human rights, democracy and the rule of law and those who take action to defend them and urge all actors to prevent it. 🔗: ishr.ch/latest-updat...

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ICNL @icnl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🙌🇺🇸 Introducing the U.S. Center for Nonprofit Law (USCNL). Formerly ICNL’s U.S. Program, @uscnl.bsky.social works to create a legal environment that protects and strengthens nonprofits and civic participation in the United States. Learn more: www.uscnl.org

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌍 11 Greenpeace activists face up to 5 years in prison in Spain after a peaceful fossil gas protest. On Sept 22, ECNL, Greenpeace Spain & International discuss legal protections for civil disobedience with UN & regional experts. 📍Arctic Sunrise, Valencia 🕦11:30–13:30 CET🔗Livestream link coming soon!

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

❔ What can you do when a gov't proposes laws that restrict your rights? Join the launch of ECNL & D-Hub's new practical guide for democracy defenders, bringing together legal arguments and strategies to use when the law is weaponised against civil society. 📅 17 Sept, 3PM CET 👉 tinyurl.com/4aar2t8j

Protecting Civil Society from Restrictive Laws: Launch of a new joint publication by D-Hub & ECNL.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 02/09/2026

The Financial Action Task Force (#FATF) "grey list" designation more often results in political, economic, administrative, and regulatory overreactions that suppress civic activity than in real reform, writes @fundhumanrights.bsky.social's James Savage, citing Civic Advisory Hub research.

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Civil Society Donors Should Heed the Risks of FATF Grey List-Induced Panic

Financial Action Task Force listings to thwart terrorism financing too often result in governments suppressing civil society than real reform.

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

❔️ What makes a democracy more than just free and fair elections? Sofia Vasilopoulou, Professor at King’s College London, explains what else we need for democracy to thrive. If you missed ECNL's foresight workshop, you can read our blog with the key takeaways here: ecnl.org/news/looking...

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Under the EU #AIAct, deployers of high-risk AI systems must assess their impact on fundamental rights. But how can Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments (FRIAs) be meaningful? 👇️ We developed a practical guide on the topic with the Danish Institute for Human Rights: ecnl.org/publications...

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our 2025 Annual Report is out! 🎉 Read about how we helped protect civic freedoms, support civil society, and strengthen the enabling environment for civic action last year. 👉 ecnl.org/annual-reports

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🤔 Is the #CADE Digital Rights Exchange Programme for you? Join our Q&A session and ask your questions! 🗓️ Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:30 UTC 🗣️ Session in English, with interpretation available in Spanish and French ✏️ Sign up: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #DigitalRights #AIGovernance

Promotional banner for a Q&A informative session about the Digital Rights Exchange Programme on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 14:30 UTC; register via Zoom; session in English with interpretation in Spanish and French.

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

📽️ How does #GenAI affect your rights? Watch this #refrAIme video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5JA...

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ICNL @icnl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What does the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance mean for civil society? ICNL's Zach Lampell answers five key questions on AI governance, human rights, and why civil society must have a seat at the table. Read the Q&A: www.icnl.org/post/news/fi...

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

📢 We are #hiring a Finance Officer for our EU-funded Projects. Are you a finance professional with experience managing EU projects? We'd love to hear from you! 👇️ Learn more and apply here today: ecnl.org/openings #FinanceJobs #FinanceOfficer #GrantManagement #EUFunding #NonprofitJobs #Vacancy

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🌎💚#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

London Climate Action Week: Closing the gap - a call for recognition, participation and protection of environmental human rights defenders

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

💫 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

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Notes from the Faultline @faultlinenotes.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

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? ⤵️

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🚨 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-...

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Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

👁️ 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...

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Constant Digital Monitoring Is Quieting Public Voices Worldwide

By Gina Romero* BOGOTA, Colombia | 15 June 2026 (IDN) — The modern digital world we live in today is characterised by an interconnected, massive network of monitoring tools—a surveillance ecosystem. G...

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

❗"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.

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Open Government Partnership @opengovpartnership.org · 15/06/2026

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.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 09/06/2026

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...

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Protecting Environmental Rights Defenders Is Key to Giving Communities a Voice

Environmental human rights defenders must be empowered to design and implement their own forms of collective protection.

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ICNL @icnl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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...

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Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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...

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EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @fra.europa.eu · 02/06/2026

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

The rule of law and why it matters explained.

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CIVICUS @civicusalliance.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#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 #CIVICUSLens

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

💻 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...

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Civil Society Europe @eucivilsociety.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

👥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

Read Pierre's story. The Belgian Disability Forum (BDF) unites 18 organisations representing persons with disabilities across Belgium, and we’re also a member of the European Disability Forum (EDF).
It’s important for us to be able to represent persons with disabilities when decisions in the EU are being made. Many policies developed at the EU level have an impact at national level and vice-versa. EDF’s motto is also ours: nothing about us without us.

In 2009, BDF members pointed out an issue persons with disabilities face when travelling across the EU: there was no tool to acknowledge their disability. In fact, many couldn’t access the same support as nationals when abroad, such as access to transportation equipment, reduced museum tickets etc.
This is when the concept of the European Disability Card was born. With the help of EDF’s executive committee and secretariat, we managed to make this card a key priority in their action plan.

We met with Marianne Thyssen, who was then Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, and soon a pilot project with 8 member states began. This led to the Commission proposing a Directive which is currently being implemented. The first European Disability Cards will be distributed in June 2027!
Being active at EU level opens up many possibilities. If BDF could not be a member of an EU network, we wouldn’t be able to have an effect on European legislation. As a clear example, if the disability cards had been advocated for without EDF, it would’ve taken many years to reach any results.

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ICNL @icnl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 22/05/2026

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...

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Serbia: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights observes deteriorating human rights situation - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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.

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How AI is Powering Transnational Repression

AI enables unprecedented levels of monitoring, profiling, and targeting across borders, write Ana Sofia Harrison and Marlena Wisniak.

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🎙️ 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...

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Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

*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

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Voices from conflict zones on World Press Freedom DayRead the story

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

⚠️ 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...

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Protect people, not corporate bullies

The powerful always get what they want, right? Not if our governments finally start protecting people, instead of corporate bullies. A law to shield the people speaking up against injustices is ready....

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Global Network Initiative @thegni.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🔴 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...

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GNI Condemns the Postponement of RightsCon 2026 by the Zambian Government - Global Network Initiative

The ripple effects of this postponement will be felt across the global digital rights community for a long time.

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

📽️ 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...

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REFRAIME - Does generative AI affect your rights

This video covers generative AI and its impact on fundamental rights. It is the sixth video of the REFRAIME Quiz Game https://refraime.csd.eu. This video is in English. This video was developed as…

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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:

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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...

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The EU AI Office must prioritise setting up the Advisory Forum

35 organisations and researchers call on the EU AI Office to provide clear information on the timeline and process of the establishment of the Advisory Forum, the only formal mechanism ensuring civil…

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📽️ 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...

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REFRAIME - Do high-risk AI systems threaten your rights

This video covers high-risk AI systems and their impact on fundamental rights. It is the fifth video of the REFRAIME Quiz Game https://refraime.csd.eu. This video is in English. This video was…

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

📽️ 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...

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REFRAIME - AI in policing: security or surveillance

This video addresses the use of AI-enabled remote biometric identification (RBI) for law enforcement purposes. It is the fourth video of the REFRAIME Quiz Game https://refraime.csd.eu. This video is…

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

💡 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

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📣 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...

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Call to contribute to a new study on “Restrictions on NGOs Representing or Providing Support to National Minorities” - Civil Society Portal - www.coe.int

The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human rights organisation, bringing together governments to build a future based on human rights, democracy and justice.

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CDT Europe @cdteu.org · 08/04/2026

📢 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.

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Joint Open Letter: Preserving the Scope and Integrity of the AI Act

CDT Europe joined civil society organisations and individuals in a public letter raising concerns about proposed changes to Annex I of the AI Act.

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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🤝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...

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