Report by Elly Page and Alexandra DeBlock. International Center for Not-for-Profit Law.
May 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a parallel crisis for civic space. Many of the emergency laws and other extraordinary measures adopted in response to the virus restrict fundamental rights and freedoms.
Based on data from our COVID-19 Civic Freedom Tracker, the following nine trends are key ways governments’ reactions to the pandemic are shrinking space for civil society.
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