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Defending Civic Space Against “Foreign Agent” Laws: How Should Donors Respond?
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Closing Civic Space
Nov 18, 2024
Fund for Global Human Rights via European Democracy Hub
A wave of “foreign agent” laws has further chilled civic space around the world in recent years. As civil society actors devise strategies to push back against these repressive tactics, private philanthropy and bilateral and multilateral donors have vital support roles to play. They can help civil society prepare for future challenges, so that it is organised not only to respond to evolving forms of repression but also to get ahead of them by tackling their root causes.
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With "foreign agent" laws just one tool in illiberal democratic & authoritarian governments' security playbook, this article explores how donors can offer civil society more sustained and better coordinated support for their preventive and transformative agendas to safeguard civic space from unjustified limitations of security.
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