On May 30, 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi signed 87 highly punitive articles comprising the NGO Law. The law further restricts the operations of Egypt’s 47,000 civil society organizations (CSOs), which are now required to receive permission from the government to conduct all of their activities. The law impedes civil society’s right to access…
Peter Kostishack, Vice President and Director of Programs at the Global Greengrants Fund, shares valuable tips funders can use to support environmental activists in his new article, “Closing of Environmental Civil Society Space: Strategies for Support on the Frontlines.” The article draws upon Kostishack’s experience advocating for Chile’s indigenous Mapuche community whose activists have been…
The World Movement for Democracy would like to congratulate the Solidarity Center (SC) and Next Day Animation for receiving the silver award for social responsibility at the 2017 Charles Telly Awards. The Telly Awards distinguish and honor visual work in TV and Cable, Digital and Streaming, and Non-Broadcast Productions. Their award-winning animated video tells the…
On March 15, 2017, Võ Văn Ái of the democratic Vietnamese non-profit organization, Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), spoke about Vietnam’s restrictive “Law on Belief and Religion” at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The “Law on Belief and Religion” requires religious groups to register with the government,…