Civil Society

The Belarusian August

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Rally in support of Sviatlana Tsikhanoŭskaya and the joint campaign headquarters. 30 July 2020, Minsk, Belarus
Rally in support of Sviatlana Tsikhanoŭskaya and the joint campaign headquarters. 30 July 2020, Minsk, Belarus || By Homoatrox - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

The week of protests has shown that the situation is completely different than the well-known crises of the past: the revolution of Solidarity in Poland, the Arab Spring, the Ukrainian Maidan.

VSquare VSquare

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NGO? We don’t want you here

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Shutterstock/Sasun Bughdaryan

Independent, non-governmental watchdogs are always treated as an enemy by illiberal states and wannabe dictators. Viktor Orban’s Hungary is a classic example, but know a similar danger is growing in Poland.  

Konrad Szczygieł Konrad Szczygieł

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Stronger than evil

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Photo by Peter Tkac | Demonstration in Bratislava, March 2nd 2018 | Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

This murder has opened many issues not taken care of for a long time. We should never forget Jan Kuciak’s death. It’s a tragic mark in the history of Slovakia. But it has a potential to change something in the country.

Patryk Szczepaniak Patryk Szczepaniak

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