Tara Petrović

Cover Europe & Central Asia for @CIVICUSMonitor, views my own

[CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance]

We Are Hiring!
1. Civic Space Research Intern
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2. ToR: Data coding consultants
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3. Civic Space Research Consultant
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Deadline: 8 July 2026

4. MFA Consultant
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[CIVICUS Monitor @CIVICUSMonitor]

Which of the teams playing at the #Worldcup today do the best job of respecting people's rights to organise, take action and speak out?

🇪🇸#Spain v 🇨🇻#CapeVerde
🇧🇪#Belgium v 🇪🇬#Egypt
🇸🇦#SaudiArabia v 🇺🇾#Uruguay
🇮🇷#Iran v 🇳🇿#NewZealand

(Hint⬇️😉)
https://t.co/lvM9ok5bot

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🏟️⚽️The majority of #WorldCup countries are still missing the OPEN goal. See how their civic space scores compare:
https://t.co/lWKh4hvpnz

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Last year, watchdogs identified a deterioration of democratic space in Italy, Germany, and France.

Using so-called emergency security measures, the EU’s leading states are squashing the right to dissent. https://t.co/Llz4YL9lsB

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Europe’s protest landscape is being transformed by force. Detentions and excessive force show how authorities are cracking down on the right to protest.

A closer look at trends in our latest ratings report 🔴🟡🟢https://t.co/bzktUPwcgM

[Ana María Palacios B. @anapal_]

#Europa presume de democracia, pero en 2025 fue el principal escenario de la represión contra la solidaridad con el pueblo palestino.

Más del 60% de las violaciones documentadas por el @CIVICUSMonitor ocurrieron en este continente #PeoplePower2025

https://t.co/5ZnUTpkTsk

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🇬🇪#Georgia downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:

🟠Draconian protest laws
🟠Controls on foreign funded NGOs & media
🟠Opposition leaders detained

Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/yoLclddgYq

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🇷🇸#Serbia downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:

🟠Crackdown on student-led protests with mass detentions
🟠Excessive force, including use of sonic weapons
🟠Judicial harassment and prosecutions of activists

Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/NLuCBHevC8

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🇩🇪#Germany downgraded to 'Obstructed':

🟡Berlin police filed nearly 9,000 criminal charges linked to pro-Palestinian protests
🟡Police brutality & language bans at demonstrations
🟡Raids & surveillance of NGOs critical of Israel

Press release: https://t.co/BB7NhlxEwC

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🇮🇹#Italy downgraded to 'Obstructed' in ratings report:

🟡“Anti-Gandhi” security law imposes harsh penalties for protests
🟡Expanded police powers & surveillance
🟡 Govt critics hit with military-grade spyware

Press release (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/hbcOsJUqYS

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🇨🇭#Switzerland downgraded to 'Narrowed' in new ratings report:

🟢​​Peaceful protests met with tear gas & rubber bullets
🟢Surveillance of climate activists
🟢Press freedom under strain with raids & deportations

Press release (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/hngN3RgqG0

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🇫🇷#France downgraded to 'Obstructed' in ratings report:

🟡Peaceful protests met with tear gas & mass arrests
🟡NGOs dissolved under anti-separatism law
🟡Journalists & activists face harassment & harsh sentences

Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): https://t.co/o08TWGPOhm

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In #Europe & #CentralAsia a look at civic freedoms:

Out of 54 countries:
🟢35 countries rated open or narrowed
🟡8 rated obstructed
🟠5 rated repressed
🔴6 rated closed
⬇️ #France #Georgia #Germany #Italy #Serbia #Switzerland

#PeoplePower2025 report: https://t.co/bzktUPwcgM

[BeFem @BeFemCentar]

Milena Vasić već godinama stoji uz građane i građanke. Zaslužile smo i zaslužili Poverenicu poput nje.

[Tara Petrović @ptrvctr]

@rochowanski @judeinlondon i just don't know that's the case in albania. berisha's party, which tried hard to attach itself to trump and ride the global anti-DEI & anti-gender wave, got trounced in the election. no real reason to think the silent majority is with them (or cares) and this law will backfire

[Tara Petrović @ptrvctr]

@rochowanski @judeinlondon on the flip side to your main point, i think backlash from actors trying to import US culture war grievances is often given too much weight as a genuine expression of deeply held societal attitudes. no way to see how people "really" feel when we take away the foreign influence

[Tara Petrović @ptrvctr]

@rochowanski @judeinlondon english-language coverage missed a lot. i don't speak albanian, but from a machine translation there's nothing radical in the law apart from defining gender as socially constructed in line with the istanbul convention. the opposition wanted it defined as biological and immutable

[Tara Petrović @ptrvctr]

@rochowanski @judeinlondon there's no third gender. the uproar was over a formulation defining gender as having an "inclusive meaning", which berisha's conservative opposition party (which boasted of having its programme written by the heritage foundation) used to push false narratives about 70 genders

[Tara Petrović @ptrvctr]

@lilyslynch they NEED to take him on as an urban planning consultant. I'm sure he has the time

[CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance]

Over the weekend, #UK authorities arrested 500+ peaceful protesters for expressing support for Palestine Action.

We call to #LiftTheBan and stop worldwide repression of solidarity with Palestine. Calls to uphold international law must be heard, not silenced. #PalestineAction