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Global alliance of civil society organisations & activists working to strengthen citizen action & civil society
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🚀 New global #PeoplePower2025 report shows civic freedoms are under attack globally. A record number of countries are now rated as ‘Repressed’ and ‘Closed.’
See country ratings & data on top violations 🔴🟡🟢: web.civicus.org/PeoplePower2025
See country ratings & data on top violations 🔴🟡🟢: web.civicus.org/PeoplePower2025
🤖 Autonomous weapons are making life-and-death decisions without human control. Civil society is pushing for urgent global rules to ban and regulate killer robots before accountability and human rights are lost.
web.civicus.org/killer-robots_EN
#CIVICUSLens #KillerRobots #AI #HumanRights
web.civicus.org/killer-robots_EN
#CIVICUSLens #KillerRobots #AI #HumanRights
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🤖 Autonomous weapons are making life-and-death decisions without human control. Civil society is pushing for urgent global rules to ban and regulate killer robots before accountability and human rights are lost.
web.civicus.org/killer-robots_EN
#CIVICUSLens #KillerRobots #AI #HumanRights
web.civicus.org/killer-robots_EN
#CIVICUSLens #KillerRobots #AI #HumanRights
🇺🇸 #USA downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Militarised response to mass protests under Trump
🟡 Crackdown on Palestine solidarity activism
🟡 Press freedom under pressure with censorship & judicial harassment
Press Release #PeoplePower2025: web.civicus.org/USARating
🟡 Militarised response to mass protests under Trump
🟡 Crackdown on Palestine solidarity activism
🟡 Press freedom under pressure with censorship & judicial harassment
Press Release #PeoplePower2025: web.civicus.org/USARating
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🇺🇸 #USA downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Militarised response to mass protests under Trump
🟡 Crackdown on Palestine solidarity activism
🟡 Press freedom under pressure with censorship & judicial harassment
Press Release #PeoplePower2025: web.civicus.org/USARating
🟡 Militarised response to mass protests under Trump
🟡 Crackdown on Palestine solidarity activism
🟡 Press freedom under pressure with censorship & judicial harassment
Press Release #PeoplePower2025: web.civicus.org/USARating
🇦🇷 #Argentina downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Sharp decline in civic freedoms under Milei
🟡 Protests met with detentions & force
🟡 Journalists face physical attacks & intimidation during demonstrations
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ArgentinaRat...
🟡 Sharp decline in civic freedoms under Milei
🟡 Protests met with detentions & force
🟡 Journalists face physical attacks & intimidation during demonstrations
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ArgentinaRat...
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🇦🇷 #Argentina downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Sharp decline in civic freedoms under Milei
🟡 Protests met with detentions & force
🟡 Journalists face physical attacks & intimidation during demonstrations
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ArgentinaRat...
🟡 Sharp decline in civic freedoms under Milei
🟡 Protests met with detentions & force
🟡 Journalists face physical attacks & intimidation during demonstrations
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ArgentinaRat...
🇸🇻#ElSalvador downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in ratings report:
🟠 State of emergency suspends constitutional guarantees
🟠 Foreign Agents Law imposes harsh sanctions on CSOs
🟠 Targeting of activists & journalists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ElSalvadorRating
🟠 State of emergency suspends constitutional guarantees
🟠 Foreign Agents Law imposes harsh sanctions on CSOs
🟠 Targeting of activists & journalists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ElSalvadorRating
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🇸🇻#ElSalvador downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in ratings report:
🟠 State of emergency suspends constitutional guarantees
🟠 Foreign Agents Law imposes harsh sanctions on CSOs
🟠 Targeting of activists & journalists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ElSalvadorRating
🟠 State of emergency suspends constitutional guarantees
🟠 Foreign Agents Law imposes harsh sanctions on CSOs
🟠 Targeting of activists & journalists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ElSalvadorRating
The space for activists, journalists & #NGOs in the Americas continue to tighten.
Top violations:
❌Attack on journalists
❌Intimidation of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
❌Killing of HRDs
❌Excessive force
Findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Americas2025
Top violations:
❌Attack on journalists
❌Intimidation of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
❌Killing of HRDs
❌Excessive force
Findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Americas2025
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The space for activists, journalists & #NGOs in the Americas continue to tighten.
Top violations:
❌Attack on journalists
❌Intimidation of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
❌Killing of HRDs
❌Excessive force
Findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Americas2025
Top violations:
❌Attack on journalists
❌Intimidation of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs)
❌Killing of HRDs
❌Excessive force
Findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Americas2025
In The Americas a closer look at civic freedoms:
🟢Open and Narrowed: 19
🟡Obstructed: 6
🟠Repressed: 7
🔴Closed: 3
⬇️ #Argentina #ElSalvador #USA
New #PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Americas2025
🟢Open and Narrowed: 19
🟡Obstructed: 6
🟠Repressed: 7
🔴Closed: 3
⬇️ #Argentina #ElSalvador #USA
New #PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Americas2025
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In The Americas a closer look at civic freedoms:
🟢Open and Narrowed: 19
🟡Obstructed: 6
🟠Repressed: 7
🔴Closed: 3
⬇️ #Argentina #ElSalvador #USA
New #PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Americas2025
🟢Open and Narrowed: 19
🟡Obstructed: 6
🟠Repressed: 7
🔴Closed: 3
⬇️ #Argentina #ElSalvador #USA
New #PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Americas2025
🇸🇳 #Senegal upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Peaceful political transition with early elections
🟡 Whistleblower protection law adopted
🟡 But restrictions persist: arrests of journalists & suspension of media
Press Release #PeoplePower2025
web.civicus.org/SenegalRatin...
🟡 Peaceful political transition with early elections
🟡 Whistleblower protection law adopted
🟡 But restrictions persist: arrests of journalists & suspension of media
Press Release #PeoplePower2025
web.civicus.org/SenegalRatin...
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🇸🇳 #Senegal upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Peaceful political transition with early elections
🟡 Whistleblower protection law adopted
🟡 But restrictions persist: arrests of journalists & suspension of media
Press Release #PeoplePower2025
web.civicus.org/SenegalRatin...
🟡 Peaceful political transition with early elections
🟡 Whistleblower protection law adopted
🟡 But restrictions persist: arrests of journalists & suspension of media
Press Release #PeoplePower2025
web.civicus.org/SenegalRatin...
🇬🇦 #Gabon upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Positive steps after 2023 transition, including improved conditions for journalists
🟡 But restrictions persist: opposition barred from presidency & protests still banned
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Positive steps after 2023 transition, including improved conditions for journalists
🟡 But restrictions persist: opposition barred from presidency & protests still banned
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🇬🇦 #Gabon upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Positive steps after 2023 transition, including improved conditions for journalists
🟡 But restrictions persist: opposition barred from presidency & protests still banned
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Positive steps after 2023 transition, including improved conditions for journalists
🟡 But restrictions persist: opposition barred from presidency & protests still banned
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🇲🇷 #Mauritania upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Joined Partnership for Information & Democracy
🟡 Contracts for public service journalists
🟡 But civic space remains restricted with arrests of activists
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Joined Partnership for Information & Democracy
🟡 Contracts for public service journalists
🟡 But civic space remains restricted with arrests of activists
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🇲🇷 #Mauritania upgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in ratings report:
🟡 Joined Partnership for Information & Democracy
🟡 Contracts for public service journalists
🟡 But civic space remains restricted with arrests of activists
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Joined Partnership for Information & Democracy
🟡 Contracts for public service journalists
🟡 But civic space remains restricted with arrests of activists
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🇲🇬#Madagascar downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:
🟠Youth-led protests met with lethal force & mass arrests
🟠Restrictive laws used to target activists & social media users
🟠Military seized power
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/MadagascarRating
🟠Youth-led protests met with lethal force & mass arrests
🟠Restrictive laws used to target activists & social media users
🟠Military seized power
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/MadagascarRating
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🇲🇬#Madagascar downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:
🟠Youth-led protests met with lethal force & mass arrests
🟠Restrictive laws used to target activists & social media users
🟠Military seized power
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/MadagascarRating
🟠Youth-led protests met with lethal force & mass arrests
🟠Restrictive laws used to target activists & social media users
🟠Military seized power
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/MadagascarRating
🇱🇷#Liberia downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in new ratings report:
🟡 Attacks on press freedom, including assaults & abductions of journalists
🟡 Peaceful protests met with violence
🟡 Community radio station shut down
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Attacks on press freedom, including assaults & abductions of journalists
🟡 Peaceful protests met with violence
🟡 Community radio station shut down
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🇱🇷#Liberia downgraded to ‘Obstructed’ in new ratings report:
🟡 Attacks on press freedom, including assaults & abductions of journalists
🟡 Peaceful protests met with violence
🟡 Community radio station shut down
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🟡 Attacks on press freedom, including assaults & abductions of journalists
🟡 Peaceful protests met with violence
🟡 Community radio station shut down
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🇧🇮#Burundi downgraded to ‘Closed’ in new ratings report:
🔴 June elections held in a deeply repressive environment
🔴 Widespread restrictions on expression & media independence
🔴 Extrajudicial killings, disappearances & torture of critics continue
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🔴 June elections held in a deeply repressive environment
🔴 Widespread restrictions on expression & media independence
🔴 Extrajudicial killings, disappearances & torture of critics continue
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🇧🇮#Burundi downgraded to ‘Closed’ in new ratings report:
🔴 June elections held in a deeply repressive environment
🔴 Widespread restrictions on expression & media independence
🔴 Extrajudicial killings, disappearances & torture of critics continue
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🔴 June elections held in a deeply repressive environment
🔴 Widespread restrictions on expression & media independence
🔴 Extrajudicial killings, disappearances & torture of critics continue
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🇸🇩#Sudan downgraded to ‘Closed’ in new ratings report:
🔴 Escalating civil war with thousands killed
🔴 Activists, journalists & humanitarian workers detained, attacked & threatened
🔴 Emergency orders impose curfews & restrict freedoms
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SudanRating
🔴 Escalating civil war with thousands killed
🔴 Activists, journalists & humanitarian workers detained, attacked & threatened
🔴 Emergency orders impose curfews & restrict freedoms
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SudanRating
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🇸🇩#Sudan downgraded to ‘Closed’ in new ratings report:
🔴 Escalating civil war with thousands killed
🔴 Activists, journalists & humanitarian workers detained, attacked & threatened
🔴 Emergency orders impose curfews & restrict freedoms
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SudanRating
🔴 Escalating civil war with thousands killed
🔴 Activists, journalists & humanitarian workers detained, attacked & threatened
🔴 Emergency orders impose curfews & restrict freedoms
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SudanRating
The top 5 violations in #Africa (South of the Sahara) are:
❌Detention of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force
❌Detention of protesters
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Africa2025
❌Detention of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force
❌Detention of protesters
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The top 5 violations in #Africa (South of the Sahara) are:
❌Detention of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force
❌Detention of protesters
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Africa2025
❌Detention of journalists
❌Detention of Human Rights Defenders
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force
❌Detention of protesters
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/Africa2025
In #Africa a closer look at civic freedoms
Out of 50 countries and territories:
🟢6 countries rated open or narrowed
🟡15 rated obstructed
🟠22 rated repressed
🔴7 rated closed
⬇️ #Burundi #Liberia #Madagascar #Sudan
⬆️ #Gabon #Mauritania #Senegal
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
Out of 50 countries and territories:
🟢6 countries rated open or narrowed
🟡15 rated obstructed
🟠22 rated repressed
🔴7 rated closed
⬇️ #Burundi #Liberia #Madagascar #Sudan
⬆️ #Gabon #Mauritania #Senegal
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In #Africa a closer look at civic freedoms
Out of 50 countries and territories:
🟢6 countries rated open or narrowed
🟡15 rated obstructed
🟠22 rated repressed
🔴7 rated closed
⬇️ #Burundi #Liberia #Madagascar #Sudan
⬆️ #Gabon #Mauritania #Senegal
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
Out of 50 countries and territories:
🟢6 countries rated open or narrowed
🟡15 rated obstructed
🟠22 rated repressed
🔴7 rated closed
⬇️ #Burundi #Liberia #Madagascar #Sudan
⬆️ #Gabon #Mauritania #Senegal
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/Africa2025
🇹🇳Tunisia: As President Saied tightens his grip, protesters and civil society demand the release of political prisoners and an end to repression.
Read the #CIVICUSLens interview with CIDH AFRICA at www.civicus.org/CIDH-Africa
#Tunisia #Democracy
Read the #CIVICUSLens interview with CIDH AFRICA at www.civicus.org/CIDH-Africa
#Tunisia #Democracy
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇹🇳Tunisia: As President Saied tightens his grip, protesters and civil society demand the release of political prisoners and an end to repression.
Read the #CIVICUSLens interview with CIDH AFRICA at www.civicus.org/CIDH-Africa
#Tunisia #Democracy
Read the #CIVICUSLens interview with CIDH AFRICA at www.civicus.org/CIDH-Africa
#Tunisia #Democracy
🇫🇷#France downgraded to 'Obstructed' in new ratings report:
🟡Peaceful protests met with tear gas & mass arrests
🟡NGOs dissolved under weaponised anti-separatism law
🟡Journalists & activists face harassment and harsh sentences
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/FranceRating
🟡Peaceful protests met with tear gas & mass arrests
🟡NGOs dissolved under weaponised anti-separatism law
🟡Journalists & activists face harassment and harsh sentences
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/FranceRating
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
🇫🇷#France downgraded to 'Obstructed' in new ratings report:
🟡Peaceful protests met with tear gas & mass arrests
🟡NGOs dissolved under weaponised anti-separatism law
🟡Journalists & activists face harassment and harsh sentences
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/FranceRating
🟡Peaceful protests met with tear gas & mass arrests
🟡NGOs dissolved under weaponised anti-separatism law
🟡Journalists & activists face harassment and harsh sentences
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/FranceRating
🇨🇭#Switzerland downgraded to 'Narrowed' in new ratings report:
🟢 Peaceful protests met with tear gas & rubber bullets
🟢 Surveillance of climate activists & social movement
🟢 Press freedom under strain with raids & deportations
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SwitzerlandRating
🟢 Peaceful protests met with tear gas & rubber bullets
🟢 Surveillance of climate activists & social movement
🟢 Press freedom under strain with raids & deportations
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SwitzerlandRating
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🇨🇭#Switzerland downgraded to 'Narrowed' in new ratings report:
🟢 Peaceful protests met with tear gas & rubber bullets
🟢 Surveillance of climate activists & social movement
🟢 Press freedom under strain with raids & deportations
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SwitzerlandRating
🟢 Peaceful protests met with tear gas & rubber bullets
🟢 Surveillance of climate activists & social movement
🟢 Press freedom under strain with raids & deportations
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SwitzerlandRating
🇮🇹#Italy downgraded to 'Obstructed' in new ratings report:
🟡 “Anti-Gandhi” security law imposes harsh penalties for protests
🟡 Expanded police powers & surveillance
🟡 Critics, including journalists, hit with military-grade spyware
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ItalyRating
🟡 “Anti-Gandhi” security law imposes harsh penalties for protests
🟡 Expanded police powers & surveillance
🟡 Critics, including journalists, hit with military-grade spyware
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ItalyRating
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🇮🇹#Italy downgraded to 'Obstructed' in new ratings report:
🟡 “Anti-Gandhi” security law imposes harsh penalties for protests
🟡 Expanded police powers & surveillance
🟡 Critics, including journalists, hit with military-grade spyware
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ItalyRating
🟡 “Anti-Gandhi” security law imposes harsh penalties for protests
🟡 Expanded police powers & surveillance
🟡 Critics, including journalists, hit with military-grade spyware
Press release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ItalyRating
🇩🇪#Germany downgraded to 'Obstructed' in ratings report:
🟡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:
web.civicus.org/GermanyRating25
🟡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:
web.civicus.org/GermanyRating25
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🇩🇪#Germany downgraded to 'Obstructed' in ratings report:
🟡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:
web.civicus.org/GermanyRating25
🟡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:
web.civicus.org/GermanyRating25
🇷🇸#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): web.civicus.org/SerbiaRating
🟠Crackdown on student-led protests with mass detentions
🟠Excessive force, including use of sonic weapons
🟠Judicial harassment and prosecutions of activists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SerbiaRating
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🇷🇸#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): web.civicus.org/SerbiaRating
🟠Crackdown on student-led protests with mass detentions
🟠Excessive force, including use of sonic weapons
🟠Judicial harassment and prosecutions of activists
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/SerbiaRating
🇬🇪#Georgia downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:
🟠Draconian protest laws
🟠Controls on foreign funded NGOs & media
🟠Opposition leaders detained
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/GeorgiaRating25
🟠Draconian protest laws
🟠Controls on foreign funded NGOs & media
🟠Opposition leaders detained
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/GeorgiaRating25
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🇬🇪#Georgia downgraded to ‘Repressed’ in new ratings report:
🟠Draconian protest laws
🟠Controls on foreign funded NGOs & media
🟠Opposition leaders detained
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/GeorgiaRating25
🟠Draconian protest laws
🟠Controls on foreign funded NGOs & media
🟠Opposition leaders detained
Press Release (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/GeorgiaRating25
Top violations in #Europe & #CentralAsia show protest rights under attack:
❌Detention of protesters
❌Disruption of protests
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force during protests
❌Public vilification
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ECA2025
❌Detention of protesters
❌Disruption of protests
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force during protests
❌Public vilification
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ECA2025
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Top violations in #Europe & #CentralAsia show protest rights under attack:
❌Detention of protesters
❌Disruption of protests
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force during protests
❌Public vilification
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ECA2025
❌Detention of protesters
❌Disruption of protests
❌Attacks on journalists
❌Excessive force during protests
❌Public vilification
Regional findings (#PeoplePower2025): web.civicus.org/ECA2025
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: web.civicus.org/ECA2025
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: web.civicus.org/ECA2025
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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: web.civicus.org/ECA2025
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: web.civicus.org/ECA2025
🇴🇲#Oman downgraded to ‘Closed’ in ratings report:
🔴 Harsh retaliation against dissent, including imprisonment & job dismissals
🔴 Citizenship law enables revocation for criticism of the Sultan
🔴 No judicial remedy for those stripped of nationality
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/MENA2025
🔴 Harsh retaliation against dissent, including imprisonment & job dismissals
🔴 Citizenship law enables revocation for criticism of the Sultan
🔴 No judicial remedy for those stripped of nationality
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/MENA2025
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🇴🇲#Oman downgraded to ‘Closed’ in ratings report:
🔴 Harsh retaliation against dissent, including imprisonment & job dismissals
🔴 Citizenship law enables revocation for criticism of the Sultan
🔴 No judicial remedy for those stripped of nationality
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/MENA2025
🔴 Harsh retaliation against dissent, including imprisonment & job dismissals
🔴 Citizenship law enables revocation for criticism of the Sultan
🔴 No judicial remedy for those stripped of nationality
#PeoplePower2025 report: web.civicus.org/MENA2025