Ana from Ecologistas en Accion highlights how symbolic actions such as the staining of government buildings has led to the sentencing of 15 activists to almost 2 years in prison.

#Civicspace #Climatejustice

Miriam speaks on behalf of the Platform of French NGOs for Palestine is a network of 40 non-profit organizations created to advocate the rights of the Palestinian people in France.

Watch the Miriam’s full testimony 👇
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Majed is a Palestine solidarity activist in Germany and Switzerland. He is originally from Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.

Watch Majed’s full testimony 👇
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Eitan founded AJAB to bring together Jewish people in Belgium who want to stand in solidarity with Palestine.

Watch Eitan’s full testimony 👇
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Despite facing many #CivicSpace restrictions, climate activists have remained steadfast.

New movements are emerging all over Europe to push for environmental justice and to hold those responsible for the #ClimateCrisis to account.

Let’s celebrate these activists 💪
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In short, #CivicPride Month is about:

✊Celebrating activism & participation
❌Raising awareness of #CivicSpace restrictions
👐Sharing information on how to empower and protect #CivilSociety

Visit our website to listen to activists’ testimonies and more!
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As documented in our #CivicSpace24 Report, these movements have faced a wide array of restrictions on their civic freedoms.

But in spite of this, they have shown remarkable strength and resilience.

Read the main findings from our report 👇
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With #CivicPride Month, we want to put civic actors in the spotlight.

We will be hearing testimonies from activists involved in three of this year’s biggest, but also most repressed, movements:

🌳 #ClimateJustice
🇵🇸 #PalestineSolidarity
🤝#MigrantsRights

For those of you who are new to our work, in this 🧵, we will be sharing some of our #EUPolicy and #advocacy work:

(spoiler: Defence of #Democracy, #RuleOfLaw, #AI, #CivicSpace, protection for #HRDs & more!)