Updates

Latest updates on the draft legislations that would label CSOs and media outlets as foreign agents.

The draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence may derail Georgia’s EU accession plans.

Counter-terrorism financing measures need to be based on evidence of existing risk and targeted to it, not broad, blanket restrictions.

The draft amendments would allow the government to partially or fully block access to internet and censor information and social media in times of war.

Although there are more contributors than ever before, the mechanism is still far from reaching full potential.

New measures proposed in the bill would negatively affect public associations and significantly complicate conditions for opposition parties.

Authorities quoted the need to combat disinformation as one of the reasons.

Although the new developments could potentially advance legislation on access to information, the practice remains concerning.

The law would introduce special privileges for very few national-level public associations that have remained in Belarus.

New political movement announced legislative proposal to regulate CSO foreign funding.

Draft law introduces a new mechanism to better involve citizens in the process of deciding how public money is spent locally, but does not allow direct voting on which project to fund.

This development clarifies the legal status of philanthropy and sponsorship. However, the issue of tax benefits for donors needs to be further addressed.