Protecting the People:
The Uphill Battle NGOs Face across Europe

OLGA STARTCEVA examines how the Russian state, under Putin’s rule, has pushed back on civil rights domestically.

Civil rights have backslid in Russia. But Europe has not been immune to this, either. PETE CARVILL looks at problems on the wider continent.

ANNA WÓJCIK examines the decaying relationship between Poland’s government and the country’s NGO sector.

Civil rights groups in Hungary have faced increasing opposition from the government, with civil rights taking a backstep. ZSÓFIA MOLDOVA explains how.

DARYA SOBOLEVA writes on the legal case between the European Commission and the Hungarian government.

There have been repeating and copied trends in civil rights legislation across Europe. FILIP PAZDERSKI outlines them.