Article 70XJG How ‘foreign agent’ laws threaten democracy worldwide

How ‘foreign agent’ laws threaten democracy worldwide

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editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#70XJG)

Authoritarian governments are increasingly using foreign agent' laws to intimidate and suppress civil society organizations and journalists. A new report by the nonprofit CIVICUS describes how this type of legislation has crushed the work of NGOs in countries including El Salvador, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua. CIVICUS head Mandeep Tiwana describes the global impact to The World's Marco Werman.

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