A Basic Right Is Under Attack in the EU

Details: Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00; Written by editor

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Free speech and the right to assemble are indispensable elements of open society. No government is perfect, and no lawmaker has all the answers. When citizens are denied their right to protest, assemble, and speak, it becomes impossible for them to truly communicate with their government and hold those elected to serve them to account. But like many other places in the world today, government leaders in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans have been curtailing these fundamental human rights. This backsliding must be resisted, and legal reform, as well as greater dialogue between law enforcement and citizens, is a good place to start.

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