News and updates from BCSDN and the region
BCSDN strongly condemns the escalating targeting of LGBTI+ organisations and human rights defenders in Türkiye, following coordinated operations launched on 12 September 2026. At least…
Read more →On 30 September, Slovenia’s National Assembly adopted legislation effectively dismantling the NGO Development Fund by redirecting its dedicated revenue to a new fund for advanced…
Read more →European and regional media freedom organisations, together with Albanian CSOs, including BCSDN member Partners Albania, have welcomed Albania’s draft anti-SLAPP legislative package while calling for…
Read more →The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organisations have called on Serbian authorities to revoke the expulsion order and entry ban imposed on Massimo…
Read more →Albania’s “Flamingo Revolution” has reached 100 days of sustained anti-government protests, marking the country’s largest mobilisation against Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government. Beginning in May…
Read more →More than 200 European CSOs, including BCSDN, have joined a statement expressing serious concern over the European Commission’s decision to terminate operating funding for the…
Read more →The OECD has published its first review of progress in implementing the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance, five…
Read more →The SafeJournalists Network has expressed serious concern over the public intimidation and attempted discrediting of News24 investigative journalist Klodiana Lala by Vlora Hyseni, former Director…
Read more →The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ 2026 Civic Space Update documents widespread and intensifying pressure on civil society organisations working on fundamental rights. Three-quarters of…
Read more →Turkish authorities have launched a large-scale operation targeting LGBTQ+ people, rights defenders, civil society organisations, journalists and businesses under the stated aim of protecting “family…
Read more →SCiDEV’s latest Digital Rights e-Bulletin reviews legal, regulatory and practical developments affecting digital rights in Albania during August and September 2026. Among the developments covered…
Read more →At least 14 people in Serbia, including members of the student movement, activists and opposition representatives, have been targeted with advanced spyware since the beginning…
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