
The Right to Protest Is Under Siege
Dec 7, 2020 describes how governments worldwide are eroding a pillar of human progress, and how everyone can defend it.
Sharan Srinivas is Senior Program Officer at the Open Society Foundations’ Human Rights Initiative.
Dec 7, 2020 describes how governments worldwide are eroding a pillar of human progress, and how everyone can defend it.
After a gradual decade-long democratization process, Myanmar’s military seized power again in February and is waging a ruthless crackdown against unarmed civilian protesters. A major escalation of the ongoing turmoil – civil war is a growing possibility – would have implications far beyond the country’s borders.