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Civic Space in Arab Countries: Regional Report 2023
Oct 11, 2023
This report complements the previous regional report on civic space in Arab countries, which ANND issued in February 2023. Prevailing trends regarding civic space in 2023 are no different from what they were in the past two years and may have even reached a more severe level of restrictions and repression in some cases.
As a reminder, the previous report identified four entities and factors impacting the state of civic space:
Authority in its various forms.
Extremist and conservative movements in society.
Donors and international institutions.
Weaknesses or strengths in the capabilities of civil society and its organizations.