Like in Russia. Slovak authorities are trying to pass a law on "foreign agents"
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 22:04:00 +0300
Fico wants to pass his own law on foreign agentsThousands of Slovaks marched against these legislative changes.
Street protests took place in Bratislava, Koice and other cities.Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has long sought to subdue NGOs and independent media outlets, promising in 2023 to introduce a law that would designate them as foreign agents if they receive funding from abroad.As of today, the relevant amendment to the law is in its second reading in parliament.
A vote on it is scheduled to take place next week.
The European Commission recently warned the Slovak government that the law was unacceptable and that Brussels would take retaliatory measures.
Numerous nongovernmental and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have also condemned the bill.
Lucia Stasselova of the Peace for Ukraine initiative, which is organizing protests across the country, called the law a tool for the systematic dismantling of civil society.This law is copied from Russia, where similar legislation is used to destroy independent organizations, imprison opposition figures, silence the media, and repress.
We will not allow Slovakia to follow this path.Prime Minister Fico himself said that he respects peoples right to protest, but denied that he was copying the Russian experience of suppressing dissent.
The draft law on NGOs has nothing to do with Russian, American or Israeli legislation.
They oppositionminded citizens ed.
have run out of things to protest against, so now they are just making up another lie.
Robert Fico Prime Minister of Slovakia As Politico notes, Hungary passed a similar law in 2017, but was forced to repeal it in 2023 after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled it illegal.
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