CSO Responses to Repression in Bangladesh and Zambia
Researching state and non-state repression effects on civil society organizations (CSOs) in Bangladesh and Zambia, including legal and extra-legal measures, threats, media control, and non-state repression by businesses and religious groups. Explore CSO responses such as advocacy, service delivery, and adaptation strategies in the face of repression. Policy implications for CSOs in the Netherlands include flexible funding, cross-border collaboration, and targeted pressure on repressors.
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Adjust, resist, disband? CSO responses to state and non- state repression in Bangladesh and Zambia Luc Fransen (University of Amsterdam) Kendra Dupuy (Peace Research Institute Oslo) Marja Hinfelaar (SAIPAR Zambia) Zakaria Mazumder (UvA / Amnesty South Asia) Will Sharp (UvA)
Researching repression and its effects State: Legal measures Extra-legal measures Non-state repression: Bangladesh: business & religious groups Zambia: business, media & religious groups Effect on Bangladeshi & Zambian CSOs: organization and activities Effect on Western European CSOs with ties to Bangladeshi and Zambian civil society Advocacy on human rights, labor, environment and development
State repression of CSOs Bangladesh: Regulation and monitoring of CSOs with foreign ties Digital and physical surveillance Intimidation by military and secret service Regime control of media Zambia: Threats and persecution Regime control of media
Non-state repression Media restricting access to media Businesses financing alternative CSOs Businesses and religious groups orchestrating/engaging in violence, intimidation State & non-state repression intertwined
CSO responses in B and Z Disappearance CSOs Advocacy Service delivery Continued advocacy, but Local > Central government focus Implementation & enforcement > agenda- setting Personal networks Less political topics
Policy implications for CSOs in NL Demand for continued flexible CSO funding and cross-border collaboration Invest in coordination and lesson-drawing among CSOs Invest in pressure on targets that have leverage with repressors
