Around the world, people are organising. As governments and others with power use coronavirus to crack down on democracy, human rights and civil liberties, people everywhere are finding creative ways to fight back.
In the favelas of Brazil, women are putting up signs warning men against domestic violence under lockdown. In the Philippines, people are crowdsourcing bail for arrested protesters online. And in Western Sahara, activists are demanding that political prisoners be released.
Welcome to the weekly DemocracyWatch newsletter, where openDemocracy, SourceMaterial and Transparency International keep you up to date with attacks on our rights and freedoms around the world through the coronavirus crisis – and with how people are fighting back.
