Citizens Want EU Funds Linked to Democratic Values: Daily Brief

Citizens want EU funds linked to democratic values; pro-choice protests after dubious & dangerous court ruling in Poland; Britain’s democratic fabric is being eroded by Boris Johnson’s government; attack on school in Afghanistan; the fault lines of the pandemic; using the power of images to fight discrimination; and join our campaign to end the shackling of people with mental health conditions.
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The vast majority of EU citizens want the bloc to link EU funds to a member state's respect for rule of law and democratic values. Is the European Commission listening?

Pro-choice protests in Poland are in their fifth day following a dubious ruling by a dubious court that essentially bans legal abortion.

Britain’s democratic fabric is being eroded by Boris Johnson’s government.

As Afghan peace talks crawl along in Doha, a brutal attack on a school in Kabul on Saturday underscored the terrible toll the conflict continues to take on civilians.

What started as a health crisis has quickly turned into an economic and human rights crisis, with over a million lives lost, over one billion children out of school, and jobs that have disappeared overnight. The people suffering the most from the COVID-19 pandemic are those already marginalised due to race, gender and economic circumstances.

A local organization in Mozambique is using the power of images to fight discrimination. 

Hundreds of thousands of people with mental health conditions are shackled around the world. Join our campaign to end this outrage.

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