"Tyrants big and small are showing more sophistication in bullying and bulldozing NGOs. They use state media to vilify and tarnish groups and their leaders — the smear “foreign agent” is popular - then move
“Tyrants big and small are showing more sophistication in bullying and bulldozing NGOs. They use state media to vilify and tarnish groups and their leaders — the smear “foreign agent” is popular – then move in with security and regulatory goons. Autocrats also are fond of “zombie democracy” – regime-friendly simulations of civil society designed to crowd out the real thing.
NGOs fill a gap left by inept governments. The real losers are billions of people who will suffer more when NGOs are silenced and shuttered.”
See the article: The global war against NGOs