Flattening the Strongman Curve: Defending Shrinking Democratic Spaces during Crisis

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

As COVID-19 continues to claim lives, many authoritarian governments are taking advantage and consolidating power in the pretext of effective and efficient crisis response. What are the various ways that Asian governments have been consolidating power and shrinking democratic spaces as they ‘respond’ to the current crisis? How do progressives safeguard democracy and human rights in the time of the pandemic? Register at: https://bit.ly/defendshrinkingspace