Activists Under Fire: The Rising Criminalization of Civil Movements Across Europe

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Germany, Berlin, May 7, 2024. The pro-Palestinian camp and the protest at the “Freie Universität” in Berlin was violently evicted with the consent of the authorities of the educational institution. (Photo: ©Montecruz Foto)

Gaia Guatri

Gaia Guatri is an Italian activist, writer, and video maker who graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in anthropology and international relations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she found a camera on the ground and realized her passion for photojournalism, video making and storytelling. She has collaborated with high-ranking research programs worldwide, such as the Chicago College Summer Institute (2021) and the American Association for Feminist Anthropology (2023). In 2022, she studied journalism and politics at the University of Hong Kong, where she started working as a freelance journalist for both local and international media. After that experience, she has reported and produced independent documentaries across Southeast Asia and Europe, mostly focusing on social and gender inequality and migration. In 2023, she entered the competitive Erasmus Mundus program to pursue her master's in Journalism between Aarhus University (Denmark), Fudan University (China) and LMU University (Germany) to enrich her global understanding of journalistic practices while bringing the voices of local communities with international audiences.

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