VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-20
“We do not want to return to the model of the past, where the state saw civil society as something to be controlled,”
Bahjat Hajjar · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Hajjar said the state does not want to return to controlling civil society as before.
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