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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 15/02/2025

UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state – The Guardian: ‘Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC said she had received threats via email and social media of dismemberment, rape and death, which have extended to her family in recent months.’

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UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state

Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 12/02/2025

An important step to ensure independent and pluralistic media in the EU. The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓

Dark blue graphic with the text 'European Media Freedom Act' and 'Protecting media pluralism and independence in the EU'. A mobile phone icon with a megaphone is in the centre.

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Academic freedom is under serious threat in the United States right now. Even setting aside important values and principles, this is wildly self-sabotaging. The best research usually results from contexts in which talented researchers have academic freedom protections. The US is hurting itself.

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade..." Freedom House documented 1,219 incidents by 48 governments across 103 countries, in 2014-24. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows

China tops list of governments engaged in transnational repression, with more than 270 known attacks in other countries in the past decade

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EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @fra.europa.eu · 13/12/2024

What are the #FundamentalRights safeguards and implications of using the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing? A new @eurightsagency.bsky.social information tool takes you through the issues. Try it out: europa.eu/!bwy9pt

Fundamental rights and the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 12/12/2024

New bipartisan bill would deter SLAPPs — frivolous lawsuits targeting speech. The Free Speech Protection Act would protect journalists and everyone who wants to speak freely.

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Bipartisan bill would protect speech from harassing lawsuits

The Free Speech Protection Act could fix a gap in federal law that leaves journalists and others vulnerable to SLAPPs — frivolous lawsuits targeting speech.

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EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights @fra.europa.eu · 25/11/2024

A third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work or in public, finds the @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link eurostat.extwitter.link / @eurightsagency.bsky.social / EIGE EU gender-based violence survey. For more headline figures across Europe see: europa.eu/!cfGdFT

EU gender-based survey: 1 in 3 women in the EU have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or threats in their lifetime.

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John Morijn @jmorijn.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Next Tuesday, 19 November, the @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social team and yours truly will be in Luxembourg to attend the hearing in Case C-769/22 (Commission v. Hungary - values of the Union), the case about the HU anti-LGBTI law where the COM relies directly on Union values. Follow us for live coverage.

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