Phone-hacking against democratically minded figures, Scholz and Baerbock visiting Warsaw, failure of the European Far-Right Summit, discovery of hundreds of dinosaur footprints in east-central Poland. Our guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun gives us regular updates on all you need to know about Poland.
Opposition leader Donald Tusk has accused the government
Hüneke-Brown Javier Albán Continued repression against opposition
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Wine, a prominent opposition figure, has long been
The new and most ideologically diverse government in the history of Israel does not raise high expectations. It seems neither Left nor Right expect paradise from a coalition built on so much compromise. Yet to the polarized political climate of recent years, this is revolutionary. Only a month ago Israel faced one of the worst eruptions of communal violence in years.
Opposition leaders criticized former prime minister
On Tuesday, the 15th of June, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law to protect children from pedophilia. However, said law also bans LGBT+ related content for minors in schools, advertisement and TV. This renewed attack against the LGBT+ community causes national and international outrage – thousands went to the streets in Budapest last Monday to protest against the draft bill of the Fidesz party, which associates homosexuality and gender change with pedophilia.
While the opposition boycotted the vote, 157 yes-votes
Lawyers as Heroes of Freedom: Their courage defies authoritarian regimes. In the new publication ‚Resisting Injustice – Lawyers as Human Rights Defenders,‘ discover how they defend human rights and become targets of persecution. A glimpse into their challenging role in the battle for the rule-of-law.
Prokhorov (l) in a Moscow court with his client, liberal opposition
Die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit ist seit 1980 in Simbabwe tätig. Sie hat die dramatischen Veränderungen in Simbabwe von Anfang an hautnah miterlebt und die Arbeit von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in Krisenzeiten unterstützt. Die Arbeit der Stiftung konzentriert sich auf die Wiederherstellung von Rechtsstaatlichkeit, liberaler Demokratie und freier Marktwirtschaft, die durch das derzeitige repressive Regime praktisch zerstört wurden. Die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit setzt sich für den Schutz der verbliebenen demokratischen und rechtsstaatlichen Freiheitsrechte ein, mit dem Ziel, diese nach einem politischen Wandel auszubauen.
Fungisai Sithole Ohne Manipulationen hätte die Opposition
August 4th marks the commemoration of the catastrophic Beirut blast, which killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000, and destroyed large parts of city. Many people have not been able to come to terms to what has happened. This comes as no surprise since for many, everyday life has become a never-ending nightmare: the lack of medicine, the long queues in front of gas stations, or the collapse of
Opposition groups won the elections for the Syndicate
Die Vorwahlen im September hatten der Opposition einen
Der Europäische Rat hat heute die lang erwarteten Schlussfolgerungen zur EU-Beitrittskandidatur der Ukraine, der Republik Moldau und Georgiens bekannt gegeben. Die EU-Kommission gab grünes Licht für die Gewährung des Kandidatenstatus für die Ukraine und Moldau, beschränkte Georgien jedoch auf die europäische Perspektive, mit der Aussicht auf eine EU-Mitgliedschaft, sobald alle festgelegten Prioritäten erfüllt sind.
Premierminister Garibaschwili bezeichnete die Abgeordneten der Opposition
