In a press release dated 17 May 2022, the Brussels-based Kurdish National Congress (KNK) published a letter to the UN Secretary-General. The senders call on the UN not to recognise the current attacks on Kurds and Yesids in northern Iraq and northern Syria as self-defence in the sense of Article 51 of the UN [...]
Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova displayed a homemade sign reading "No war" during a live broadcast on her TV channel on 14 March 2022. She generated worldwide attention thereby. Because of this action, which she said was to protest against the Russian war on Ukraine, she was temporarily arrested and fined 30,000 roubles ($280; [...]
For some time now, the European Union has been dealing with the regulation of digital currencies (cryptocurrencies). Two committees of the European Parliament were involved with the European Commission's bill: The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). On 31 March 2022, both [...]
By Thomas Schmidinger It may be a marginal observation given the humanitarian catastrophe, global economic dislocation and cultural devastation, but it is nevertheless an interesting one for me as a political scientist: the Ukraine war is a new form of war, but in particular a new form of political communication of war. If Syria [...]
The European Commission wants to present a draft law on the control of e-mail, chat or messaging services by 30 March. This is intended to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to fight child abuse and child pornography. However, general monitoring of the above-mentioned services undermines encrypted, secure communication on the internet. For [...]
By Manel Msalmi On January 3rd and 4th 2022, a series of demonstrations took place in Europe mainly in Antwerp, Brussels, and Geneva but also in Hong Kong to ask for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and to send a message to the Chinese government that human rights and [...]
By Manel Mselmi A webinar with high level speakers was organised by the European Association for The Defense of Minorities to tackle the issue of Ahmadi faith in Pakistan and religious freedom in the region as well to fight against discrimination and marginalization of minorities. Dr Marzia Balzani outlined evolution of Ahmadi faith, the [...]
Following the initiative of Manel Msalmi ,a feminist and human rights activist, an international conference was organised on Thursday October 21st at the liberal party headquarters in Brussels entitled "The situation of women’s rights in Afghanistan after Taliban Takeover " which discussed women's rights and how to support young women and girls to have [...]
By Manel Msalmi, Brussels There are so many developed countries around the world like the UK, US, and Japan, or France which reward citizens for their huge efforts in fighting against corruption or preserving the environment as well as driving safely or walking and cycling. For the first time in Gulf and Arab countries, [...]
By Manel Msalmi, Brussels On Wednesday March 31st , a webinar was organised by the European Association for The Defense of Minorities and the Coordination of Party Youth Leaders and Politicians (CPYP-Egypt) in which participated Belgian Mp David Westman, a member of the Brussels Parliament and head of the Liberal Party in Brussels,Ms. Manel [...]
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