June 9, 2023
The US and EU have sharply criticized the new law, which the Polish opposition says represents a campaign of public humiliation. “Poland is here!” Opposition leader Donald Tusk shouted in front of a crowd of thousands of protesters who gathered in the center of Warsaw on Sunday. “No one will silence us!” Opposition parties and
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Zimbabwe’s parliament approved a controversial law that allegedly promotes patriotism, but the opposition condemned it as a “draconian” attempt to stifle dissent ahead of national elections. The bill, passed by the lower house on Wednesday evening, criminalizes actions that harm the “sovereignty and national interests” of the South African country. In the most extreme cases,
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Russian lawmakers have submitted a bill to parliament banning legal or surgical gender reassignment as Moscow escalates its conservative course during its offensive into Ukraine. Russia has for years been an inhospitable environment for anyone whose views diverge from the hard line of “family values” promoted by the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church. LGBTQ activists
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Metaparent company facebook and Instagram will receive news from their platforms if California passes a law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The bill, known as the Journalism Preservation Act, would require companies to pay “journalism use fees” whenever they place ads alongside news stories on their
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(FILES): This file photo, taken in Washington, DC, shows bitcoin medals./ AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEYER BANGI, Central African Republic, 30 May 2023 (AFP) — The Central African Republic (CAR) has passed a law allowing foreign investment in cryptocurrencies after it adopted Bitcoin and its own digital currency Sango as legal tender last year. The
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Uganda announced on Monday that the President Yoweri Museveni signed new draconian measures against homosexuality, described as some of the harshest in the world, drawing condemnation from human rights and LGBTQ groups, as well as Western powers. US President Joe Biden called for the immediate lifting of what he called a “tragic violation of universal
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Key points Uganda’s anti-LGBTIQ+ law signed by President Museveni has sparked outrage around the world, which could lead to sanctions for aid. The law provides for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and harsh penalties for its “propaganda”. Outrage has spread around the world over the strict anti-LGBTIQ+ legislation. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the infamous Wagnerian mercenary squad and self-proclaimed “butcher” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, once again go out to swing at the Moscow Ministry of Defense, this time warning that there would be a revolution like the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 if the Russian elites did not take the war in Ukraine
READ MOREPolish lawmakers on Friday approved a controversial bill on alleged Russian influence in Poland that targets the opposition and could influence the outcome of the fall parliamentary elections. The new law provides for the creation of a state commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland. It is generally believed to be targeting former Prime Minister
READ MOREHong Kong authorities on Friday denounced the British government’s call to repeal a Chinese-imposed national security law that Britain says has been used to harass, “silence and discredit” pro-democracy opposition figures. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley wrote in his government’s latest six-month report on Hong Kong that he highlighted at a UN hearing in February
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