#Freedom

Egypt: Zaki ‘pardoned’, the importance of not lowering our guard

The decision to ‘pardon’ the former Bologna University student was the result of various pressures, both national and international. The…

Persons deprived of liberty. Palma (Guarantor): “Alternative and community-based measures did not decrease prison population”

The Guarantor voiced concern over the high number of suicides in 2023, numbering a total of 29, along with 12…

EU Parliament: Russia must immediately release political prisoners Kara-Murza and Navalny

Russia: Pejcinovic Buric (Council of Europe), “full solidarity with Mr Kara-Murza. Sham trial”

Russia: Borrell (EU) condemns new attack on Civil Society Forum. “A crackdown”

Council of Europe: Mijatovic, need to support human rights defenders in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus

Georgia. Msgr. Pasotto (Tbilisi), “Protests continue but violence and strife breed nothing but divisiveness”

“To love Georgia means reaching an understanding to foster its growth, without embarking on the path of conflict. Violence always…

Council of Europe: “Free to Create” Report, freedom of artistic expression threatened. Need for rules, protection, resources

EU Parliament: Sakharov Prize Award. Metsola, “Ukrainians are also fighting for our values that we had the luxury of taking for granted”

EU Parliament: Sakharov Prize Award. Zelensky, “Russians are destroying everything. This is a battle for freedom”

Matviychuk (Nobel Peace Laureate): “Putin is a threat to everyone. Europe should step out of its comfort zone”

SIR interviewed the Ukrainian human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, who was recently awarded the…