#Freedom

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…

Council of Europe: World Forum, “Democracy: a new hope?”. Ukraine “the frontline of freedom”

Safety of journalists: Guterres (UN), “70 victims this year. End impunity for these crimes”. UNESCO, “indifference is the deadliest weapon”

The numbers of the war in Ukraine: 5,718 civilians killed, 383 children dead, 743 wounded

A total of 383 children have died and 743 were wounded; 5,718 civilians have been killed, with 8,199 wounded since…

Holy Land. HLC 2022: “Jerusalem must never become the exclusive monopoly of any one religion”

The final communiqué of the bishops of the Holy Land Coordination, on a solidarity visit to the local Christian communities…