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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 4d

“#Germany must support, not suppress, actions aiming to stop atrocity crimes and genocide,” the experts said. “No circumstances can justify unnecessary and excessive police violence or unjust criminalisation for exercising fundamental freedoms.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UN experts urge Germany to halt criminalisation and police violence against Palestinian solidarity activism

GENEVA – UN experts* today urged Germany to stop criminalising, punishing, and suppressing legitimate Palestinian solidarity activism.“We are alarmed by the persistent pattern of police violence and a...

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 5d

Può la parabola ceausista offrirci una chiave di lettura per comprendere le odierne ambizioni di Trump? Se si cercasse una risposta nel passato romeno, non sarebbe rassicurante.

www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Romania...

Da Ceaușescu a Trump: quando i bulli anelano al Nobel per la Pace

Una riflessione sulle manie di grandezza e sulle ambizioni di Nicolae Ceaușescu e Donald Trump, due leader che in epoche diverse hanno rivendicato un ruolo di mediatori internazionali mirando al Nobel...

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 5d

Yesturday in Bruxelles national strike against budget cuts by the Arizona political coalition but also in solidarity with Palestine. Unfortunately tear gas and hydrants as well.

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 5d

At the CoR the chair of COTER Cordeiro harshly criticises the EC proposal to reform Cohesion policy centralising decisions at Eu and national levels and the absence of reference to social cohesion, something that will grow discontent in our societies. Yes semplification but different #euregionsweek

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 6d

Must-read post on Orban’s destruction of academic freedom, its institutional, budgetary as well as its collective and individual ramifications. Reminder: This destruction has only been met with minimal EU action and sanctions

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 6d

What can we learn from Hungary's experience when conceptualising academic freedom?

ANDRÁS L. PAP offers eight lessons as part of our current symposium on Article 13 of the Charter.

verfassungsblog.de/hungary-acad...

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Giulio Cavalli @giuliocavalli.bsky.social · 6d

Sei palestinesi uccisi da droni israeliani a Shuja'iyya, est di Gaza City. Stavano ispezionando le loro case durante la tregua. La chiamano pace.

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 7d

At the first day of the #euregionsweek it is evident the tension between commissionaire Fitto and the many regional stakeholders on the reform of cohesion towards recentralisation in the hands of the Eu governments vs leaving cities and regions their traditional role

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Arianna Ciccone @ariannaciccone.bsky.social · 10d

Last week, The Knight First Amendment Institute scored a landmark victory against the Trump administration when a federal judge ruled that the detention and attempted deportation of Khalil and other pro-Palestinian students was unconstitutional and intentionally designed to chill free speech.

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · 10d

🇩🇪 Germany’s silence on the EU’s “Chat Control” could decide the future of digital privacy. ECPMF urges Berlin to defend encryption and uphold its commitment to human rights-based policy. The vote could swing Europe toward mass surveillance.
www.ecpmf.eu/press-freedo...

Press Freedom at Risk: The Democratic Cost of the EU’s “Chat Control” Proposal

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is alarmed by the draft of the EU Commission’s CSA Regulation, so-called “Chat Control”. We call on the Council to reject the new proposal. Furt...

www.ecpmf.eu

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 12d

gli stipendi nella pubblica amministrazione sono bassi rispetto alla complessità e alla responsabilità che l'attuazione dei progetti europei comporta. molti professionisti qualificati lasciano la pubblica amministrazione e cercano di avviare attività in proprio www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Montene...

Montenegro: rafforzare le relazioni transnazionali attraverso la cooperazione territoriale

Il sostegno preadesione dell'UE ai Balcani occidentali comprende una componente di cooperazione transnazionale e transfrontaliera, che contribuisce a creare reti di professionisti tra i paesi candidat...

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 13d

10 years later, a worsening political climate in #Greece as for #migration in a worse international context where Athens is embedded into an "embrassing alliance with Israel" and "due to its geographical position at any moment could find itself in a new storm" www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Grecia/...

Grecia, non c’è volontà di integrare i migranti

Anziché una crisi migratoria, quella del 2015 è stata una crisi di accoglienza. A dieci anni di distanza, il clima politico in Grecia è più tossico che mai. A denunciarlo Lefteri Papagiannakis, dirett...

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 13d

La riforma della magistratura deve diventare presto tema di discussione pubblica, chè corriamo rischi enormi. Basta guardare ai tentativi di delegittimizzazione delle istituzioni attorno alle norme sulla migrazione per capire dove vuole arrivare il governo www.lecostituzionaliste.it/la-separazio...

La “separazione delle carriere”: una soluzione di dubbia opportunità. - Le Costituzionaliste

Il disegno di legge di revisione costituzionale presentato dal Governo alla Camera dei deputati il 13 giugno scorso, recante “Norme in materia di ordinamento giurisdizionale e di istituzione della Cor...

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Liamara Radici ☘ @liamara-radici.bsky.social · 16d

Basta Razzismo

Tra Salvini che si sente perseguitato come Gesù e Meloni che crede che i volontari provenienti da oltre cinquanta paesi diversi stiano tramando contro il suo governo, non so decidermi su chi sia il più ridicolo.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16d

⚡️Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace.

Some protesters attempted to break through the palace fences, prompting Georgia's Interior Ministry to declare the demonstration illegal and order the crowd dispersed.

Georgian police crack down on protesters as thousands march on presidential palace

Some protesters attempted to break through the palace fences, prompting Georgia's Interior Ministry to declare the demonstration illegal and order the crowd dispersed.

kyivindependent.com

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 16d

"No doubt, the corporate sponsors and wealthy donors of the press club are pleased. No doubt, the club is able to slither away from its journalistic integrity.

"But please, have the decency to remove the word press from your club."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

johnmenadue.com

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 16d

One million in Rome in solidarity with Palestine denoucing Italy complicity with the unfolding genocide #notinourname #freePalestine

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 16d

One million in Rome to ask the Italian government to stop making us all complicit in the genocide of Palestinians #freePalestine #internationasolidarity

Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 16d

Roma nord vengono bloccati gli autobus diretti alla manifestione per la Palestina. Manifestanti infuriati rivendicano il diritto alla partecipazione politica. Speriamo ancora di arrivare nella capitale. #FreePalestine

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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 16d

This has very end of days vibe. I repeat: no good ever comes from chasing Farage down a rabbit hole. You’ll never catch him.

Kemi Badenoch confirms plan to leave ECHR

www.thetimes.com/article/8356...

Kemi Badenoch confirms plan to leave ECHR

The Tory leader also commits to scrapping the Human Rights Acts as she says immigration has pushed the country to ‘breaking point’

www.thetimes.com

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 16d

Hundreds of special task force officers have just entered the Tbilisi City Council building on Liberty Square. Security forces are also positioned inside the Parliament. Tensions are running high. #GeorgiaProtests

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 17d

In 15.000 anche a Trento per la Palestina. Questo paese sgangherato sa essere bellissimo quando mostra di conoscere il valore della solidarità internazionale. Un enorme sciopero generale perchè il nostro governo smetta di renderci tutti complici con il genocidio dei palestinesi. #freePalestine!

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty @rferl.org.web.brid.gy · 20d

'Terrifying' Daytime Drone Strike Hits Dnipro, Ukraine

Russia hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a rare daytime drone attack on September 30, killing one person and leaving dozens injured, including two children. In comments online, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it "a brazen attack" and appealed for stronger sanctions on Russia.

www.rferl.org

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Liamara Radici ☘ @liamara-radici.bsky.social · 20d

Basta Razzismo

Maledetti komunisti che presentano brutta gente alla nostra cara presidentessa, così da farle fare brutta figura

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 21d

“Nel luglio del 1956, il presidente jugoslavo Tito accoglie sull’arcipelago il presidente egiziano Nasser e il premier indiano Nehru (...) quegli accordi diventano le basi dei principi del Movimento dei Paesi non allineati" www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Croazia...

Brioni, la seconda capitale jugoslava

Con la Seconda guerra mondiale e la nascita della Jugoslavia socialista, le isole Brioni diventano una sorta di seconda capitale jugoslava. Tito vi trascorreva buona parte dell’anno, accogliendo numer...

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Luisa Chiodi @luisachiodi.bsky.social · 22d

Heavy rain inside the airport of Tirana. An incredible situation that smalls of corruption. Who can explain it? @balcanicaucaso.org @gresahasa.bsky.social @fredabrahams.bsky.social

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