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BREAKING 🚨 | Reform announce plans to legalise discrimination.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
BREAKING 🚨 | Reform announce plans to legalise discrimination.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
Plans include scrapping the Equality Act, which would legalise discrimination against a worker if they were a woman, disabled, black, pregnant or gay.
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Happy Pancake Day! Have a flipping good day...
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Happy Pancake Day! Have a flipping good day...
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Hong Kong's Lamma Island rang in the new year on Monday evening with a unicorn dance at Yung Shue Wan's temple. Video: HKFP.
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hong Kong's Lamma Island rang in the new year on Monday evening with a unicorn dance at Yung Shue Wan's temple. Video: HKFP.
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💔 5 years and 5 months ago, Marfa Rabkova was arrested in #Belarus
As a coordinator of Vasna's Volunteer Service, she organized the documentation of political repression and supported victims of state violence. For that, the Belarusian authorities sentenced her to nearly 15 years in prison.
As a coordinator of Vasna's Volunteer Service, she organized the documentation of political repression and supported victims of state violence. For that, the Belarusian authorities sentenced her to nearly 15 years in prison.
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
💔 5 years and 5 months ago, Marfa Rabkova was arrested in #Belarus
As a coordinator of Vasna's Volunteer Service, she organized the documentation of political repression and supported victims of state violence. For that, the Belarusian authorities sentenced her to nearly 15 years in prison.
As a coordinator of Vasna's Volunteer Service, she organized the documentation of political repression and supported victims of state violence. For that, the Belarusian authorities sentenced her to nearly 15 years in prison.
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This morning, the @dpcireland.bsky.social announced that it has opened an own-volition inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) concerning the Grok AI "nudification" scandal.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Data Protection Commission investigates X over ‘nudification’ of images via Grok
Regulator said its investigation will focus on whether Elon Musk-owned company has breached GDPR rules
www.irishtimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:22 AM
This morning, the @dpcireland.bsky.social announced that it has opened an own-volition inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) concerning the Grok AI "nudification" scandal.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Today, the Council formally adopted its position on the updated EU water rules. 👇
• expanded list of pollutants
• stricter quality standards
• stronger monitoring
For cleaner rivers, and safer groundwater and drinking water across the EU. 👇
link.europa.eu/CTfgcP
• expanded list of pollutants
• stricter quality standards
• stronger monitoring
For cleaner rivers, and safer groundwater and drinking water across the EU. 👇
link.europa.eu/CTfgcP
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Today, the Council formally adopted its position on the updated EU water rules. 👇
• expanded list of pollutants
• stricter quality standards
• stronger monitoring
For cleaner rivers, and safer groundwater and drinking water across the EU. 👇
link.europa.eu/CTfgcP
• expanded list of pollutants
• stricter quality standards
• stronger monitoring
For cleaner rivers, and safer groundwater and drinking water across the EU. 👇
link.europa.eu/CTfgcP
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The European Court of Human Rights has dealt with over 430,000 applications in the last 10 years.
Less than 2% of those related to immigration.
And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.
Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2
Less than 2% of those related to immigration.
And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.
Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2
February 13, 2026 at 9:08 AM
The European Court of Human Rights has dealt with over 430,000 applications in the last 10 years.
Less than 2% of those related to immigration.
And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.
Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2
Less than 2% of those related to immigration.
And more than 90% of THOSE were dismissed by the Court.
Check out our new factsheet on migration and the ECHR👇
🔗 go.coe.int/MJ3B2
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... Following today’s update, the list consists of 10 jurisdictions:
American Samoa
Anguilla
Guam
Palau
Panama
Russia
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
American Samoa
Anguilla
Guam
Palau
Panama
Russia
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Taxation: Council updates the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
Today, the Council added two countries - Turks and Caicos Islands and Viet Nam – to the EU list. At the same time, three countries - Fiji, Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago - were removed. Following this ...
www.consilium.europa.eu
February 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... Following today’s update, the list consists of 10 jurisdictions:
American Samoa
Anguilla
Guam
Palau
Panama
Russia
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
American Samoa
Anguilla
Guam
Palau
Panama
Russia
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
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The Council has updated the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes:
➕ Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 and Viet Nam 🇻🇳 added
➖ Fiji 🇫🇯, Samoa 🇼🇸 and Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 removed
📌The list now includes 10 jurisdictions.
Find out more ➡️ link.europa.eu/G3tNtW
➕ Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 and Viet Nam 🇻🇳 added
➖ Fiji 🇫🇯, Samoa 🇼🇸 and Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 removed
📌The list now includes 10 jurisdictions.
Find out more ➡️ link.europa.eu/G3tNtW
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The Council has updated the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes:
➕ Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 and Viet Nam 🇻🇳 added
➖ Fiji 🇫🇯, Samoa 🇼🇸 and Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 removed
📌The list now includes 10 jurisdictions.
Find out more ➡️ link.europa.eu/G3tNtW
➕ Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 and Viet Nam 🇻🇳 added
➖ Fiji 🇫🇯, Samoa 🇼🇸 and Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 removed
📌The list now includes 10 jurisdictions.
Find out more ➡️ link.europa.eu/G3tNtW
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"Our governments across the political spectrum are entrenching a very dangerous state culture. One by which they can make and implement long-standing decisions that clearly are in violation of fundamental laws", so Hanaa Hakiki, Directress des ECCHR-Programmbereichs Border Justice.
February 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Our governments across the political spectrum are entrenching a very dangerous state culture. One by which they can make and implement long-standing decisions that clearly are in violation of fundamental laws", so Hanaa Hakiki, Directress des ECCHR-Programmbereichs Border Justice.
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We have launched an investigation against Shein under the Digital Services Act.
It will focus on Shein’s sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, its addictive design, lack of transparency of its recommender systems.
More: link.europa.eu/rVJcB9
It will focus on Shein’s sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, its addictive design, lack of transparency of its recommender systems.
More: link.europa.eu/rVJcB9
February 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
We have launched an investigation against Shein under the Digital Services Act.
It will focus on Shein’s sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, its addictive design, lack of transparency of its recommender systems.
More: link.europa.eu/rVJcB9
It will focus on Shein’s sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, its addictive design, lack of transparency of its recommender systems.
More: link.europa.eu/rVJcB9
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In Venezuela, human rights defenders continue to face intimidation, criminalisation, and shrinking civic space amid a deepening political crisis.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In Venezuela, human rights defenders continue to face intimidation, criminalisation, and shrinking civic space amid a deepening political crisis.
📄 Read the article
Check the 📩
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
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Two years after Alexei Navalny’s death, we commemorated him in Geneva. The ECHR has made clear: Russia bears responsibility.
Germany stands with those in Russia who continue to defend human rights and calls for accountability and the release of all political prisoners.
Germany stands with those in Russia who continue to defend human rights and calls for accountability and the release of all political prisoners.
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Two years after Alexei Navalny’s death, we commemorated him in Geneva. The ECHR has made clear: Russia bears responsibility.
Germany stands with those in Russia who continue to defend human rights and calls for accountability and the release of all political prisoners.
Germany stands with those in Russia who continue to defend human rights and calls for accountability and the release of all political prisoners.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
apnews.com/article/jess...
apnews.com/article/jess...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.
apnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
apnews.com/article/jess...
apnews.com/article/jess...
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France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States
u.afp.com/S6NR
u.afp.com/S6NR
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States
u.afp.com/S6NR
u.afp.com/S6NR
UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project @theguardian.news
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project @theguardian.news
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Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
February 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"Eighty percent of Americans said voters have a responsibility to keep up with the news, but just 8% said they had a responsibility to pay for it." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
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Bulgaria's president Radev resigned to launch a new party and is hoping to win the April 2026 parliamentary elections. As president, he's been steadily pro-Ru ("let's stop giving aid to Ukraine to achieve peace") and anti-EU (tried to push through a referendum on the euro). Now he's trying...
February 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Bulgaria's president Radev resigned to launch a new party and is hoping to win the April 2026 parliamentary elections. As president, he's been steadily pro-Ru ("let's stop giving aid to Ukraine to achieve peace") and anti-EU (tried to push through a referendum on the euro). Now he's trying...
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Via PBS News Hour, Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, today endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
"Your sucess is our sucess," Rubio said.
Orbán, of course, has been the model for controlling the news media as a way to stay in power.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
"Your sucess is our sucess," Rubio said.
Orbán, of course, has been the model for controlling the news media as a way to stay in power.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Viktor Orbán’s Hail Mary.
I was editor in chief of Hungary’s most-read independent daily until a pro-government media network bought the newspaper. It’s the fifth time in thirty years that politics has cost me my job—and it’s ...
www.cjr.org
February 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Via PBS News Hour, Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, today endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
"Your sucess is our sucess," Rubio said.
Orbán, of course, has been the model for controlling the news media as a way to stay in power.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
"Your sucess is our sucess," Rubio said.
Orbán, of course, has been the model for controlling the news media as a way to stay in power.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Following revelations that opposition leader Alexey Navalny was fatally poisoned in prison, 15 countries have called on Russia to release all political prisoners. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Fifteen countries call on Russia to release all political prisoners on the second anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s death — Meduza
In a joint statement released on Monday marking the second anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s death, 15 countries called on Russia to release all political prisoners. The statement comes two days after…
meduza.io
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Following revelations that opposition leader Alexey Navalny was fatally poisoned in prison, 15 countries have called on Russia to release all political prisoners. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Two years after Navalny's death — and days after five countries confirmed he was poisoned with a rare neurotoxin — mourners in Moscow covered his grave with flowers, rubber ducks, and handwritten notes while "anti-extremism" police recorded their faces. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Police filmed everyone. Nobody hid. At Alexey Navalny’s grave, on the second anniversary of his death, his mother stood in the freezing cold and listened. — Meduza
Two days before the second anniversary of Alexey Navalny’s death, five European countries declared that independent forensic analyses show the opposition leader was poisoned in prison. The substance…
meduza.io
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Two years after Navalny's death — and days after five countries confirmed he was poisoned with a rare neurotoxin — mourners in Moscow covered his grave with flowers, rubber ducks, and handwritten notes while "anti-extremism" police recorded their faces. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Myanmar's military ordered East Timor ’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities in the capital Dili accepted a criminal complaint against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing english.dvb.no/myanmar-expe...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#timorleste
#accountability
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#timorleste
#accountability
Myanmar expels East Timor’s top diplomat over a criminal complaint alleging military abuses - DVB
Myanmar ’s military ordered East Timor ’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities from the fellow Southeast Asian country accepted a criminal complaint against Myanmar’s armed ...
english.dvb.no
February 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Myanmar's military ordered East Timor ’s senior diplomat to leave the country after judicial authorities in the capital Dili accepted a criminal complaint against Senior General Min Aung Hlaing english.dvb.no/myanmar-expe...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#timorleste
#accountability
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#timorleste
#accountability
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An Anhui court tried former journalist #YinJiangen for “picking quarrels” but hasn’t announced a verdict.
Detained since Aug 2025, Yin published over 450 #WeChat posts criticizing 🇨🇳 officials, police & courts.
👉 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
Detained since Aug 2025, Yin published over 450 #WeChat posts criticizing 🇨🇳 officials, police & courts.
👉 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
February 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
An Anhui court tried former journalist #YinJiangen for “picking quarrels” but hasn’t announced a verdict.
Detained since Aug 2025, Yin published over 450 #WeChat posts criticizing 🇨🇳 officials, police & courts.
👉 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...
Detained since Aug 2025, Yin published over 450 #WeChat posts criticizing 🇨🇳 officials, police & courts.
👉 tenchu.org/pocd/public/...