13 lessons from a climate change diplomat with months left to live https://on.ft.com/3AZJGr0

RT @globalfreemedia
To mark #WPFD2023, our partners @tazgezwitscher publishes an in-depth feature on the #disinformation campaign launched by Fidesz party in #Hungary against Austrian journalist, IPI member Franziska Tschinderle. A research by @jeanbaeck @chrjkb & @Luilux_
https://taz.de/Angegriffene-Pressefreiheit-in-Ungarn/!5928587/

RT @RechargeRARE
Defending democracy requires a free civil society

230 NGOs, also #ourRAREpeople, oppose plans for an EU law on foreign interference. We worry that its unintended side effects would hinder #civilsociety in defending #democracy #humanrights in 🇪🇺 & beyond. http://civilsocietyeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230-Civil-Society-Organisations-Statement-on-EU-Foreign-Interference-Law.pdf

RT @hhc_helsinki
The technical deal between 🇪🇺@EU_Commission & 🇭🇺 government has some positive steps to strengthen an independent judiciary. How it is rammed through parliament for a vote today breaches HU lawmaking rules and EU milestones. Our letter to @dreynders: https://helsinki.hu/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/joint_letter_EC_judicial_reform_20230502.pdf https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/1653470263424499732

RT @hhc_helsinki
Breaching milestones to meet judicial super milestones is not the right way to ensure Hungary's access to EU funds. We asked @dreynders to urge the HU government majority not to pass the law in a parliamentary process that was not open and inclusive. https://helsinki.hu/en/parliamentary-process-of-the-bill-on-judicial-super-milestones-breaches-lawmaking-rules/

RT @hhc_helsinki
Tomorrow our client Abouzar Soltani is meeting @Pontifex in Budapest.
Abouzar fled persecution for his Christian faith. In Hungary, he and his young son were detained for 553 days in a transit zone until the EU Court of Justice found this unlawful. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65415939

Vielen Dank @IEP_Berlin for organising today’s discussion on the latest #ruleoflaw #corruption #civilsociety developments in Hungary 🇭🇺 and on how we can address concerns. It was a pleasure to take part.
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RT @IEP_Berlin
#Demokratie & #Rechtsstaatlichkeit in #Ungarn stehen unter Druck.
Was ist dabei Deutschlands Rolle nach der "Zeitenwende"?
🇭🇺 🇩🇪

Das IEP diskutiert im Rahmen von „Ungarn neu denken“ mit Expert:innen aus Deutschland…
https://twitter.com/IEP_Berlin/status/1651540349700001794

RT @hhc_helsinki
🇭🇺 Gov fails to comply with over half of the #ruleoflaw conditions of accessing EU funds; RRF super milestones & conditionality measures are yet to be fulfilled. We show with fellow local anti-corruption and human rights watchdogs what's missing: https://helsinki.hu/en/the-hungarian-government-is-yet-to-comply-with-conditions-to-access-eu-funds/

Here is her letter to parliament https://www.parlament.hu/irom42/03089/03089-0013.pdf

Today the head of state @KatalinNovakMP decided not to sign this into law and asked parliament to reconsider due to its vague wording, unclear application and consequences and that it weakens the level of rights protection. She wants these parts to be deleted from the law. Good.
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RT @martapardavi
Anonymous reports to ‘protect the Hungarian way of life’ will be part of the Hungarian way of transposing the EU #whistleblower protectio…
https://twitter.com/martapardavi/status/1631933388373278722

RT @hhc_helsinki
HHC's co-chair @martapardavi said the homophobic law "discriminates against part of Hungary's society by making them less visible and stigmatising them. This degree of discrimination is so severe that it actually goes against the EU's core values."

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0422/1377421-hungary-lgbtq-law/

RT @ClaireLegrasB
🙏@uni_corvinus & @TakatsElod for hosting, to our Minister for🇪🇺@LaurenceBoone for the drive, robustness & optimism of her vision on Europe's power and its democtratic challenges & to the brilliant panelists @peterkreko @martapardavi @jozsef_martin, Gergely Fejérdy & Anita Szűcs

RT @BBCSteveR
“They hate him so much that they need to lock him up for a quarter of a century.” We report from Moscow on the day Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was sent to prison for 25 years. Producer @LizaShuvalova @BBCNews

RT @hhc_helsinki
Super milestone 16 is one of the 4 key judicial reforms that 🇭🇺 must meet to get EU RRF funds 🇪🇺💶. The possibility for public authorities to challenge final judicial decisions at the Constitutional Court has to be removed. Our Q&A explains & shows gaps. https://helsinki.hu/en/qa-on-super-milestone-216/

RT @hhc_helsinki
Two @Telexhu journalists trying to interview government officials about the Szájer affair were blocked by a police cordon outside PM Orbán's office. Today, a court ruling confirmed that this was unlawful and breached our clients' #freedomofexpression.
https://helsinki.hu/en/unlawful-fencing-off-hungarian-prime-ministers-office-from-telex-journalists/

RT @skirchy
So far, researchers at @citizenlab have identified more than five victims and it's a familiar group of people: journalists, political opposition figures, an employee at an NGO. Even as the US has sought to curtail NSO Group, Reign has the same powerful capabilities as Pegasus https://twitter.com/skirchy/status/1645821672623157257

RT @razhael
Microsoft and Citizen Lab have outed more activity from Israeli spyware firm and NSO competitor QuaDream, finding evidence that at least five civil society actors had their iPhones compromised by the company's software. (with @Bing_Chris)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-watchdog-group-say-israeli-spyware-used-hack-civil-society-2023-04-11/

RT @Dunja_Mijatovic
Experts warn of new spyware threat targeting journalists and political figures https://twitter.com/skirchy/status/1645821672623157257

RT @danielrskinner
The New York Times has written a beautiful obituary for my friend, Ben Ferencz. Please share in his memory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/europe/benjamin-b-ferencz-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

RT @yaffaesque
A story I never wanted to write: on my dear friend @evangershkovich, arrested by the F.S.B. in Russia. Waiting for you, my buddy. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-unimaginable-horror-of-a-friends-arrest-in-moscow