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Repeal Bangladesh Digital Security Act – demands Amnesty Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on right to freedom of expression online and urgently repeal or amend the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA), Amnesty International said in a new briefing released on Monday. Introduced in October 2018, the DSA – a law that contains overbroad and vague provisions granting authorities extensive powers – is increasingly being used to stifle dissent online, with punishments that can extend to life imprisonment. The briefing, No space for dissent: Bangladesh’s Crackdown on Freedom of...

На този ден в България: 1896 - Завършва окончателното сглобяване на Желязната църква "Св. Стефан" в Истанбул, Турция. През 1849 г. българите в турската столица получават разрешение да имат свой храм. За целта княз Стефан Богориди подарява дворно място с една постройка, използвана като пералня, в квартал "Фенер" на Златния рог. В тази к...

The 50th Anniversary of the Spanish Civil War - Eduardo Vivancos Lecture given at the World Anti-national Association (SAT) congress held in Sant Cuget del Valles in Barcelona in July 1986. It is an interesting fact that the 59 congress of SAT is taking place in Barcelona in 1986 coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution, because it is precisely in this city that the revolutionary events of 1936 gave the workers the greatest hopes of complete emancipation. It was in Barcelona where the seed of the most audacious revolutionary movement of those times was found. When on t...

MANILA, Philippines — The Dutch missionary whose permanent resident visa was revoked by the government for allegedly joining protest rallies has been deported, Malacañang announced on Wednesday. Otto Rudolf De Vries has proven himself to be an undesirable alien by joining protest actions, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. “He was deported for joining rallies, which according to our immigration law is prohibited,” Roque said. “But he can...

(Photo from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights) Bishop Gerardo A. Alminaza, chairperson of CWS, said the BI’s order on the cancellation of de Vries permanent resident visa and consequently leave the country was based upon the false and malicious allegations made by the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) accusing the Dutch missionary of engaging and actively “participating in protest rallies of Communist-Terrorist Groups (CTG) front organizations.” “Contrary to the allegations made by NICA, organizing workers’ associations and unions and educating them about th...