Kirsten Roberts Lyer
@krobertslyer.bsky.social
Chair, Human Rights Program, Associate Professor, Central European University Vienna | Chair, Scientific Committee EU Agency for Fundamental Rights | National human rights institutions | academic freedom | transnational repression | parliaments & rights
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UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state – The Guardian: ‘Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC said she had received threats via email and social media of dismemberment, rape and death, which have extended to her family in recent months.’
UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state
Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape threats
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state – The Guardian: ‘Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC said she had received threats via email and social media of dismemberment, rape and death, which have extended to her family in recent months.’
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An important step to ensure independent and pluralistic media in the EU.
The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓
The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓
February 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
An important step to ensure independent and pluralistic media in the EU.
The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓
The new European Board for Media Services, a milestone of the European Media Freedom Act, begins its work supporting the independent functioning of media providers ↓
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Academic freedom is under serious threat in the United States right now. Even setting aside important values and principles, this is wildly self-sabotaging. The best research usually results from contexts in which talented researchers have academic freedom protections. The US is hurting itself.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Academic freedom is under serious threat in the United States right now. Even setting aside important values and principles, this is wildly self-sabotaging. The best research usually results from contexts in which talented researchers have academic freedom protections. The US is hurting itself.
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"A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade..."
Freedom House documented 1,219 incidents by 48 governments across 103 countries, in 2014-24.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Freedom House documented 1,219 incidents by 48 governments across 103 countries, in 2014-24.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
China tops list of countries trying to silence exiled dissidents over past decade, study shows
China tops list of governments engaged in transnational repression, with more than 270 known attacks in other countries in the past decade
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"A quarter of the world’s countries have engaged in transnational repression – targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent – in the past decade..."
Freedom House documented 1,219 incidents by 48 governments across 103 countries, in 2014-24.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Freedom House documented 1,219 incidents by 48 governments across 103 countries, in 2014-24.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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What are the #FundamentalRights safeguards and implications of using the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing?
A new @eurightsagency.bsky.social information tool takes you through the issues.
Try it out: europa.eu/!bwy9pt
A new @eurightsagency.bsky.social information tool takes you through the issues.
Try it out: europa.eu/!bwy9pt
December 13, 2024 at 7:48 AM
What are the #FundamentalRights safeguards and implications of using the EU’s IT systems for migration and policing?
A new @eurightsagency.bsky.social information tool takes you through the issues.
Try it out: europa.eu/!bwy9pt
A new @eurightsagency.bsky.social information tool takes you through the issues.
Try it out: europa.eu/!bwy9pt
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New bipartisan bill would deter SLAPPs — frivolous lawsuits targeting speech.
The Free Speech Protection Act would protect journalists and everyone who wants to speak freely.
The Free Speech Protection Act would protect journalists and everyone who wants to speak freely.
Bipartisan bill would protect speech from harassing lawsuits
The Free Speech Protection Act could fix a gap in federal law that leaves journalists and others vulnerable to SLAPPs — frivolous lawsuits targeting speech.
freedom.press
December 12, 2024 at 5:45 PM
New bipartisan bill would deter SLAPPs — frivolous lawsuits targeting speech.
The Free Speech Protection Act would protect journalists and everyone who wants to speak freely.
The Free Speech Protection Act would protect journalists and everyone who wants to speak freely.
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How authoritarian regimes are targeting critics abroad
How authoritarian regimes are targeting critics abroad
Coercion and repression are increasingly travelling across borders, thanks to 21st-century communications.
dlvr.it
December 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM
How authoritarian regimes are targeting critics abroad
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A third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work or in public, finds the @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link eurostat.extwitter.link / @eurightsagency.bsky.social / EIGE EU gender-based violence survey.
For more headline figures across Europe see: europa.eu/!cfGdFT
For more headline figures across Europe see: europa.eu/!cfGdFT
November 25, 2024 at 9:18 AM
A third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work or in public, finds the @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link eurostat.extwitter.link / @eurightsagency.bsky.social / EIGE EU gender-based violence survey.
For more headline figures across Europe see: europa.eu/!cfGdFT
For more headline figures across Europe see: europa.eu/!cfGdFT
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Next Tuesday, 19 November, the @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social team and yours truly will be in Luxembourg to attend the hearing in Case C-769/22 (Commission v. Hungary - values of the Union), the case about the HU anti-LGBTI law where the COM relies directly on Union values.
Follow us for live coverage.
Follow us for live coverage.
November 14, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Next Tuesday, 19 November, the @ourruleoflaw.bsky.social team and yours truly will be in Luxembourg to attend the hearing in Case C-769/22 (Commission v. Hungary - values of the Union), the case about the HU anti-LGBTI law where the COM relies directly on Union values.
Follow us for live coverage.
Follow us for live coverage.
Can strengthened legal protections support human rights defenders in National Human Rights Institutions? I argue for improved immunity provisions in The International Journal of Human Rights. doi.org/10.1080/1364...
Protecting the protectors: redefining immunity protections for National Human Rights Institutions
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) established pursuant to the United Nations Paris Principles play a crucial role in protecting human rights at the domestic level, but they face significan...
doi.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Can strengthened legal protections support human rights defenders in National Human Rights Institutions? I argue for improved immunity provisions in The International Journal of Human Rights. doi.org/10.1080/1364...