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 "From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat," writes IFEX.org in this article republished by Meta.mk. This statement was originally published by the IFEX member Electronic Fronteer Foundation - EFF.org on 27 December 2022.It’s been a tumultuous year for free expression...

This story by Tanya Lokot originally appeared on Global Voices on August 3, 2021. It is republished under a Creative Commons Attribution-Only license.   Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou, who went missing in Ukraine on August 2, has been found dead in a park near his home in Kyiv, according to police reports. Shyshou, who left Belarus in the autumn of 2020 fearing...

The season at the Ohrid Lake has already begun and with it, some ugly scenes seem to arrive. Many locations on the shoreline are full of waste left by the visitors. Fortunately, Ohrid has enthusiasts that are dedicating their time and energy to prevent the shoreline to become a landfill. The past weekend, "Chist Ohrid" (Clean Ohrid) Initiative, second...

Besa activists have reported to the police that while they were hanging posters in Aračinovo, a golf vehicle stopped nearby and an unknown person has fired a single shot from a gun and has left in an unknown direction. The activists, as was reported by MoI, have found a capsule that was transferred at a police station in Arachinovo. MoI...

The project “Support without hate” that was carried out by 10 young activists, journalists, and students, and was financed by the US Embassy in Albania will be finalized tomorrow at the press conference that will be held at the “GEM-club” starting at 14:00 pm. During the press conference, the project’s activities will be presented such as the influence of social...

The court hearing for the activist from the "Colourful Revolution" Pavle Bogoevski has been postponed to November 14 because the Prosecution's proposal lacked the amount of material damage caused to the Ministry of Culture. “The Prosecution's proposal was not only politically motivated, it was a call for the persecution of all the people protesting, but it was disastrously ill-prepared and...

Several hundred of citizens today at 15:00 informally gathered to protest in front of the Special Prosecutor's Office. Although the civil initiative "I protest" did not schedule a protest today, citizens spontaneously came to express their anger against President Ivanov’s decision to pardon politicians and their close associates. The protest took place just in front of the premises of the...

Civil Rights Activists and NGOs at noon today started the campaign "We deserve better." At the stand, placed in front of Mother Teresa's memorial house, the activists handed out leaflets that explained why the citizens should always ask for more. Activist Nikola Pisarev said that they believe in the capability of society and the minds of citizens. "We deserve...

None of the tapped activists who today got folders with wiretapped conversations by the leader of the opposition was surprised that their phone numbers are found on wiretapping list. They say that feeling when you know that someone else has a part of your private life is extremely uncomfortable and announced criminal charges of those who tapped them. Bojan Marichik...

Bitola citizen Jasmina Kochevska, activist SDSM and owner of "Opel" that was torched last night, stated for META that she is extremely upset by the incident, especially since her car was torched just five minutes after her son had parked it in front of the building, near the Technical school. Kochevska’s son returned home around 2:30 am and when he...