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  Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Bachvałava) – BELARUS     Journalist, writer and poet Kaciaryna Andrejeva (real name Bachvałava) was arrested in November 2020 while livestreaming a peaceful protest honouring the memory of artist Raman Bandarenka, reportedly killed by Belarusian security officers following the fraudulent presidential elections of August 2020.   Andrejeva was sentenced to two years in prison in February 2021 on trumped up charges of organising and participating in actions that violate public order. In July 2022, Andrejeva was sentenced to an additional eight years in prison on bogus charges of ‘state treason’, in a trial held behind closed doors, with no further details disclosed or evidence presented to substantiate the allegation.   Andrejeva’s documentary book Belarusian Donbas , co-authored with her husband, journalist Ihar Iljaš, and published in 2020, details their investigation into the role of Belarusians in the war in Donbas. The book was d...

    Empty Chair: ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH (EGYPT) - TLRC/PEN International 2025.05.29 ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH (EGYPT) Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a British-Egyptian citizen, an award-winning writer and software developer, and an Honorary Member of English PEN. He is the author of “ You have not yet been defeated ,” and is considered the most high-profile prisoner of conscience in Egypt, having spent more than two-thirds of the last decade in prison for his expression. He won the 2022 Electronic Frontier Foundation Award for Democratic Reform Advocacy and PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award in 2023. In September 2024, Alaa Abd El-Fattah had fully served a five-year unjust prison sentence in Egypt following a grossly unfair trial before the Emergency State Security Court. However, Egyptian authorities continue to detain him arbitrarily. He faced trumped-up charges, including ‘joining an illegal organisation’, ‘spreading false news,’ and ‘misusing social media.’ The sentence, handed down in D...

  Fw: Nyt fra Danske Gymnasier 21/2025 Uge 21 |  maj 2025 Lov om offentligt ansattes ytringsfrihed er vedtaget Folketinget vedtog den 20. maj 2025 en lov om offentligt ansattes ytringsfrihed. Loven træder i kraft den 1. juli 2025 og gælder for ansatte i hele den offentlige forvaltning samt selvejende institutioner, foreninger, fonde m.v. Med loven fastslås, at offentligt ansatte har ret til at ytre sig som privatpersoner uden at risikere negative ansættelsesretlige konsekvenser - så længe ytringerne ikke indeholder fortrolige oplysninger, der er strafbare at videregive, er freds- eller ærekrænkende,  er fremsat i urimelig grov form eller indeholder åbenbart urigtige oplysninger om væsentlige forhold inden for eget arbejdsområde,  eller i særlige tilfælde skader arbejdspladsens interne beslutningsproces og funktionsevne. Beskyttelsen mod negative ansættelsesretlige konsekvenser omfatter som udgangspunkt alle former for ytringer uanset formidlingstype eller medie. Endv...