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Stop Persecution - A Bosnian university professor has revealed the truth. Let’s sue him!
At the beginning of it all, there was a master's thesis-- a simple academic paper examining the air pollution in Zenica. Only some specific details make this...
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https://stop-persecution.org/ukranian-fairytale-of-golden-eggs-doesn-t-have-a-happy-ending
Stop Persecution - Ukrainian tale of “golden eggs” doesn’t have a happy ending
"Back then, we had no idea what the consequences of such an enormous facility would be, we did not interfere." When the people of Chetvertynivka in the...
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https://stop-persecution.org/news/the-space-for-civil-society-is-furtherly-shrinking-too-many-states-do-not-respect-the-environmental-democracy-principles
Stop Persecution - The space for civil society is furtherly shrinking: Too many states do not...
A substantial number of countries are failing to adhere to the agreed provisions of the International Aarhus Convention on environmental democracy (1). While...
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https://stop-persecution.org/europe-s-ngos-under-pressure-funding-rules-used-to-silence-advocacy
Stop Persecution - Europe’s NGOs Under Pressure: Funding Rules Used to Silence Advocacy
Since 2024, right-wing MEPs, primarily from the European People's Party (EPP), have increasingly challenged environmental NGOs receiving LIFE programme...
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https://stop-persecution.org/bih-banja-luka-picin-park-zeljko-vulic
Stop Persecution - Picin Park: Its defenders earned hardline retribution
The last remaining green area in the city center was sold to a private investor at a bargain price and destroyed. The story of the destroyed park in Banja...
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https://stop-persecution.org/news/arnika-warns-the-situation-in-georgia-is-deteriorating-dramatically-environmental-defenders-are-on-the-front-lines
Stop Persecution - Arnika warns: The situation in Georgia is deteriorating dramatically....
Czech NGO Arnika expresses deep concern about the legislative developments in Georgia and the persecution of NGOs. It perceives the restrictive measures being...
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https://stop-persecution.org/the-suppression-of-opposition-ahead-of-kazakhstan-s-nuclear-vote
Stop Persecution - The Suppression of Opposition Ahead of Kazakhstan's Nuclear Vote
In October 2024, Kazakhstan held a nationwide referendum on controversial plans to build the first nuclear power plant in Central Asia. In the months preceding...
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Stop Persecution - Climate movement labeled as extremism
In 2015, the government of the Czech Republic decided to break the coal mining limits in the northern part of the country, which were set right after the...
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https://stop-persecution.org/news/western-democracies-escalate-crackdown-on-climate-protesters-report-finds
Stop Persecution - Western Democracies Escalate Crackdown on Climate Protesters, Report Finds
In September 2024, Climate Rights International (CRI) has issued a report on climate protest persecution - “On Thin Ice: Disproportionate Responses to Climate...
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Stop Persecution - When civic rights are against the law – the story of an unwanted petition
"No one has the right to engage in provocation!" These are the words of Berdibek Saparbayev, the head of the Aktobe region in mid-western Kazakhstan. The...
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https://stop-persecution.org/arrest-of-irina-sukhy
Stop Persecution - Arrest of Irina Sukhy: Belarus authorities exploiting the political turmoil to...
A prominent environmental activist and the founder of one of Belarus's most influential NGOs, Ecohome, Irina Sukhy, was detained in her apartment in Minsk on...
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https://stop-persecution.org/citizens-fighting-noise-pollution-threatened-by-a-corporation
Stop Persecution - Citizens fighting noise pollution threatened by a corporation
One day in October 2023, Milan Matějka received an unexpected pre-claim notice. Reason? His criticism of the international corporation Kronospan, whose...
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https://stop-persecution.org/resurgence-of-activist-persecution-in-belarus-brest-activists-under-arrest
Stop Persecution - The controversial battery plant in Brest, Belarus, began to operate despite...
The construction of the “iPower” battery plant in the Brest free economic zone began in 2017 and since the very beginning, there have been issues with the...
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https://stop-persecution.org/money-is-the-real-power-as-an-agricultural-oligarch-puts-down-his-enemies
Stop Persecution - Money is the real power – poultry oligarch puts down his enemies
Imagine, one day, an unexpected group of people comes to your workplace and beats you up with iron bars. While this may seem unimaginable, for Vasyl Tkachenko,...
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https://stop-persecution.org/criminal-charges-and-custody-for-non-violent-protest-against-coal-mining
Stop Persecution - Criminal charges for non-violent protest against coal mining
On Wednesday, November 28, an international group of 12 Greenpeace activists from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, and Belgium gained access to the...
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https://stop-persecution.org/polish-authorities-silencing-the-climate-defenders-at-cop24
Stop Persecution - Polish authorities silencing the climate defenders at COP24
It was a Sunday morning on December 8, 2018, when the Ukrainian environmental NGO Ecoaction was disturbed while sleeping in a hotel in Katowice. On the other...
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https://stop-persecution.org/georgian-activist-eliso-janashia-assaulted-in-her-hometown
Stop Persecution - Georgian Activist Eliso Janashia Assaulted in Her Hometown
On December 23, 2024, the Georgian activist Eliso Janashia was assaulted in her hometown, Poti. Janashia believes that the attack was ordered by the ruling...
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https://stop-persecution.org/persecution-of-environmental-defenders-from-a-georgian-mining-village
Stop Persecution - Persecution of environmental defenders from a Georgian mining village
The residents of Shukruti, a village in the Georgian mining region of Chiatura, are being persecuted for protesting against a mining company. The leaders of...
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Stop Persecution - Activist from Prague went through long ordeal for writing 202 with a washable...
202 – those are the only three numbers which the Czech activist Thomas Franke managed to write on the wall of the building of the CEZ Group in Prague on 11...
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https://stop-persecution.org/czech-minister-blames-environmental-ngo-in-the-aftermath-of-a-100-year-flood
Stop Persecution - Czech minister blames environmental NGO in the aftermath of a 100-year flood
In a reaction to the devastating September 2024 floods in North Moravia, Czechia, the Agriculture Minister, Marek Výborný, sparked controversy by blaming the...
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https://stop-persecution.org/news/raise-your-hand-for-protection-of-environmental-activists-ngos-call-on-governments
Stop Persecution - Raise your hand for protection of environmental activists! NGOs call on...
Will the defenders of the environment get effective protection from harassment and persecutions? That is one of the main agenda points of the upcoming Meeting...
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https://stop-persecution.org/slapp-case-against-czech-climate-activists
Stop Persecution - SLAPP case against Czech climate activists
In 2018, participants of annual “Climate Camp” protests in Northern Bohemia, organized by a movement Limity jsme my (“We are the Limits”) blocked for several...
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Stop Persecution - Ohrid SOS citizens’ initiative
Since mobilizing in response to the multiple urbanization plans that present an existential threat to the ecosystems of the UNESCO Lake Ohrid in the Republic...
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https://stop-persecution.org/criminal-prosecution-and-expulsion-of-environmental-activist-farid-tukhbatullh
Stop Persecution - Criminal prosecution and expulsion of environmental activist Farid Tukhbatullin
Turkmenistan remains an extremely repressive and closed country. The government severely restricts all fundamental rights and freedoms, including freedoms of...
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https://stop-persecution.org/hajrija-cobo-targeted-for-speaking-out-about-the-impacts-of-mining-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina
Stop Persecution - Hajrija Čobo: Targeted for Speaking Out About the Impacts of Mining in Bosnia...
The environmental rights defender Hajrija Čobo from Kakanj faced a defamation lawsuit filed by the British mining company Adriatic Metals BH d.o.o. in December...
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https://stop-persecution.org/critical-mass-in-minsk
Stop Persecution - Activists imprisoned for taking part in a bike ride: Critical mass in Minsk
Critical Mass is a self-organized initiative of urban cyclists who cycle the city along the streets, aiming to increase the popularity of the bike movement and...
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https://stop-persecution.org/romanian-timber-mafia-killing-environmental-defenders
Stop Persecution - Romanian timber mafia killing environmental defenders
On October 21, 2019, Liviu Pop, a forest ranger in a mountainous region of the Maramures in Northern Romania was shot dead with his own gun and found in a...
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https://stop-persecution.org/female-don-quixote-from-kharkiv-against-koksochim
Stop Persecution - Female Don Quixote from Kharkiv fights Koksokhim
Residents of the city of Kharkiv have suffered from extreme air pollution for many years. Those worst affected are the inhabitants of the Novobavarsky district...
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https://stop-persecution.org/news/woman-attacked-for-protecting-the-river-kruscica-the-violence-against-activists-has-to-be-investigated-calls-arnika
Stop Persecution - Woman attacked for protecting the River Kruščica. “The violence against...
On Wednesday November 25th, in the early morning, unknown perpetrators stoned the house of one of the brave women of the village of Kruščica – Tahira Tibold,...
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https://stop-persecution.org/ukrainian-grandmother-in-defiance-with-danish-agroholding
Stop Persecution - Grandma vs. Danish agroholding: Long-lasting conflict over the land
"The cheeks full of wrinkles covered by a floral pattern scarf inspire the image of a kind of diminutive grandmother from folktales. "Maria Vasylivna is an...
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https://stop-persecution.org/state-forest-company-initiates-slapp-against-croatian-environmental-activist
Stop Persecution - State Forest Company initiates SLAPP against Croatian environmental activist
In 2020, the Croatian NGO Green Squad published a report exposing the illegal operations of a state-owned forest company, Hrvatske šume, and their horrifying...
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https://stop-persecution.org/marina-dubina-from-ecohome-imprisoned
Stop Persecution - Marina Dubina from Ecohome imprisoned. Arnika repeatedly calls for an end to the...
Marina Dubina from the Belarusian organization Ecohome, which is fighting against the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country, was yesterday...
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https://stop-persecution.org/the-rich-investor-using-a-slapp-lawsuit-to-silence-two-young-bosnian-activists
Stop Persecution - The rich investor using a lawsuit to silence two young Bosnian activists
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the ideal country for contemporary colonialism. Its very pure and lush natural environment is close enough and attractive to...
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https://stop-persecution.org/republika-srpska-s-foreign-agents-law-a-threat-to-freedom-of-association
Stop Persecution - Republika Srpska's “Foreign Agents” Law: A Threat to Freedom of Association
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Stop Persecution - Whose interests do the police protect when they are beating up women?
Since the beginning of August 2017, villagers of Kruscica (Central Bosnia) have been protesting against the construction of two hydropower plants that are...
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Stop The Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims – In Pakistan, Ahmadi Muslims are subjected to...
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