Jailed Belarusian activist receives Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2021
Prague, Czech Republic – Jailed Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has been awarded with the Vaclav Havel Human Rights PrizeContinue Reading
Tag: Civil society
Reporters Without Borders declares “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland
Warsaw, Poland – The Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has declared a “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland,Continue Reading
Czech Reclaim Pride group wants to come back to fundamentals of queer activism
Prague, Czech Republic – With its alternative “protest march” planned this Saturday in Prague, the Czech chapter of the ReclaimContinue Reading
Prague Pride: “LGBT people are less afraid to speak their truth”
This week, Kafkadesk spoke with Renato de Leon from Prague Pride, which kicked off yesterday and runs all week untilContinue Reading
Norway suspends €220 million in aid to Hungary over lack of transparency
Budapest, Hungary – Norway has decided to suspend financial aid worth hundreds of millions of euros to Hungary’s NGO sectorContinue Reading
Giant Pac-Man created to denounce Czech Prime Minister’s business empire
Prague, Czech Republic – A group of Czech activists cut a giant Pac-Man figure in a field to denounce theContinue Reading
Poland asks Czech Republic to stop cross-border “abortion tourism”
Warsaw, Poland – The Polish government is ramping up efforts to urge the Czech Republic to put an end toContinue Reading
In Romania, women living in precarious conditions face restricted access to abortion
Bucharest, Romania – Although abortion has been legal in Romania since 1990, more and more doctors are refusing to performContinue Reading
Polish women face uphill battle to access abortion during pandemic
Warsaw, Poland – Polish women seeking to get an abortion have been doubly burdened in recent months by the ConstitutionalContinue Reading
Polish LGBT activist ranked in TIME’s “100 emerging leaders”
Warsaw, Poland – Polish LGBT activist, filmmaker and photographer Bart Staszewski has been chosen by TIME magazine as one ofContinue Reading
Hungary’s leading independent radio ordered off the air
Budapest, Hungary – Klubradio, one of Hungary’s last independent radio stations, will be forced to go off the air onContinue Reading
From passive tolerance to acceptance: Czech activists fight to bring LGBT rights out of the closet
Prague, Czech Republic – Regularly branded as the most progressive of the former Eastern Bloc countries, the secular Czech RepublicContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1977: Charter 77 was published in Czechoslovakia
On January 6, 1977, motivated by the arrest of members of the psychedelic band Plastic People of the Universe, theContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1981: martial law was imposed in Poland
On December 13, 1981, in a televised speech addressed to the entire nation, General Wojciech Jaruzelski announced the introduction of martialContinue Reading
Czech activists to hold first “online protest” next Monday
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech civic initiative Milion Moments for Democracy (Milion chvilek pro demokracii) will hold its firstContinue Reading
Young Czech activist to launch new political party
Prague, Czech Republic- Mikulas Minar, the head of the ‘Million Moments for Democracy’ civic movement, announced he was leaving theContinue Reading
Fifty ambassadors “pay tribute” to LGBTI community in Poland
WARSAW, POLAND – In an open letter coordinated by the Embassy of Belgium, fifty ambassadors and representatives of international organizations inContinue Reading
Meet Coffewear, the young Budapest-based brand redesigning your waste
Budapest, Hungary – Hungary might be one of the worst recyclers in the EU, that doesn’t mean nothing is beingContinue Reading
Opinion: “A line has now been crossed in Poland”
On Friday, Warsaw police detained 48 people during an LGBT protest after a court ordered the two-month detention of Margot,Continue Reading
Is there such a thing as a Hungarian feminist community?
Vénusz Projekt is a Hungarian bi-weekly podcast engaged in social and gender issues which examines feminist aspects of such fieldsContinue Reading