Death Threats against Women's Rights Defenders in Poland: Daily Brief
Escalating threats to women activists in Poland; EU Commission refers Poland to European Court of Justice over rule of law breaches; EU getting ever weaker towards Turkey's abuses; blogger attacked in Uzbekistan after voicing support for LGBT rights; US State Department re-commits to reporting on reproductive rights; and International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Bomb and death threats targeting at least seven groups in Poland for supporting women’s rights and the right to abortion are disturbing reminders of escalating risks to women’s human rights defenders in the country, Human Rights Watch, CIVICUS, and International Planned Parenthood Federation-European Network (IPPF-EN) said today.
In breaking news this morning, the European Commission has referred Poland to the European Court of Justice over the country's politicisation of the judiciary.
The bolder Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gets, the quieter the EU becomes.
Unidentified assailants brutally attacked an independent blogger who has publicly defended LGBT rights in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The US State Department is re-commiting to reporting on reproductive rights.
And today is International Transgender Day of Visibility...