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Il National Press Club, con sede a Washington DC, ha richiesto il rilascio immediato di Dawit Isaak, il giornalista che si trova in stato di detenzione arbitraria con la decorrenza più lunga al mondo quale prigioniero di coscienza. Dawit Isaak, vincitore del Premio Edelstam 2024, è incarcerato illegalmente dal 2001 senza aver subito alcun processo. Non è stato accusato di alcun crimine, né gli è stato permesso di parlare con il suo avvocato.

GEMA is the first collecting society worldwide to file a lawsuit against a provider of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems for the unlicensed use of protected musical works. Specifically, it concerns the US company OpenAI, the autogenerative chatbot systems operator. GEMA accuses OpenAI of reproducing protected song lyrics by German authors without having acquired licenses or paid the authors in question. The aim is to prove that OpenAI systematically uses GEMA's repertoire to train its systems.

Le Prix Edelstam 2024 est décerné à M. Dawit Isaak pour ses contributions exceptionnelles et son courage remarquable à défendre la liberté d'expression, ses convictions et les droits de l'homme. Le prix sera remis lors d'une cérémonie à la Maison de la Noblesse à Stockholm, en Suède, le 19 novembre 2024. Étant donné que Dawit Isaak est un prisonnier d'opinion et le journaliste détenu le plus longtemps au monde, il ne pourra pas être présent. Sa fille, Betlehem Isaak, recevra le prix en son nom.

London (DNA) - A decline in effective national governance and the "long-term scars" caused by austerity measures and Brexit have stifled economic growth and undermined social cohesion in the United Kingdom, according to a study. Researchers concluded that an incoming government must make up for "lost" decade and a half since the global financial crisis in 2008, with urgent structural changes required to prevent "severe problems" impacting citizens' quality of life. With the General Election in the UK approaching on July 4, polls suggest Labour is on course for a return to power for the first time since 2010. But researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Hertie School, a university in Berlin, Germany, have warned the next government will face "several interlocking crises" caused by past failings, with a decline in the quality of governance identified as the key cause. The report highlights that the UK’s governance has repeatedly been among the highest perfor

The world's 12 most populous countries saw declines in a global index measuring democratic accountability. This democratic backsliding could turn into a slippery slope leading to more deterioration, researchers warn.

London. At the request of our client Roger Waters, the Frankfurt Administrative Court today issued an interim injunction against the City of Frankfurt and the State of Hesse. According to this order, they must ensure, by interfering with the Frankfurt Fair, that Waters is granted access to the Frankfurt Festhalle on the evening of 28 May 2023 in order to be able to play a concert there as part of his European tour "This is not a drill". The defendants had made the unfounded accusation that our client was an anti-Semite. They wanted to prevent his concert on this basis. The Frankfurt Administrative Court has now rejected this attempt. Roger Waters is looking forward to his performance in Frankfurt. Publisher: Mark Fenwick Management – London on behalf of Mr George Roger Waters Press Contact: HÖCKER Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB Rechtsanwalt Prof. Dr. Ralf Höcker Rechtsanwalt Michael Fengler Rechtsanwalt Glen O‘Brien Friesenplatz 1 50672 Köln Germany E-Mail: contact@hoecker.eu Tel: +49(0)221-93

Statement by Roger Waters on antisemitism, his criticism of the Israeli government and freedom of speech

Roger Waters defends freedom of speech and takes legal action against proposed concert cancellations in Frankfurt and Munich London. In February 2023, the Hessian State Government and then the Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt announced their extraordinary and prejudicial intention to cancel a concert scheduled to be performed by Roger Waters at the Festhalle in Frankfurt on 28 May. On 28 February 2023, a motion was introduced in the Munich City Council to cancel the concert scheduled for 21 May 2023, in the Munich Olympiahalle. These actions are unconstitutional, without justification, and based upon the false accusation that Roger Waters is antisemitic, which he is not. As a result of this unilateral, politically motivated action, Mr Waters has instructed his lawyers to immediately take all necessary steps to overturn this unjustifiable decision to ensure that his fundamental human right of freedom of speech is protected and that all of those who wish to see him perform, are free t

Olof Palme Prize 2023 awarded to Marta Chumalo, Ukraine, Eren Keskin, Türkiye and Narges Mohammadi, Iran, for their efforts in the fight to secure women's freedom, in an age when human rights are threatened by war, violence and oppression.

Today, the prosecutor has decided to indict two representatives of the then named company Lundin Oil AB for complicity in grave war crimes in Sudan from 1999 to 2003. They are suspected of having been complicit in war crimes committed by the then Sudanese regime with the purpose of securing the company’s oil operations in southern Sudan. The prosecutors are available to the media this afternoon.

Today, a decision has been taken to prosecute an Iranian citizen suspected of committing grave war crimes and murder in Iran during 1988. The Swedish public prosecutors Kristina Lindhoff Carleson and Martina Winslow are available for brief comments this afternoon.

Fem ljusskyltar tävlar för att vinna årets tävlingsomgång av Skyltpriset. Idag offentliggörs finalisterna, som alla på sitt sätt berikar den omgivande miljön under dygnets mörka timmar och lyfter respektive beställares varumärke.

The case of a 42 year old man suspected of sending threatening letters to 21 Swedish ministers and other well-known people is today being prosecuted at Stockholm District Court. He is also accused of attempted murder after sending a letter bomb to a company in the UK. The prosecutor will be available to the media this afternoon.

The external investigators presented the results of their inquiry into Karolinska Institutet's handling of visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini on Monday. Their report criticises KI on several counts, including that the recruitment of Macchiarini in 2010 and the extension of his contract in 2013 were pushed through improperly. The report also finds that KI cannot be completely absolved of responsibility for the synthetic trachea transplantations performed at Karolinska University Hospital.

After a detailed and lengthy investigation, the Vice-Chancellor of Karolinska Institutet has pronounced his decision on a high-profile case of claimed scientific misconduct. Vice-Chancellor Anders Hamsten has concluded that while on some points Visiting Professor Paolo Macchiarini did act without due care, it does not qualify as scientific misconduct.