WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 2, 2025: * * * Barricades on Poland's Rocky Road The election of the right-wing candidate in Poland's presidential election heralds a future of political disagreement. By Stuart Dowell "It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." That line from the movie Rocky has become the unlikely motto of Polish President-elect Karol Nawrocki's campaign more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 3, 2025: * * * Ukraine's 'Trojan Horse' Strike Scorches Putin An extraordinary covert operation has left many Russian strategic bombers in flames and analysts reaching for superlatives. By Olga Tokariuk "I dreamt about it. In Mariupol, when they [the Russians] bombed us. In my thoughts, I sent the missiles and bombs back into their planes. Those who were bombing us, torturing us, who were m more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Defending Rights and Dissent posted the following news: * * * Press freedom groups: FBI's Dobbs enquiry threatens First Amendment Twelve leading press freedom defense groups have cosigned a new letter to FBI Director Kash Patel in response to FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino's comments last week announcing the Bureau would be reopening an investigation into the source of a leak of a draft Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, which more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, June 4 -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * Egypt: Authorities must stop persecuting political opponent Ahmad Tantawi and his wife While welcoming the release of political opponent Ahmad Tantawi on 28 May 2025, after he served in full an unjust one-year prison sentence, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is profoundly concerned by the Egyptian authorities' persecutory threats against him and his wife. On 6 February 2024,  more PR

LONDON, England, June 3 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Reporters speak out about 'climate of fear' in Northern Ireland amid paramilitary death threats * Seamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, has welcomed the report for revealing the scale and severity of threats, intimidation, and violence against journalists in Northern Ireland. Amnesty described the country as the "most dangerous place in the UK" for journalists, after more PR