EU-DIGEST

European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests.Read more at: E.U. lawmakers advance plan to ban products linked to deforestation. 

Read more at: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/e-u-lawmakers-advance-plan-to-ban-products-linked-to-deforestation 

 

 

Russia has become increasingly ruthless in its crackdown of anti-war dissent with more arrests, police barging into public events and even arresting people simply for talking to foreign outlets. 2:28

In the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Marat Grachev and his staff at his computer repair store in Moscow discussed how to voice their opposition in an environment where any dissent is silenced.
Grachev, 35, thought taking to the streets seemed futile, as demonstrators were being dragged away by the police moments after brandishing signs.

Read more at: New laws aim to crush even mild forms of protest in Russia | CBC News

Poland’s president has vetoed a controversial media law that had been passed in the country’s parliament, under pressure from the US.

Andrzej Duda said on Monday he has decided to veto the bill that would have forced US company Discovery to give up its controlling share in Polish TV network TVN.

The president noted that the bill was unpopular with many Poles and would have dealt a blow to Poland’s reputation as a place to do business.

Read more at: Poland’s president vetoes controversial media law following pressure from US | Euronews

CAMPAIGN Against the Arms Trade has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for its ongoing work to stop Britain’s complicity in the bombing of Yemen.

The anti-arms group received the joint nomination along with its partner Mwatana for Human Rights, a grassroots organisation in Yemen, from Nobel Laureate the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW).

The nomination is intended to draw attention to the suffering of the Yemeni people and CAAT’s latest judicial review against Britain’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Read more at: Campaign Against the Arms Trade nominated for the Noble Peace Prize | Morning Star