Internet-based activism

GERB, "Vazrazhdane" and BSP demanded that the Bulgarian state intervenes in the case with the inclusion of names of Bulgarian citizens in a list of enemies of Ukraine, published on the Ukrainian site "Myrotvorets" (Peacemaker).

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday recent hacker attacks by the hacker group Anonymous had taken down only one website in Serbia - the website of the national weather service.

Brnabic noted that the website was outside the system of government-run websites but that that would have to change.

With a total of 2.3 million signatures last year, animal rights were the subject that the Turkish society showed the most sensitivity to and took action last year on change.org, a website offering the public to submit petitions and collect signatures.

Ljubljana – The 8 March Institute has already collected enough signatures to introduce a bill aimed at repealing several government-sponsored laws that the NGO finds harmful. The campaign started on Wednesday and the minimum threshold of signatures, 5,000, was crossed already that day, said the NGO, which aims to get 60,000 signatures.

Moscow says a special military operation has been launched in Ukraine in Donbas and these events cannot be called a war, while Putin explains that his country had no other choice.
Zelensky calls on Ukrainians to take up arms and prepare for resistance at all costs. The West condemns, imposes sanctions, sends messages... but it does not react militarily.

Despite that the majority of journalists in the Western Balkans are women, they still face gender-based discrimination and abuse and often do not feel secure in speaking out due to fears of losing their jobs or reputation and not receiving the necessary support, an online panel discussion organised by BIRN was told on Thursday.

The young girl found the courage to report her ordeal after the #Metoo Greece movement

The first public remarks by a top Greek lawyer who has agreed to defend prominent theatre director Dimitris Lignadis against rape charges have caused yet more controversy around the case, which comes amid an upsurge in revelations of alleged sexual abuse in Greece that have been described as the country's #MeToo moment.

Prominent Turkish novelist Hasan Ali Toptaş is facing dozens of allegations by women who have accused him of having sexually harassed them in the past, unleashing a #MeToo movement in Turkey's literature world.

Harvey Weinstein was sentenced on March 11 to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer's downfall.