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The author said Serbia deserved a future of prosperity, freedom, security and cooperation with its European neighbours. They argued that the country should pursue European reforms, reconciliation and integration, including membership in the EU, NATO and OECD and adoption of the euro and Schengen participation. https://t.co/YhySqz4xtI #Srbija #Evropa #Integracija #RS #EU

Christian Marcussen wrote that a deleted TikTok video from October 2022 showed Afrah al-Jabouri visiting Iran, where she stated that she felt comfortable covering herself as much as possible. He noted that the video was posted while Iranian women were burning their hijabs in protest, and that al-Jabouri wrote in the post's text that some did not understand freedom, and that it was disrespectful to burn something related to Islam. Marcussen wrote that the video was posted a month after 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran's morality police for not wearing a hijab. According to him, Amini was abused in police custody, hospitalized, and died. He wrote that her death triggered the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, where women burned their hijabs in protest against mandatory covering and violence. Marcussen added that the protests were still ongoing when the video was posted, and that over 200 people had been killed and more than 5,000 arrested. He described al-Jabouri's video as mocking and expressed sympathy for Iran's theocratic regime. He called it extremely repugnant and believed it reflected a deeply radicalized mind. He also described the video as an example of what he called islamfluencing: an attempt to portray Islam and the oppression of Islamic regimes as appealing and positive. #Iran #KvindersRettigheder #Protester (translated)

The author wrote that people could be misled for 15 years but students could not, and said European justice was approaching. They also claimed the Balkans would be freed from their “last tyrants” the following week. https://t.co/Fae50ck20p #Balkans #Justice #Freedom #EU #BA #RS #ME

The author addressed citizens of Azerbaijan, asking whether they wanted to be Turks, Persians, Asians or fellow Europeans in the EU. They wrote that people in the EU were citizens, not subjects or ethnicities, and said the EU believed in rights and freedoms. The author said Azerbaijanis would be welcome if they chose to join, and asked what future they wanted. #Azerbaijan #EU #RightsAndFreedoms #AZ

The author said a footballer in Luxembourg had refused to shake hands with female fans for religious reasons. They wrote that freedom of religion and gender equality both mattered and said they had submitted parliamentary questions on protecting women’s rights in sport. https://t.co/NutXVD4dlv #DroitsDesFemmes #ÉgalitéDesGenres #SportFeminin #LU

The author said Sally Rooney would make several million less from her romance novels after pledging their UK profits to an organisation the author described as a proscribed terrorist group. They contrasted this with Lucy Connolly, who they said had lost two years of freedom over a tweet she quickly deleted, and argued that the cases were not the same. #SallyRooney #LucyConnolly #FreedomOfSpeech #UK

The author praised an interview with Ava Laina on Austrian broadcaster ORF, saying Ukrainians wanted to live and be free. They added that Ukraine should be supported as the victim for as long as Putin continued attacking it. https://t.co/gCXQVBOPPP #Ukraine #SupportUkraine #Freedom #AT #UA #RU

The author called on Edi Rama and Aleksandar Vučić to make October their last month in power and said they stood with Albanian and Serbian students in their demands for freedom, accountability and a European future. They expressed hope that the students’ anger would lead to peaceful democratic change and the end of the era of Balkan strongmen. https://t.co/0RMudyrWjl #BalkanPolitics #Freedom #Democracy #AL #RS

The author urged Turkish students to protest peacefully, following the example of Albanian and Serbian students, and to demand free and fair elections and an end to what they described as Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule. They said they supported a democratic Turkey and independent universities. https://t.co/tnIDRVYe6Z #Özgürlük #Demokrasi #Eğitim #TR #EU #AL #RS

The author said they supported a European future for Azerbaijan and sided with what they called “European Azerbaijan” in the headscarf dispute between Baku and Ankara. They said Erdoğan should respect Baku’s sovereignty and described secular institutions, freedom of conscience and education for every girl as their principles. #Azerbaijan #Europe #HumanRights #AZ #EU #TR

The author claimed that Hungary’s new government had moved to shut down MCC Brussels because its views had become uncomfortable for the Brussels establishment, portraying the organization as being targeted for its opinions rather than for criminal activity. https://t.co/5WDkLgYhjD #Brussels #MCC #FreedomOfSpeech #BE #HU

Sixty soldiers oppose the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan in a live stream, expressing religious or moral objections through the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, as bipartisan protests grow in response to the announcement by the American Secretary of War. #FortHood #PenaDiMorte #LibertàReligiosa (translated)

The author wrote that democracy and press freedom were under attack in Turkey, claiming that Halk TV had been taken over and journalists İsmail Saymaz and Murat Ağırel were under house arrest. They said they would question the European Commission the following day about concrete measures, beginning with suspending political relations with Turkey. https://t.co/5vj9x2iBzg #Demokrasi #BasınÖzgürlüğü #Türkiye #TR #EU

The author wrote that, as President of Austria, they would champion a monument to Sun Yat-sen at Vienna’s Karlsplatz, describing it as a symbol of friendship between Europe and the Chinese people and a call for freedom from communist repression. The post also referred to 10 October 1911 and Wuchang. https://t.co/Vf46I3wjDJ #SunYatSen #Vienna #Freedom #AT #TW

The author called for an ambitious EU–Taiwan free trade agreement and a negotiated roadmap for Taiwan’s integration into the EU customs union. They also advocated deeper cooperation in semiconductors and artificial intelligence, framing the proposed partnership as a way to support freedom and prosperity. https://t.co/mnOELvlhhr #EU #Taiwan #TradeAgreement #EU #TW

The author wrote that Zurab Girchi Japaridze had been detained in Türkiye while travelling to Brussels, describing the arrest as another concerning development for Georgia’s pro-European democratic movement and freedom of opposition voices. https://t.co/9P4mapz5Zy #Georgia #freedom #democracy #GE #TR #BE