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  Legal Observers Sent to Amsterdam Port to Protect Right to Protest

  June 29, 2017 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  The Public Interest Litigation Project recently sent legal observers to a demonstration at the port of Amsterdam in order ensure that the right to protest was fully respected by authorities.

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  • freedom of expression
  • Netherlands
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  Five Italian Activists Taken Into Custody by Russian Police

  June 28, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Five Italian activists from civil society organizations were arrested yesterday by police in Ninzhny Novogorod, Russia, as they took part in an exchange project on the role of civil society.

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  • Italy
  • NGOs
  • Russia
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  Children Wait as Italy Debates Urgently Needed Change to Citizenship Law

  June 28, 2017 • by Malika Bêche-Capelli, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  A welcoming country for decades, Italy is now home to 5 million foreigners. But the government's welcome doesn't include citizenship for their children, even if they are born in the country.

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  • migrants
  • immigration
  • citizenship
  • Italy
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  'Fake Terrorist' Convicted for Schiphol Bomb Threat

  June 27, 2017 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  A Polish man has been given a conditional prison sentence for stealing luggage at Schiphol Airport and pretending to be a terrorist with a bomb.

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  • terrorism
  • the Netherlands
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  Italy: Signature Drive for Migrants' Rights - Add Your Name Today!

  June 26, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  An effort to collect signatures in support of a better migration policy in Italy has been hugely successful - even winning the endorsement of Pope Francis.

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  • asylum
  • migrants
  • Italy
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  Poland's Government Is Preparing to Seize More Control Over the Judiciary

  June 23, 2017 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  During the next session of the Sejm, parliamentarians will debate an amendment to the Courts Act that would significantly enhance the minister of justice's ability to reshape the courts.

  Tags:

  • judiciary in Poland
  • judiciary
  • Poland
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  Polish Border Guards Flout ECHR Ruling, Return Asylum Seeker to Belarus

  June 22, 2017 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  The border guards' decision to return the Chechen national for the 28th time was in direct violation of a Strasbourg court ruling on the man's case.

  Tags:

  • border
  • migrants
  • asylum seekers
  • Poland
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  Human Dignity Cast Aside as Italy Debates Mob Boss's Prison Sentence

  June 21, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Heated debate has broken out across Italy about the sentence of Salvatore Riina, possibly the most notorious mafia boss alive, whose health suggests that house arrest would be a more just form of detention.

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  • judiciary
  • detainee rights
  • mafia
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  OSCE: Netherlands Must Do More to Ensure Voting Rights of the Disabled

  June 20, 2017 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  Assistance in the voting booth for persons with a physical disability should be improved, the organization says, and the ballot should be redesigned to aid those with a visual impairment.

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  • Netherlands
  • disability
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  ​Italy Stands #WithRefugees to Celebrate World Refugee Day

  June 20, 2017 • by Malika Bêche-Capelli, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  The situation of refugees is not just the political issue that the general public has come to know - it is and always will be a human issue. To celebrate World Refugee Day, Italy is holding a series of eye-opening events across the country.

  Tags:

  • immigration
  • asylum seekers
  • refugees
  • Italy