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Weekly Quiz: The Latest About Your Rights

June 22, 2018 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

Your weekly rights and liberties quiz is back. Show your shiny knowledge despite Europe forgetting to show its sunny side when it comes to rights!
Hungary Adopts Stop Soros: Those Who Help Asylum Seekers Could Face 1 Year in Prison

June 22, 2018 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

With votes of pro-government MPs and representatives of the far-right Jobbik party, the Hungarian Parliament has passed the "Stop Soros" law. It would punish activities of Hungarian NGOs and citizens supporting asylum seekers.
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'Getting Out of the Ghetto': Migrants Live on the Edge as Public Policies Fail

June 21, 2018 • by Andrea Li, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The failure of Roman public authorities to address the situation of migrants has pushed them into a life on the edge, where they find themselves socially excluded and without a clear path forward.
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Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament Votes Against Free Speech

June 20, 2018 • by György Folk, LibertiesEU

The Legal Affairs Committee members ignored the emails of over 30,000 EU citizens and pushed ahead with a regulation that could change the internet as we know it.
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Breaking Through the Walls: A Fresh, Honest Look at Juvenile Detention

June 19, 2018 • by Gabriela Villarejo, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

We too often forget that juveniles in youth detention centers are common, everyday people, and not the “bad guys” they are so often portrayed as.
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Cannabis-Based Medication in Short Supply Across Italy

June 18, 2018 • by Flaminia Delle Cese, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

Non-synthetic medicines continue to be scarce in Italian pharmacies, although the number of stores that specialize in selling legal cannabis-based products has increased.
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Quiz: Which Rightsman Character Are You?

June 15, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Each superhero has his or her own superpowers. Take our quiz to learn which superpower you have and how you can use it to defend the rights and freedoms of Europeans!
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Digital Rights NGO Calls for Independent Audit on Facebook Data Processing

June 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Facebook should undergo an independent audit of its data processing accompanied by a global human rights assessment, digital rights organization Access Now argues.
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Copyright: 6 Safeguards to Protect Free Speech

June 12, 2018 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

It is not too late to rethink Article 13. Human rights are not in contradiction with copyright, but it's important that the EU's copyright regulation includes safeguards to protect free speech.
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Lithuania Violated Human Rights by Participating in CIA Secret Detention Program

June 11, 2018 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Lithuania cooperated with the United States in carrying out torture and other human rights violations against a suspected terrorist.
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