Articles

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  Dutch Security Agent Accused of Leaking State Secrets Wins ECHR Appeal

  October 20, 2017 • by Nina Kesar, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  A former Dutch security service employee's right to a fair trial was violated by national courts in his trial for passing classified documents to unauthorised people, the Strasbourg court has ruled.

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  • ECHR
  • ECtHR
  • the Netherlands
  • right to a fair trial
  • article 6
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  #MeAndMyRights: Human Rights Make Us Safe

  October 20, 2017 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

  Since 2001, EU governments have been eating away at our human rights in the name of fighting terrorism. Naturally, we are scared of terrorist attacks: no one wants to be injured or killed. We look to the authorities to do something that makes us safer.

  Tags:

  • terrorism
  • mass surveillance
  • #MeandMyRights
  • public security
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  Court Blocks Belgium's 'Illegal' Deportation of Sudanese Migrants

  October 19, 2017 • by David Morelli, Belgian League of Human Rights

  The Court of First Instance in Liège confirmed that the deportation of Sudanese nationals was an unlawful order made by the state secretary for asylum and migration.

  Tags:

  • migrants
  • refugees
  • Belgium
  • deportations
  • Sudan
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  Atletico Diritti Takes the Field Once Again in the Name of Anti-Discrimination

  October 19, 2017 • by Carolina Antonucci , Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Atletico Diritti, a very special football team composed of refugees, people in the criminal system and students, takes the pitch for its fourth season, playing in the name of integration, anti-racism and human rights for all.

  Tags:

  • human rights
  • refugees
  • football
  • atletico diritti
  • penal system
  • Migrants and refugee rights
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  Security Through Human Rights: New Liberties Report

  October 18, 2017 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

  Today, Liberties published its report ‘Security through Human Rights’. The report finds that two commonly used counter-terrorism measures are killing democracy, are ineffective and counter-productive.

  Tags:

  • privacy
  • internet
  • security
  • mass surveillance
  • communications
  • #PolicyPapers
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  5 Years of Defending Human Rights in the Netherlands – But There Is Still Much to Do

  October 18, 2017 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  As the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights celebrates its 5th Anniversary, its chairwoman, Adriana van Dooijeweert, notes that although they've had great achievements, "a lot remains to be done".

  Tags:

  • human rights
  • Netherlands
  • Institute for Human Rights
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  State Hacking Takes Top Prize at Belgium Big Brother Awards

  October 17, 2017 • by David Morelli, Belgian League of Human Rights

  State-sponsored hacking wins the Jury Prize and the ANPR cameras wins the Audience Prize of the 2017 Big Brother Awards.

  Tags:

  • privacy
  • Belgium
  • big brother
  • hacking
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  Applications for Master's Degree in Human Rights and Civil Liberties Are Open!

  October 17, 2017 • by Federica Brioschi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  The new postgraduate program is promoted by the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights in cooperation with Roma Tre University. Don't miss this amazing opportunity!

  Tags:

  • human rights
  • Cild
  • civil liberties
  • human rights master
  • postgraduate master
  • roma tre
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  How Italy's Parliament Buried a Bill to Legalise Cannabis (and Turned It into Something Else)

  October 16, 2017 • by Tommaso Fusco , Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  The Chamber of Deputies is set to take up debate on a bill to regulate the medical use of cannabis –​ but only after the original meaning of the proposal was radically changed.

  Tags:

  • cannabis
  • Italy
  • cannabis legale
  • Cannabis legalisation
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  Article 13 Open letter – Monitoring and Filtering of Internet Content is Unacceptable

  October 16, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  Here is the open letter from 57 signatories asking EU policy-makers to delete Article 13 of the new proposal on copyright in the digital single market.

  Tags:

  • copyright
  • internet
  • freedom of expression
  • free speech