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Italy-Niger Agreement Made Public Thanks to Freedom of Information Law

February 15, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The Italian organisations CILD, ASGI and Rete Disarmo have succeeded in their bid to be granted access to the content of an agreement concluded between Italy and Niger, despite opposition from the Italian government.
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Spurning Immigration, Hungary Tries Bribery to Boost Population

February 14, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

A new program in Hungary aims to control women's bodies in an effort to boost the country's declining population.
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Madrid: Civil Society and Police Join Forces to End Discriminatory Stops

February 14, 2019 • by Youssef Ouled, Rights International Spain

RIS and the Open Society Justice Initiative organized a workshop in Madrid to address the implementation of an Effective Police Identification Protocol, a pilot project launched by Madrid City Council.
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Sanctuary Cities Challenge Restrictive Migration Policies

February 13, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

While European leaders are busy closing borders, a growing number of cities have decided not to blindly accept their government’s restrictive migration policies but instead provide a sanctuary for refugees.
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U.S. Secretary of State Meets Hungarian Civil Society Leaders

February 12, 2019 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

In a move that sends a clear and important message to Orban’s regime, the U.S. secretary of state requested a meeting with Hungarian human rights defenders.
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Digital Rights Groups Call On Facebook for Transparency Over Political Ads

February 12, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Ahead of the 2019 EP elections, a group of key digital rights organisations have sent an open letter to Facebook calling on the company to live up to their promise to provide more transparency around political advertising.
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Study Shows EU Justice Systems Discriminate Against Ethnic Minorities

February 11, 2019 • by Chiara Liberati, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The study reports clear violations of the fundamental right to equality and non-discrimination, revealing that criminal justice systems are likely to be ineffective and unreliable when they allow different treatment for different groups.
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Article 13 Gets Worse After Breakthrough in Copyright Negotiations

February 07, 2019 • by György Folk, LibertiesEU

After half of the EU countries refused to accept the Romanian presidency’s compromise text for the draft Copyright Directive, talks seemed to reach a halt mid-January. Early this week a new compromise was found – but it maintains the threat of censorship.
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Law Protecting Whistleblowers Comes into Force in Lithuania

February 04, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Lithuania has taken important steps in guarding whistleblowers from backlashes by implementing a law on their protection.
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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: You Wish

February 01, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

The French government has adopted stricter migration laws. In the ‘country of human rights’ the environment for refugees and asylum seekers, but also for human rights defenders, has become increasingly hostile.
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