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  Lithuanian Citizens Outraged by Mass Leak of Personal Data

  August 22, 2017 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

  One municipality in Lithuania accidentally leaked residents' personal codes to the public, violating their right to privacy and exposing them to fraud.

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  • privacy
  • Data
  • Lithuania
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  Press in the Parliament Questionnaire: We Need Your Help!

  August 18, 2017 • by LibertiesEU

  Do you know about the rights and freedoms of the press working in your national parliament? If so, we need your help – please take a minute to fill out this questionnaire and help us improve free speech!

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  • questionnaire
  • free speech
  • press
  • media
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  Challenges and Opportunities Abound for Foreigners in Rome

  August 18, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  New research sheds light on the situation of foreigners in Rome and its surrounding region, revealing Italy's capital to be a place of great pluralism and multiculturalism.

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  • Rome
  • foreigners
  • migrants
  • Italy
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  Italy Puts Off New Citizenship Law – Will 1 Million People Ever Become Rightful Italians?

  August 17, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  The Italian Parliament has decided against approving a new citizenship law based on jus soli, claiming there weren't the necessary votes to pass it. Now there's real risk that it will never be passed.

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  • citizenship
  • Italy
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  Polish Border Guard Continues to Ignore Strasbourg Court

  August 16, 2017 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has submitted a motion to the European Court of Human Rights asking for an interim injunction against the deportation of three Syrian refugees.

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  • refugees
  • asylum seekeers
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • border crossing
  • Poland
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  Sluggish Courts Fuel Spike in Prison Overcrowding in Italy

  August 15, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Italian NGO Antigone carried out monitoring work in the country's prisons in the first half of 2017, finding severe overcrowding and substandard detention conditions.

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  • Italy
  • Prisons
  • ECHR
  • European Court of Human Rights
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  TV Reporter Attacked While Filming in Poland's Białowieża Forest

  August 14, 2017 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  The journalist was beaten for filming a story about the logging activity in the Białowieża Forest, which has been banned by both the UN and the European Court of Justice.

  Tags:

  • free media
  • freedom of speech
  • attacks on journalists
  • European Court of Justice
  • ECJ
  • Poland
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  Sofia Orthodox Theologian Guilty of Incitement to Discrimination Against Non-Christian Group

  August 11, 2017 • by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

  A court in the Bulgarian capital has ruled the head of a church's religious studies group is guilty of incitement to discrimination against a spiritual group that focuses on yoga and meditation.

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  • discrimination
  • Religion
  • Bulgaria
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  Civil Society in State of Emergency Amid Global Rise in Populism

  August 10, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  A new report highlights the overall situation of civil society and the issues it is facing due to the worldwide rise of populism. It calls for more cooperation and networking among civil rights organizations.

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  • democracy
  • NGOs
  • populism
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  Know Your Rights - Solidarity at Sea: A Fact-Based Guide to the Real Work of NGOs

  August 09, 2017 • by Ilaria Giacomi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  CILD has created Know Your Rights - Solidarity at Sea, an easily accessible guide to contrast the media's smear campaign against NGOs involved in migrant search and rescue operations.

  Tags:

  • migrants
  • refugees
  • NGOs
  • immigration
  • Italy