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  A Rising Tide of Hostility Threatens Italian Rights Groups

  April 20, 2018 • by Jonathan Day, LibertiesEU

  Human rights defenders in Italy face increasing threats to their work and personal safety as politicians and the media promote a climate of fear and xenophobia.

  Tags:

  • migrants
  • Italy
  • refugees
  • NGOs
  • human rights defenders
  • shrinking space
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  European Parliament Votes for New Democracy Fund

  April 19, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Today Liberties scores another victory for rights and democracy in the EU.

  Tags:

  • democracy
  • NGOs
  • Civil Society
  • fund
  • European Parliament
  • European Values Instrument
  • EVI
  • MFF
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  Family of Killed Refugee Girl Put in Detention in Croatia

  April 18, 2018 • by Lovorka Šošić, Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia

  The family of a girl who was killed at the Serbia-Croatia border managed to return to Croatia, where they have been in detention for more than 30 days now.

  Tags:

  • migrants
  • refugees
  • Serbia
  • Croatia
  • aslyum seekers
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  Lady Justice Despairs as Poland's Supreme Court Act Enters Into Force

  April 17, 2018 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  The entry into force of an amendment to the Supreme Court Act constitutes yet another chapter in Poland's rule of law crisis and yet another step towards the government's total takeover of the judiciary.

  Tags:

  • Poland
  • rule of law
  • judicial independence
  • judiciary in Poland
  • courts in Poland
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  In Vienna, Italian Rights Groups Push for Better Global Drug Policies

  April 17, 2018 • by Tommaso Fusco , Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Italian civil society groups are among the loudest voices pushing for new drug policies in Europe and beyond.

  Tags:

  • UN
  • Drug policy
  • Italy
  • drugs
  • United Nations
  • UNGASS
  • Vienna
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  Poland: Religion Teachers as Form Teachers?

  April 16, 2018 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  Liberties member the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) opposes the Ministry of National Education’s proposal of a regulation that would make it possible for teachers of religious education to be appointed form teachers in regular schools.

  Tags:

  • freedom of religion
  • Poland
  • exemption from religion class
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  100 Without Shelter After Another Eviction in Rome

  April 13, 2018 • by Giulia Buosi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  The police evacuated a building in Rome without first securing alternative shelter for those who were evicted.

  Tags:

  • migration
  • Cild
  • eviction
  • immagration
  • hospitality
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  Europe's Top Court Asked to Assess Current State of Poland's Judiciary

  April 12, 2018 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

  Poland's judiciary is in such tatters that other EU member states are openly questioning whether it is still legally sound to extradite criminal suspects there.

  Tags:

  • rule of law
  • judicial independence
  • judiciary in Poland
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  ​EP Report on Hungary: Systemic Threat to the Rule of Law

  April 12, 2018 • by György Folk, LibertiesEU

  A European Parliament report on Hungary outlines systemic threats to the rule of law, among other fields.

  Tags:

  • Hungary
  • rule of law
  • European Parliament
  • freedom of association
  • shrinking space
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  ​European Parliament Endorses Fund for Rights and Democracy

  April 11, 2018 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

  The idea of a new fund for rights and democracy groups inside the EU is gaining ground. If the EU doesn't want to see more elected autocracies like Hungary's Fidesz, it will prove essential.

  Tags:

  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • European Parliament
  • Multiannual Financial Framework
  • European Values Investment
  • ngo funding