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Lithuanians Lack Understanding About Transgender People, Study Finds

June 24, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The latest study on attitudes towards transgender individuals in Lithuania revealed that while they were viewed in a somewhat positive light, the Lithuanian public generally lack knowledge about this social group.
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Handcuffing Defendants in Spanish Courtrooms May Skew the Judicial Process

June 20, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

"Suspects in restraints” is a European project focused on how suspects are presented in a courtroom, before the jury, the public and the media and how restraining them affects the impartiality of the judicial process.
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Hungarian Court Decision Strips Homeless People of their Humanity

June 19, 2019 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The Hungarian Constitutional Court has ruled that homelessness “is not part of the right to human dignity” which means the criminalisation and imprisonment of homeless people is constitutional.
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Strasbourg: Lithuania "Justified" in Not Letting Medics Deliver Babies at Home

June 18, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights has made a judgement in the case of Kosaitė-Čypienė and others v. Lithuania, which concerned the right of women to give birth in their homes with the help of medical professionals.
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Top Polish Court: Registry Must Accept Birth Certificate of Child with Same Sex Parents

June 17, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Supreme Administrative Court has decided on the case involving the transcription of a foreign birth certificate in which two women are listed as parents. Registration was necessary to protect the rights of the child, the court has said.
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Estonian Centre-Right Coalition Sparks Protests and Outrage

June 14, 2019 • by Estonian Human Rights Centre

Estonia has been in political turmoil for the past few months as the Estonian Centre Party made the shock decision to invite the right-wing conservative EKRE into new coalition after the liberal Reform Party won the parliamentary elections.
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Top Polish Court Ignores European Case Law and Calls Foreigners “Security Risk”

June 13, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Supreme Administrative Court rejected an HFHR complaint in the case of Iraqi citizen Ameer Alkhawlany, with HFHR claiming that Polish courts are ignoring European legal precidents.
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Ships Suspected of Carrying Weapons Will Not Dock in Genoa

June 12, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The first round has been won by the dockers and the pacifist associations. And the suspicious part of the cargo, which could be used for warmongering, will not leave the port of Genoa.
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German YouTuber Angers Political Establishment in Frank Video

June 11, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

In reaction to the enormous success a young German YouTuber had with a pre-election clip in which he harshly criticised the governing CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the party's new leader, has suggested "regulation of the digital sector".
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The EU Needs to Better Protect Our Basic Values - Here's How

June 11, 2019 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Attacks on democracy and rights keep coming. So Liberties is offering EU leaders some fresh thinking on what they can do to better protect our fundamental values.
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