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5 Things You Need to Know About Cookies (And How They Ruin Your Personal Life)

December 11, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Did you ever have to choose between chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies? How about what you tell people about yourself and what you choose to keep private? And what do cookies and privacy have in common?
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NGOs Sign Report Urging Poland to Protect the Judiciary

December 09, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Polish court appointments must be done in line with EU rules and a group of NGOs has signed a report reinforcing this.
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- Court of Justice of the European Union
- Poland
Lithuanian Public Broadcaster Decides Fate of Show About Two Gay Dads

December 05, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

One of the first episodes of "Colors", a new show on Lithuanian national television, decided to focus on two gay dads raising a small child, prompting public outrage and complaints to the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission.
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Civicus Monitoring Report: Civic Space Trends Worsening

December 04, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Civic space for activism has lost further ground worldwide since last year: today, only three per cent of the world’s population lives in countries with open civic space.
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Europe’s Next Ombudsman Is About to Be Elected

December 03, 2019 • by György Folk, LibertiesEU

With the new parliamentary term, Europe is about to elect its next Ombudsman. These are the five candidates, and their chances to become the leader of the EU’s top rights watchdog.
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Liberties Publishes Briefings to Advise New Commission

December 02, 2019 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Liberties has prepared a series of one-page briefings for the new EU Commission to summarise important civil liberties issues: what the problems are, why they matter to the EU, and what we think the EU can do to solve them.
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Polish Courts Mostly 'Fair and Professional' in Handling Freedom of Assembly Cases - Report

November 28, 2019 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights's report, entitled "Freedom of Assembly in the Practice of Polish Courts", presents an analysis of the monitoring of court proceedings brought against citizens participating in public assemblies.
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- Poland
- freedom of assembly
Protecting Online Privacy – Why Every Voice Matters

November 25, 2019 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

The online advertising industry systematically violates users’ privacy. Liberties has launched a petition pushing for changes — here’s our explainer about the problem and what we’re doing about it.
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Hungarian Government to Ban MPs from Entering Institutions

November 21, 2019 • by Gábor Medvegy, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

A pro-government legal proposal in Hungary, if passed, would seriously jeopardise MPs' rights. The amendment allows MPs to be banned from entering the Parliament building and other institutions for as long as two months.
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- Hungary
Belgium Must Follow Rule of Law in Case of Kazakh Refugee

November 19, 2019 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

The mutual legal assistance that Belgian authorities recently granted to Kazakhstan in the context of an investigation concerning a Kazakh refugee woman in Belgium raises questions on the conditions under which such collaboration can operate.
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