Articles

Rome Settlement Bulldozed as Police Threaten to Break up Families

March 01, 2019 • by Chiara Liberati, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The new security and immigration has significantly accelerated evictions of illegally occupied sites. Since the beginning of 2019, four forced evictions have been carried in Rome alone.
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Denmark's New Immigration Law Is a New Low

February 28, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Denmark's new immigration law is more than a raft of harsh new regulations. It represents a fundamental shift in the government’s focus, from integration to deportation.
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Tortured Ethiopian Refugee Wins Backing of UN Committee

February 27, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

On 24 January The UN Committee against Torture made a decision on the case of an Ethiopian refugee who was to be deported from Switzerland to Italy, after he took legal action three years earlier.
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Why Immigration Detention Should be Avoided

February 26, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

Despite evidence of its damaging effects and the many promising alternatives that exist, immigration detention is expanding in Europe.
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Munich Court Reverses Conviction for Promoting Whistleblowing

February 25, 2019 • by Society for Civil Rights

A German peace activist who was convicted of encouraging people to disclose trade secrets has been cleared in a Munich court but the case continues.
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New Copyright Regulation Huge Threat to Freedom of Expression

February 22, 2019 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

Years of negotiations have concluded as EU institutions finally agree on Europe's new copyright regulation. Is it a threat to freedom of expression? Will it bring upload filtering? We boil it down for you.
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#Vote4Values Tracker: Affect the EU Elections and Protect Fundamental Values

February 19, 2019 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Is the party you're thinking of voting for in bed with parties from other countries that are violating basic values? If you're voting centre left, centre right or liberal, then the answer is yes.
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#Vote4Values: A Primer on the European Parliament

February 19, 2019 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Here's how the European Parliament affects your life, and why you should make your voice heard and vote for the representation you want.
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Rome Reception Centre Closes Among Recriminations

February 19, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The city of Castelnuovo di Porto, north of Rome, has been at the centre of the debate on reception centre closures due to the speed with which its migrant reception centre was shut down after enforcement of the Salvini decree.
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#Vote4Values Methodology

February 15, 2019 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

What do we mean by ‘anti-values’ and where do we get our data from? Here's the methodology behind our #Vote4Values election tracker.
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