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Czech PM: EU Must Encourage Belarusians Not to Fear Own 'Velvet Revolution'

August 27, 2020 • by The League of Human Rights

Usually careful in his statements that concern Eastern Europe, Andrej Babiš has recently become far more outspoken amid continuing protests in Belarus.
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Catalan Independence Leaders Targeted By Spyware

August 18, 2020 • by Julia Betegh, LibertiesEU

Catalan independence campaigners are suspected to have been targeted by government services using spyware, which is allegedly only sold to governments for the purpose of surveilling criminals and terrorists.
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More Masks, More Freedom

August 17, 2020 • by Israel Butler, LibertiesEU

Wearing a mask during COVID19 makes our societies freer, because it gives more people more choice over how to live their lives.
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Chechen Refugees Unlawfully Refused Entry to Poland, Rules ECtHR

August 05, 2020 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

Chechen asylum seekers, who had repeatedly been refused an opportunity to file applications for international protection by the Polish Border Guard, have successfully challenged Poland at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Romania: Attempts To Ban Gender Studies In Education

July 31, 2020 • by Julia Betegh, LibertiesEU

Georgiana Gheorghe, executive director of APADOR-CH, expressed her deep concern regarding the lack of clarity surrounding the law on preventing and combating money laundering and terrorist financing, as previously reported by the Monitor.
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Overly Long Court Procedures Are Systemic: HFHR Research

July 22, 2020 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

In an attempt to assess the changes that have taken place in the justice system in the aftermath of Rutkowski case, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has conducted a survey among lawyers on the excessive length of court proceedings.
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Racial Equity Impact Assessments: An Innovative Tool to Combat Discrimination

July 20, 2020 • by Rights International Spain

Institutional racism produces mutually reinforcing patterns of racial inequality in society as it provides unequal access to goods, services and rights according to ethno-racial belonging.
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Poland: Duda Narrowly Wins Election

July 20, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

Duda’s campaign focused on emphasising “traditional family values,” and on attacking the LGBTI community.
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Greece: New Law Pose Threat To NGO's Working On Asylum

July 16, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

Several civil society organisations, international organisations and legal experts found the new legal developments worrisome. Many believe that the law is yet another politicised attempt to curtail asylum.
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CJEU: Employers Cannot Discriminate Between Disabled Employees

July 13, 2020 • by Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

In the opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General, EU law prohibits employers from favoring one set of employees over another within a group of disabled employees.
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