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Coronavirus in Belgium's Prisons: Health Is a Fundamental Right

March 20, 2020 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

Belgian rights groups are urging authorities to implement strong measures to mitigate the coronavirus crisis in the country's overcrowded prison system.
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Belgium: Counter-Terrorism Policies Must Not Impact Human Rights

March 19, 2020 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

Last week, the Belgium Monitoring Committee on counterterrorism policies (T Committee) released its annual report before the Senate, highlighting the fact that the fight against terrorism must not affect human rights.
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Italian Prisons in a Time of Coronavirus: In Search of a Solution

March 18, 2020 • by Federica Brioschi, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The penitentiary system is facing a grave situation with the coronavirus pandemic, with protests and riots exploding on 8 March and the Government failing to elaborate a solution to limit the spread of the virus in prisons.
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- italian prisons
- prison overcrowding
Belgium to Suspend Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia

March 16, 2020 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

The NGOs LDH, CNAPD and Vredesactie, along with Amnesty International, have welcomed this major decision by the Council of State regarding arms exports to a country well known for its human rights abuses and suspected of committing war crimes.
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Communities on the Rise

March 09, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

In a strong community, people are willing to engage in activities that help other people. This improves everyone’s quality of life and makes people less lonely – Kussay Chichakly
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- Grow Your Community
#GrowYourCommunity

March 09, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

Liberties is exploring the concept of inclusion and caring communities with a new video series. The series features newcomers to Germany who, thanks to support from their communities, have started their own businesses.
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- Grow Your Community
Treat Innocents Caught in Turkey-Standoff with Compassion

March 06, 2020 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

We all want somewhere to call home. If we were forced to leave, we would hope to find people who offer us shelter. But some politicians are using innocent civilians as pawns in a political game. And EU leaders allow violent attacks on them to continue.
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Rights Organizations Warn about Unlawful Data Exploitation in Popular Apps

March 04, 2020 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

Liberties is leading a second outreach on the GDPR violations adtech industry is committing. Based on new evidence, Liberties members and partners are urging national data protection authorities to stop rights violations.
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Digital Censorship in Spain: Closing Websites by Decree

February 27, 2020 • by Sergio Carrasco, Rights International Spain

The Royal Decree-Law 14/2019 of 31 October could limit online freedoms in Spain and is another regulation approved in reaction to a very specific situation, without a comprehensive analysis of all the areas it will affect.
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- Spain
- Digital privacy
Almost Half of ECtHR Judgments Ignored Across Europe

February 25, 2020 • by Dollores Benezic, The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee

Some European countries are better than others but many are ignoring the European Court’s judgments. How does Romania stand and what are the ECtHR’s concerns in relation to it?
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- Romania
- ECtHR