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EU Directive Protecting Whistleblowers Will Be Compromised By TERREG

TERREG is compromising EU directive protecting #Whistleblower. It could be used by governments to silence those who leak confidential information. LuxLeaks whistleblower Antoine Deltour is calling on MEPs to vote against the proposal.

Free Speech
April 19, 2021 • LibertiesEU
EU Terrorist Content Online Proposal Threatens Free Speech

​Free speech is a fundamental EU right. That’s why we and 60+ other organizations call on the European Parliament to vote down the TERREG proposal.

April 15, 2021 • LibertiesEU
​#StopStalkerAds: NGOs Urge EU Legislators To Ban Unlawful Tracking In Online Advertising

Over 30 human & digital rights organisations push Members of the European Parliament to ban unlawful tracking & surveillance in online advertising.

Privacy
April 14, 2021 • LibertiesEU
Lithuania Postpones Debate to Ratify Treaty on Combating Violence Against Women

Although Lithuania signed the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) in 2013, it has not yet been ratified. Only five other EU member states have failed to do so.

Lithuania , Populism
April 12, 2021 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
Three Things the EU Must Do to Restore Our Rights Eroded Under the Pandemic

EU democracies suffered extra blows during the pandemic, according to our annual report. Good news: the EU has all the tools needed to protect and promote human rights in member states.

#DemandingOnDemocracy , rule of law , Populism
March 31, 2021 • LibertiesEU
EU ​Governments Squeeze Citizens' Groups, Protests and Media Freedom in 2020: Analysis

A new Liberties report finds that authoritarian governments in the EU upped their attacks against critical journalists and citizens' groups using COVID-19 as cover. But governments in traditionally stronger democracies have also done damage.

#DemandingOnDemocracy , Media Freedom , NGO Rights
March 25, 2021 • LibertiesEU
Free Speech Advocates Urge EU Legislators to Vote 'No' to Automated Censorship Online

The EU is considering new legislation which could seriously endanger free speech. More than 60 human rights and journalist organisations have written an open letter to all Members of the European Parliament urging them to reject this text.

Free Speech , Privacy
March 25, 2021 • LibertiesEU
Liberties' Policy Brief in the Media: Digital Green Certificate

See how our concerns and recommendations to the European Commission landed in the media.

March 24, 2021 • LibertiesEU
Digital Green Pass: Concerns & Suggestions to Make It Safer And More Inclusive

We sent a policy brief with six problems and six solution proposals in it to the EU legislators.

Digital Green Pass , European Commission
March 24, 2021 • LibertiesEU
Civicus: Protests against Racial and Classist Injustice Face Excessive and Racialised Policing

During the first half of February 2021, Belgium witnessed a decrease in the number of weekly reported cases of COVID-19. However, the situation remained concerning, especially due to the spread of new strains of the virus.

March 19, 2021 • LibertiesEU
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