Following public outcry, the French sportswear retailer Decathlon has canceled plans to sell a hijab for women runners in France. The company said the decision was reached after "a wave of insults" and "unprecedented...
The European Commission has expressed its concerns after Facebook repeatedly withheld key data on its efforts to clamp down on disinformation ahead of the European Parliamentary elections. An upcoming EC report...
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.
A few months after the European People’s Party chose not to expel its Hungarian member Fidesz, the the European Parliament group may decide to do so at its March 20 assembly, according EPP sources speaking to the...
On Wednesday two key European Parliament committees backed the nomination of Romania's former anti-corruption chief to head the newly founded European Prosecutors Office. Laura Codruta Kovesi fought a tough fight...
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Despite evidence of its damaging effects and the many promising alternatives that exist, immigration detention is expanding in Europe.
Around 50 Arab League and EU leaders met for the first Arab-European summit in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, to discuss topics ranging from migration to terrorism. Despite strong disagreements over human rights, they pledged...
A “common African position paper” leaked to the Guardian reveals that the African Union is determined to kill off the EU’s plan to build "regional disembarkation platforms" on African soil. The paper says that the...
The right-wing conservative government in Austria is planning a constitutional amendment enabling it to impose preventative detention for asylum seekers deemed ‘dangerous’, said Interior Minister Herbert Kickl...
CIVICUS Monitor update on Greece - February 2019
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