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The UN’s Human Right Council is supposed to uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights. In reality, the countries elected by the United Nations to serve on its 2017 Human Rights...
Poland's Parliament has adopted an amendment to the Law on Assemblies that gives preference to assemblies organized by state and religious institutions.
Ten NGOs are urging the European Parliament in an open letter to oppose Commissioner Günter Oettinger’s appointment as the EC’s head of human resources. They cite a series of sexist, racist and homophobic remarks he...
What is the correction process for criminals with a suspended sentence in Romania? Here’s the experience of one probation officer who has to get more than 200 people back "on the right track."
Designers in a fightback against intrusive technology are creating textiles and clothing that computers recognize as a face. They aim to make printing patterns that mislead face recognition software, a technology...
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The former prime minister of Kosovo has been arrested by French police on a Serbian arrest warrant issued for war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who served as a rebel commander during the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict, has...
Lithuanians consider the right to a fair trial to be the most vulnerable of all rights. Although one in five people have their rights infringed at some point, only 7 percent opt to defend them.
Belgium refused to accept a court decision that had ordered the secretary of state for migration and asylum to issue a visa to a Syrian family. Several NGOs are now urgently calling on the United Nations and the Council of Europe to save the rule of law.
In this new episode, we explore the world of working in prison: in Milano Bollate, there is a restaurant inside the walls of the institute; in Padova "Due Palazzi," sweets are produced and sold in bars and shops...
The use of encryption technology by web users increased markedly in 2016, with some measures indicating that more than half of page loads in Firefox and in Chrome are now secured with HTTPS, an essential technology...
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