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Prosecutors are demanding a one-year teaching ban for the director of a private school who impeded a child from enrolling because his parents were homosexual.
More than half of all people stopped in roadside checks by Dutch police are ethnic minorities, a new study reveals. The Police and Science Research study found officers do not consciously target suspects based on...
According to a report by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, military equipment worth 553 million euros was exported in 2015, a whopping 29 percent more than 2014. According to the data, the materiel is most...
Prosecutors in Germany have dropped their investigation into a comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a statement on Tuesday, the prosecutors said they had not found sufficient...
The Netherlands often presents itself as a protector of human rights, but it has not performed well in recent years. Ethnic profiling is a structural problem and citizens' right to privacy is under pressure.
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The Dutch ombudsman for children, Margrite Kalverboer, has received dozens of angry reactions and threats after she stated in her report that Black Pete in its current form is in conflict with the UN Convention on the...
A crucial case that should bring clarity to the legality of watching pirate streams was heard last week by the European Court of Justice. The Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN and Spanish authorities argued that offering...
Tear gas was used by Greek police at an anti-austerity protest held by pensioners, during which some of the hundreds of protesters tried to topple a police bus, while others wanted to break riot police lines. The...
In response to Lithuanian politicians' efforts to restrict the legal definition of what a family is, three NGOs organized a social campaign under the slogan "All Families Are Equally Important." Sign the petition today to show your support!
A referendum on mandatory EU migrant quotas was held in Hungary on Sunday. Despite low turnout (43 percent, short of the 50 percent required for validity) Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared victory because 98...
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