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Batons, handcuffs, tear gas and solitary confinement for up to 24 hours - these are the tools used in Lithuanian socialization centers to "socialize" children with emotional and behavioral problems.
Yesterday the Polish Parliament discussed a draft law ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on combating violence against women (the Istanbul Convention). The matter of ratification sparked a highly polarized...
New measures taken by the Belgian government to fight terrorism could be counterproductive and threaten citizens' fundamental rights, warns the League of Human Rights.
Rome has approved civil unions for all couples, including same-sex couples and foreigners. After months of polemics, the resolution was voted through by 32 of the 43 council members. Inscription in the official...
On February 3, the Dutch House of Representatives appointed Reinier van Zutphen as the new national ombudsman. He succeeds Alex Brenninkmeijer, who left his post thirteen months ago. Mr. van Zutphen has extensive...
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Commercial health insurance for tens of thousands of migrants in the Czech Republic is inconvenient and insufficient, but they can't access public health insurance plans. Nothing has come of recent attempts by the health ministry to reform the system.
Forty people live in a "hospital" in Přerov in conditions similar to those of a Victorian workhouse. They have only one shower, are undernourished and have only one person to care of them. "Most of them are...
The deportation from the Netherlands of aliens to Somalia appears to have been possible again since October 2014. That's why the state secretary for security and justice, Fred Teeven, was in a position to put a Somali...
Belgium’s highest administrative court has condemned a protocol by the country’s immigration and guardianship authorities that severely limits the rights of unaccompanied foreign minors.
The government of Poland has presented its draft law on free legal aid and access to legal information. The act, first announced by Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz during her exposé, will be a novelty in Polish law....
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