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Lithuania: Soviet Repression Deemed Genocide

April 02, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld the view of the national courts by ruling that partisans played a key role in protecting Lithuanian identity and that their systematic killing during the Soviet era should be considered genocide.
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ECHR Condemns Romania for Refusing To Provide Education to a Detainee

March 28, 2019 • by Dollores Benezic, The Association for the Defense of Human Rights in Romania – the Helsinki Committee

In a Romanian prison, access to secondary education was refused for an inmate based on cost arguments. Read the takeaways of the related ECHR case about guaranteeing access to education for people in the penitentiary system.
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- ECHR
- education
- prison
- detention
- violation
Hungary Restricts People's Right to Protest

August 16, 2018 • by Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

The space for public protests and assembly is severely limited under a new law recently adopted by the Hungarian Parliament.
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- Hungary
- ECtHR
- demonstration
- protest
- assembly
Solutions to the Use of Racial Profiling by Police

June 26, 2018 • by Rights International Spain

Rights International Spain and Plataforma por la Gestión Policial de la Diversidad inform the European Court of Human Rights on the measures that should be taken to eradicate discriminatory police checks.
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Lithuania Violated Human Rights by Participating in CIA Secret Detention Program

June 11, 2018 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Lithuania cooperated with the United States in carrying out torture and other human rights violations against a suspected terrorist.
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Human Rights Court Backs French Lawyer Over ‘All-White Jury’ Statement

May 07, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Strasbourg judges have found in favor of a lawyer who was disciplined by French authorities after claiming an all-white jury helped acquit a police officer prosecuted over a suspect’s death during a car chase.
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To Fight Torture & Impunity, Police Officers Must Be Easily Identifiable

March 19, 2018 • by Lydia Vicente Márquez, Rights International Spain

States have an obligation under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to put in place safeguards to protect people from torture and ill-treatment.
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- torture
- ECHR
- Abuse
- police
- ECtHR
- Spain
- impunity
- Court of Human Rights
Spain Gets 1st Conviction for Inhuman or Degrading Treatment

March 09, 2018 • by Rights International Spain

The abuse of two people while under arrest by Civil Guard officers leads to the first conviction against Spain for a material violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- violence
- ECHR
- European Court of Human Rights
- Abuse
- police
- ECtHR
- Spain
- Police violence
- impunity
Strasbourg Rejects Claim of French Politician Who Publicly Attacked Judge

February 28, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

A former French parliamentarian who threatened to "drive out" certain judges has lost his bid to overturn a conviction and fine against him.
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'Jesus in Jeans' Case: When Freedom of Expression Is Restricted on a Whim

February 08, 2018 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

By banning ads featuring characters resembling Jesus and Mary, Lithuania unreasonably restricted free speech and the freedom of expression.
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