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Croatian Media Reports on 'Torture Garage' for Migrants

The online news outlet H-alter reports that, over the past six months, many eye-witness accounts have emerged suggesting that Croatian police are detaining and torturing refugees and migrants in a garage at the police...

Croatia , migrants , migration , torture , police , refugees
May 24, 2019 • Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia
Croatian Police Force Migrants to Make Fascist Salute

As a group of refugees were trying to cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian police officers stopped them and forced them to shout football slogans and make the salute of the fascist Ustasha regime while filming them.

Croatia , migration , police , fascism
April 03, 2019 • Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia
Madrid: Civil Society and Police Join Forces to End Discriminatory Stops

RIS and the Open Society Justice Initiative organized a workshop in Madrid to address the implementation of an Effective Police Identification Protocol, a pilot project launched by Madrid City Council.

police , discrimination , Civil Society , Spain
February 14, 2019 • Rights International Spain
Gay Austrian Policeman Wins Fight For Justice

An Austrian ex-policeman has won a long battle at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court's ruling states that Austria must compensate him for his sacking in 1976 for sexual indecency with minors, which led to...

Austria , police , European Court of Justice , ECJ , discrimination
January 18, 2019 • LibertiesEU
New Stop Forms to End "Endemic" Racial Profiling by Spanish Police

Madrid City Council and the Municipal Police have launched an Effective Police Identifications Programme that aims to improve police stop and search procedures to avoid racial profiling in a diverse society.

Spain , police , racial profiling , diversity
December 05, 2018 • Rights International Spain
Use of Crime Predicting Software Stopped by UK Police

In the British town of Kent, local police gave up on the use of a computer software intended to predict where and when crimes would occur. Kent Police were the first to introduce the solution to the UK, back in 2013....

police , United Kingdom , software , surveillance technology
November 27, 2018 • LibertiesEU
UN Demands that Spain end Racial Profiling of African People

According to a UN working group, Spain's efforts to reduce racial profiling have not gone far enough and need to be stepped up to meet UN requirements.

Spain , racial profiling , UN , police , migration
October 08, 2018 • Rights International Spain
Suspects Arrested for Slovak Journalist's Murder

According to Slovak police sources, people suspected of the murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancée were detained on Thursday. Kuciak was an investigative journalist for the Slovak news site...

Jan Kuciak , Slovakia , investigative journalism , police
September 28, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Romanian Police Officers Indicted for Violence Against Protesters

Romanian prosecutors on Friday indicted three senior police chiefs for coordinating the violent response on anti-government protesters on August 10. Police action left hundreds wounded after tear gas and excessive...

Romania , protest , police , Abuse , corruption
September 27, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Doula Association of Lithuania says Police Conduct "Tantamount to Violence"

The Doula Association of Lithuania has appealed to the country's President, Parliament, and Government, criticising both doctors and police for the rough treatment of a woman who was giving birth. Both the...

doula , birth , police , Lithuania , violence
September 25, 2018 • Human Rights Monitoring Institute
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