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Spanish Ultra-Catholics in Crusade Against Artists and Entertainers

April 23, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

The number of complaints from ultra-Catholic groups, backed by extreme right-wing parties, against actors, playwrights, photomontages, performances, processions, carnival performances and exhibitions has increased dramatically in Spain in recent years....
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Spanish Filmmaker Imprisoned for Secret Recording in Crypt

April 18, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

A Spanish court has sentenced a documentary filmmaker who placed a camera and microphone in the crypt of a monument to the Fallen to one year in prison for discovering and revealing secrets. The filmmaker suspected that members of a brotherhood were me...
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3 in 4 Lithuanians Approve of LGBT Lifestyles

April 16, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

A 2018 study has revealed that one in four Lithuanians think that LGBT people should not be free to live how they want. Also, half of respondents would feel uncomfortable if a LGBT person lived in their neighbourhood. The study also highlighted a parad...
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Lithuania the Only EU Country Without any Female Ministers in the Government

April 11, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Now that the President has finally appointed a Minister of the Environment, the Lithuanian cabinet is once again made up solely of men. Currently Lithuania is the only EU state without a single female minister. The Equal Opportunities Ombudswoman descr...
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Xenophobic Rhetoric Against Migrants on the Rise in Spain

April 10, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

The latest annual report of Spain's National Security Council highlights the need to counter xenophobic discourse against migrants. According to the report, the State must "initiate specific strategic programmes and measures to raise awareness of the p...
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Spain: Artistic Freedom Suffers New Attack

April 04, 2019 • by Rights International Spain

A professional association of Guardia Civil agents has declared they will sue the musicians Josetxu Piperrak & The Riber Rock Band because of the lyrics of their song "OVNI" ("UFO"), which they consider offensive to their job. The lyrics in questio...
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Facebook Asks Governments to Help Control Internet Content

April 02, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

In an op-ed published in The Washington Post Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg says the responsibility for monitoring harmful content is too great for firms like his to handle alone. He calls for countries around the world to pass new laws in four areas: ...
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ECFR Study: Many Europeans More Concerned With Emigration Than Immigration

April 01, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

According to a new poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), people from Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary and Romania, whose populations are either remaining static or falling sharply, are more worried about emigration than immigra...
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Sexual Violence Law Causes Row in Italy

April 01, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Politicians from Italy's ruling populist coalition have clashed over a major new sexual violence bill. The law seeks to strengthen the fight against sexual crimes like rape and revenge porn on the internet, but a proposed amendment calling for some sex...
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Germany: Thousands Demonstrate Against Criminalization of Migrant Helpers

April 01, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

On Saturday, thousands of people demonstrated all over Germany against the criminalization of sea rescue organizations and the new proposal by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, which threatens civil society actors who publish upcoming deportations date...
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