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Irish Senate Approves Abortion Bill

December 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

The Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill was approved by the Irish Senate on Thursday after the people of Ireland voted to overturn the country's abortion ban in a referendum in May 2018. The law allows for abortion services to be provided "on d...
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Human Rights Commissioner Calls on Hungarian President To Send Courts Package Back to Parliament

December 14, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Dunja Mijatović, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, called on the Hungarian President to reject the legislative package on administrative courts. The Hungarian Government recently adopted a package establishing an administrative co...
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Shame and Blame Prevalent Among People with HIV

December 14, 2018 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

A study on the feelings of people with HIV in Lithuania revealed that they feel a great deal of stigmatisation. Fifty eight percent reported feeling worthless, 55% said they felt shame, 53% said they felt at fault for their condition and 90% were fearf...
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Hungary Sets Up New Court Overseen by Government

December 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

In a bald attack on the rule of law, Hungary's government has passed legislation that sets up a new court to deal with "administrative" matters, including cases on all government business such as taxation and elections, which are currently handled in t...
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Agreement Reached on Reforming Citizens' Initiative

December 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

On Wednesday governments and the European Parliament agreed to revise the EU’s direct democracy tool, the European Citizens Initiative (ECI). If European citizens gather at least 1 million signatures from at least one third of member states they can as...
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Several Citizens Acquitted after Conviction for Providing Aid to Migrants

December 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

The criminal court of Brussels, Belgium, acquitted four citizens who hosted migrants in their homes, while eight other defendants received suspended prison sentences. On 20 October 2017, twelve people were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. Me...
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Anti-Semitism Getting Worse Across Europe, EU Report Finds

December 12, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

A major new survey of 12 EU countries has found that anti-Semitism is getting worse across the bloc. The survey, carried out by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency, questioned hundreds of Jews who said they had experienced a physical, anti-Semitic attac...
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Journalists Are Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2018

December 12, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

Time magazine has named “The Guardians” – killed and imprisoned journalists – 2018’s Persons of the Year. The renowned magazine is published with 4 different covers featuring journalists targeted for their work. Besides Jamal Khashoggi, who was...
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Victory for Transparency in the European Parliament

December 11, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

MEPs clashed on Thursday as votes on reform plans to improve transparency in the European Parliament went through the committee stage. In a surprise vote in the constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) stronger versions were passed for the final plenary...
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MEPs Want to Triple EU Funds for Democracy NGOs

December 11, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

The EU should increase the resources to promote democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights in the Union, including support to civil society groups working in the field, MEPs of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee voted on Monday. MEP...
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