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  Dutch Court under Fire over Lenient Sentence for Rapist Refugee

  September 21, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  A judge has given an Afghan man a lighter-than-usual sentence for raping an 18 year-old girl to avoid the man losing his refugee residency status. The normal sentence is 24 months in prison but the man was given only 20 months because the judge said th...

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  • migration
  • crime
  • the Netherlands
  • refugee
  • #dutchcourtrooms
  • criminal offence
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  Greece to Offload Asylum Seekers from Overcrowded Lesbos Camp

  September 21, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  The Greek government has announced that by the end of September it will move 2,000 asylum seekers from its widely criticised and overcrowded Moria camp. The announcement came ahead of the informal EU summit in Salzburg where one of the main items on th...

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  • Greece
  • asylum seekers
  • migration
  • Lesbos
  • Moria
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  Bulgaria to Support Orbán's Hungary in EU Rule of Law Dispute

  September 20, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  The Bulgarian government is unanimously opposing any EU sanctions against Hungary, defense minister Krasimir Karakachanov stated on Wednesday. The Bulgarian minister reacted after the Government sided with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on the A...

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  • Hungary
  • Bulgaria
  • rule of law
  • Article 7
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  Dutch Liberal Politician Leaves Catholic Church over Restrictions

  September 20, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  Klaas Dijkhoff, leader of the parliamentary faction of the ruling VVD party, announced that he is leaving the Roman Catholic Church in a critical open letter addressed to Archbishop Wim Eijk . "I choose love and people instead of the restrictions and t...

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  • the Netherlands
  • Klaas Dijkhoff
  • Liberal Party VVD
  • Roman Catholic Church
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  EP Says MEPs' Office Expenses Aren't for Your Eyes

  September 20, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  After a secretive July decision by the 14 European Parliament (EP) vice-presidents to go with minimal transparency over MEPs' expenses, on Tuesday Livia Jaroka, the EP's vice-president responsible for access to documents, refused to release details of ...

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  • transparency
  • MEPs
  • European Parliament
  • expenses
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  Migrant Torture Prevention System in Hungary 'Ineffective'

  September 19, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Hungary's procedure to prevent ill-treatment is ineffective, a report by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has concluded. The report is based on research carried out at the Hungarian b...

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  • Hungary
  • ill-treatment
  • migration
  • asylum seekeers
  • border controls
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  Amsterdam Calls for Children's Pardon

  September 19, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  Amsterdam city council wants child asylum seekers who have been living in the Netherlands for more than five years to be able to stay in the country, arguing it is now their home. The council called on Mayor Femke Halsema to ask State Secretary of Just...

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  • children's rights
  • Netherlands
  • Amsterdam
  • Children's Pardon
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  Top German Spy Forced to Resign After Chemnitz Unrest

  September 19, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country's domestic intelligence service, has been released from his post and been made a secretary at the Interior Ministry. Maassen was sacked over hi...

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  • Germany
  • migration
  • intelligence
  • domestic intelligence service
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  Poland Suspended from EU Judicial Organization

  September 18, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  As a result of changes to its judicial system, Poland has been suspended from the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ). The European body argues that the country’s judges are no longer seen as being independent of political influence. ...

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  • rule of law
  • judicial independence
  • European Network of Councils for the Judiciary
  • courts independence
  • courts in Poland
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  Amsterdam Mayor: We Will Close Mosques as a Last Resort

  September 18, 2018 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

  Femke Halsema, Amsterdam’s new mayor, has told local broadcaster AT5 that she will close mosques if their imams spread messages of hate but ‘only as a last resort’. Halsema, who outlined her strategy to deal with radicalisation in a briefing to council...

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  • hate speech
  • Amsterdam
  • imams
  • Femke Halsema
  • mosques