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Forces undermining democracy in the Czech Republic

March 20, 2020 • by The League of Human Rights

Hundreds of people protested against “forces undermining democratic institutions in the Czech Republic” in Prague on Sunday. The movement is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Babiš over his alleged conflict of interest, and recently opposed t...
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Dutch Parliament Called to Investigate All Foreign Religious Interference

February 26, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

Four Islamic organisations have asked the Dutch Parliament to investigate unwanted foreign interference in all religions. At the moment, investigations are limited to mosques and Islamic organisations. According to the organisations, the focus on one r...
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Dutch Court Rules Welfare Surveillance System Violates ECHR

February 12, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The District Court of The Hague has ruled that the government must stop profiling citizens using using large scale data analysis to trace social benefits fraud. SyRI (System Risk Indication) disproportionately violates the private lives of citizens bec...
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- Article 8 ECHR
- humanrightsviolation
EU Member States Must Fix Gender Pay Gap

February 04, 2020 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The gender pay gap is persistent in the Netherlands and other European countries. The European Parliament has demanded an ambitious strategy from the European Commission with binding regulations for member states to combat this issue. The Netherlands I...
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- gender discrimination
- equal pay
Croatian Daily Refuses to Publish Interview on Violence Against Refugees

January 15, 2020 • by Lovorka Šošić, Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia

In August 2019, after visiting people who had been abused and illegaly returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina, MEP Erik Marquardt gave an interview for the Croatian daily newspaper which was never published. The interviewer said this was due to editorial r...
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New Dutch Law Prohibits Discrimination Against Transgender and Intersex People

November 06, 2019 • by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

As of 1 November 2019 a law on equal treatment in the Netherlands has explicitly prohibited gender discrimination against transgender and intersex people. The result of the change is that organisations should become more aware that discrimination based...
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- discrimination
Poverty Level Among Disabled in Lithuania One of the Highest in EU

November 04, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The Poverty and Social Exclusion Review 2019 identified the poverty of disabled individuals in Lithuania as one of the highest in the EU. The overall poverty risk indicator in the country currently stands at 35%, up from 16% in 2011; for disabled peopl...
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European Judges Concerned About Erosion of Rule of Law

September 24, 2019 • by Raksha Nazir, Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten

The Presidents of the judicial organisations in the European Union have sent a letter to EC President-elect Ursula von der Leyen, expressing their concern about the erosion of judicial independence in some EU member states. The chairs are concerned abo...
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Lithuania Lags Behind as Other EU States Embrace LGBT Rights

September 20, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

Hungarian researchers have analysed the results of the biennial public study carried out in Europe from 2002 to 2016 and found that acceptance of same sex relationships has increased in many European countries. In contrast, Lithuania, Belarus, Bulgaria...
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- Lithuania
- LGBTQI
Czech Republic and EU Funds: Development Ministry to Ask EC for More Time to Reply to PM Babiš Audit

July 25, 2019 • by The League of Human Rights

The Czech Republic will ask the EC to extend its deadline for replying to a draft report on Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s (ANO) alleged conflicts of interest when drawing EU funds. The EC's preliminary audit found Mr. Babiš to be in conflict of i...
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