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Liberties Recap 2025/5

A monthly round-up of Liberties' work: We sparked the call condemning Orban's latest attempt to silence civil society, influencer marketing is the latest front for covert political messaging and winner of STRIVE 2025 announced

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June 05, 2025 • LibertiesEU

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Italy: Conviction Upheld for 2 Prison Guards Who Beat a Muslim Detainee

Italy's Court of Cassation has rejected the final appeal of two officers against their conviction for beating a detainee for having converted to Islam. The officers were originally given sentences of 2 years and 8...

January 16, 2018 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

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Top EU Lawyer Says Romania Must Accept Gay Partners

A senior legal adviser of the EU has said that same-sex partners of EU citizens enjoy the same free movement rights as partners of a different gender. Advocate general Melchior Wathelet at the Court of Justice of the...

January 16, 2018 • LibertiesEU

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Polish MEP May Lose EP Vice Presidency Over Nazi-Era Slur

The leaders of four political groups in the European Parliament want Polish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ryszard Czarnecki to lose his title of vice president of the body, after he used a Nazi-era slur to...

January 16, 2018 • LibertiesEU

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EU Commission Working on Anti-Fake News Proposals

The European Commission will be proposing EU-level plans before the summer on how to tackle fake news. Mariya Gabriel, EU commissioner for digital economy, on Monday told reporters in Brussels that proposals would be...

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January 16, 2018 • PILP

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Visa Refusal Must Be Subject to Judicial Review, Top EU Court Rules

The highest court of the European Union has found that Poland's justice system does not properly protect the right of judicial review in Schengen visa cases.

January 15, 2018 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

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Human Rights Defenders at Risk Across the Globe

A new report says the number of human rights defenders being killed remains "truly shocking" and there's "little hope that this will change in the short term".

January 15, 2018 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

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Inaccurate Schengen System Data 'Threatens Rights'

Inaccurate data entered into EU-wide security databases, for example the Schengen information system and visa information system, threatens human rights and security, the director of the Fundamental Rights Agency...

January 15, 2018 • LibertiesEU

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EU Cyber Chief: We Need More Funding

The head of Enisa, the EU's cybersecurity agency, has said his agency's accomplishments under a new mandate would be limited if it did not receive additional funding. Udo Helmbrecht said on 9 January that although the...

January 15, 2018 • LibertiesEU

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Luxembourg Court Rejects Guilty Verdict Against 'LuxLeaks' Whistleblower

A court in Luxembourg on Thursday overturned the verdict against a "LuxLeaks" whistleblower who was convicted of leaking thousands of documents revealing tax breaks for multinational companies. The Court of Cassation...

January 15, 2018 • LibertiesEU

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Most Croatians Neither Hate Nor Fear Refugees

More than half of Croatian citizens believe their country should be open to refugees seeking protection, and about two-thirds do not think Croatia should build a border wall.

January 12, 2018 • Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia

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