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EUROPE: Stop evictions of Roma and Travellers – International organisations stress human cost of evictions and recall standards in a joint statement
"Strasbourg, 29 June 2016 – Traditionally, summer holidays coincide with the eviction of Roma and Travellers throughout Europe, which takes place almost unnoticed. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Read More
EU: GERMANY & FRANCE PUSH FOR EU DRIVE AGAINST “ITINERANT CRIME GROUPS”
"In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in property crimes committed in Europe by highly mobile organised crime groups. The interim SOCTA for 2015 estimates 1.000 offences per day. The following can be Read More
Terrorism Database Used by Governments and Banks Leaked Online
"A researcher has obtained a copy of Thomson Reuters' ”World-Check” confidential intelligence database, which is used by governments, intelligence agencies, banks, law firms and more to scope out risks including suspected terrorists. It was likely Read More
Facebook wins privacy case against Belgian data protection authority
"The Belgian data protection authority on Wednesday lost a legal battle with Facebook in which it sought to stop the social network from tracking the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit the Read More
LUXEMBOURG: LuxLeaks whistleblowers guilty verdicts ‘a disgrace’
"Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, the whistleblowers who lifted the lid on the 'LuxLeaks' scandal, have been found guilty of stealing documents, revealing business secrets and violating trade secrets." See the full text: LuxLeaks whistleblowers Read More
BREXIT: UK-IRELAND: The English have placed a bomb under the Irish peace process
"Recklessly, casually, with barely a thought, English nationalists have planted a bomb under the settlement that brought peace to Northern Ireland and close cordiality to relations between Britain and Ireland. To do this seriously and Read More
BREXIT: UK-FRANCE: What will Brexit mean for migrants, Calais and the Franco-British border?
"Following Britain's vote to leave the European Union some French politicians are challenging the Le Touquet agreement, which in 2003 moved Britain's border with France to the French side of the Channel. So what will Read More
EU-USA: PRIVACY SHIELD: Adoption coming soon
"The European Commission has sent the final draft of the EU-US Privacy Shield to national representatives and expect to get a yay or nay next Monday with a view to “adopting the implementing act” one Read More
Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (30.6.16)
- GERMANY: Far-right violence rising sharply in Germany (DW, link): "The number of violent crimes committed in Germany by far-right extremists has risen by over 40 percent in one year, the nation's internal intelligence agency Read More
CIA RENDITION: Lawyer: CIA gave Romania millions to host secret prisons
"The CIA paid Romania “millions of dollars” to host secret prisons, a rights lawyer said Wednesday as the European Court of Human Rights heard accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects in Read More