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Enforcement of EU Values and the Tyranny of National Identity – Polish Examples and Excuses
"Professor A. von Bogdandy in his recent piece published at Verfassungsblog analyzes difficulties regarding enforcement of the EU values. He argues that the application of Treaty provisions relating to EU fundamental values should be cautious in order to avoid controversy or pressure." Read More
Women human rights defenders under attack: Amnesty
"Activists continue to be sexually assaulted, threatened, intimidated, criminalized and even killed, the rights watchdog has said. Women human rights defenders even face hostility from members of their own family." Read More
Over 1000 cases set to be dropped against Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested during October’s International Rebellion
"The Metropolitan Police has admitted to the unlawful use of Section 14 of the Public Order Act during the first week of the October protests, following a threat of further legal action by Extinction Rebellion’s lawyers" Read More
Refugees being ‘starved out’ of UN facility in Tripoli
"Aid worker claims refugees are being denied food to motivate them to leave." Read More
Suspected neo-Nazis behind bomb threats across Germany: reports
"A suspected neo-Nazi extremist or extremists are responsible for a series of bomb threats across Germany in recent weeks, according to media reports..." Read More
European leaders: Stop punishing asylum seekers on the Greek islands
"Dear European leaders
I have just come back from the Greek islands, and I was shocked by what I saw and by the accounts I heard from my colleagues on the ground.(...)" Read More
UN refugees chief urges Greece to improve ‘miserable’ camp conditions
"plans to shut overcrowded refugee camps and replace them with detention centres to be used both as an ante-room for deporting failed asylum seekers and as a reception and processing centre for new arrivals. (...)" Read More
Four dead, 10 missing from migrant boat found adrift near Melilla
"Rescue services took 55 survivors to the Spanish exclave city, where the holding center is over capacity." Read More
Justice and Home Affairs Council, 2-3 December 2019: Background Note
EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 2-3 December 2019: Background Note (pdf) Read More
Hungary: The legacy of the Orbán era: anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia
"At just about the same time that Hungarians witnessed an anti-Semitic assault by Fidesz journalists on “alien-hearted” Jews who are unable or maybe even unwilling to “melt” into the majority, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) concluded a global survey of 18 countries on the state of anti-Semitism in today’s world." Read More