Im Rahmen des „Equality March“, einer Demonstration für die Rechte von LGBTI* in polnischen Bialystok am 20 Juli wurden zahlreiche Teilnehmer durch Gegendemonstranten angegriffen...
Polen: Freie Gerichte, freie Menschen
In Polen werden Menschenrechte mit Füßen getreten. In den letzten Jahren hat sich die Menschenrechtslage in Polen kontinuierlich verschlechtert. Die Unabhängigkeit der Gerichte wurde...
Switzerland: Judgment day for pensioner convicted for showing compassion to frost-bitten asylum-seeker
head of tomorrow’s appeal against the conviction of Anni Lanz, a 73-year-old woman convicted and fined with 800 Swiss francs ($820 US) for giving...
Left adrift in the Mediterranean
“The most important thing for these people here is that they get to a safe port and be allowed to get off the boat,”...
121 people including babies and children stranded at sea in searing heat must be allowed to dock
More than 30 children, including two babies, and nearly 90 men and women stranded at sea in searing temperatures, must be immediately allowed to...
EU action shows ‘intimidation campaign’ against those defending asylum-seekers will not be tolerated
Responding to a decision by the European Commission to refer Hungary’s “Stop Soros” legislation to the Court of Justice of the European Union and...
Nordirland: riesiger Schritt für Abtreibungsrechte und gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe nach Abstimmung des Londoner Unterhauses
Die Abgeordneten im Unterhaus des britischen Parlaments haben mit 328 zu 65 Stimmen für einen Gesetzentwurf zur Liberalisierung der Abtreibungsrechte und Legalisierung der gleichgeschlechtlichen...
A Constitutional Crisis in the Hungarian Judiciary
“The Hungarian judiciary is facing a kind of ‘constitutional crisis’ since May 2018 while “checks and balances, which are crucial to ensuring judicial independence, have...
Poland: Free courts, free people, judges standing for their independence
Since late 2015, the government of Poland has adopted and implemented a set of legislative and policy measures leading to undermine the independence of...
France: Call for suspending the use of rubber bullets fired with the LBD40 and for banning grenades GLI-F4 in the context of policing protests
According to official statistics, since the beginning of the cycle of protests of the so-called “Yellow Vests” in November 2018, more than 2,200 protesters...