Update 18 March 2019: On 26 February, HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) issued an apology to the Standsted 15 after they were ordered back to court over aggravated trespassing.…
UPDATE 13 March 2019: On 12 March, the Senate approved the law. The civic opposition and the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron have announced they will bring the law to…
(Liberties on CIVICUS Monitor) On 6th and 7th December 2018 more than 100 people were detained in Athens and in Thessaloniki according to the authorities, following violent protests started by some of the protesters mobilised to commemorate…
UPDATE - 20 February 2019: Europa Press “Pedro Sanchez's decision to call general elections for April 28 will prevent the General Courts from approving two partial reforms of the Constitution…
(Dutch News) The Kick Out Zwarte Piet campaign group has made a formal complaint to the justice ministry about being included on a list of potential terrorist threats two years ago,…
(Civicus Monitor) Peaceful Assembly A string of protests with reports of violence and hundreds of arrests took place in Belgium during the months of November and December 2018. Belgian police confirmed to…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) Protestors manhandled a rival politician during the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) rally which was mobilised to protest against the United Nation’s Global Compact for Safe,…
(Ligue des droits de l'homme) On the eve of Act X of the mobilisation of the Yellow Vests, the League for Human Rights (LDH) is concerned about the repression of demonstrators.…
(Ecologist) More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence during Katowice climate talks. More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence to demand negotiators and ministers attending…
(Disability News Service) Police forces are repeatedly targeting and assaulting disabled people involved in peaceful anti-fracking protests, campaigners have told Disability News Service (DNS). https://twitter.com/policemonitor/status/1074570177050763264 DNS has seen video footage of…