On 22 January 2020, Spain was questioned by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the OHCHR. On 21 January, the European Civic Forum took part in a side event organised…
(DW - 26 November 2019) The outrage was palpable over the weekend when it was reported that Berlin's finance department had stripped Germany's oldest anti-fascist organization of its nonprofit status because of its…
In 2017, two legislations aiming at transposing EU directive 2015/849 (Fourth European Directive against Money Laundering) were passed by the Portuguese state. These new measures are on the one hand…
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.…
(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,…
UPDATE 23 Jan. 2019: In Early December, the Constitutional Court declared that the draft law is partially unconstitutional. The law is back in the Parliament UPDATE 26 Nov. 2018: The law…
(The Guardian) Willy Toledo to face Madrid court after not showing up for questioning over Facebook post A Spanish actor accused of ridiculing God and the Virgin Mary has been detained…
A group of women activists was identified as "socially dangerous" by the police central station of Rome for singing Bella Ciao in sign of protest against the stand of the…
(The Irish Times) Law being used to shut down organisations holding politics to account For community and voluntary organisations across Ireland, yesterday’s settlement of the court proceedings between Amnesty International Ireland…
(Network for Police monitoring) A report on tackling ‘hateful extremism’ commissioned in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack has been caught up in a barrage of criticism entirely of its…