Update: On 19 November, the Minister of Interior officially communicated the decision of dissolution to the organisation. *** Stetament by CCIF (Collective against Islamophobia in France) in reaction to the…
Following the killing of Samuel Paty and the worrying hatred and stigmatising statements against Muslims and Muslim organisations by certain political forces, civil society organisations and trade unions are collectively stressing…
Instead of considering the NGO sector as a valuable collaborator, the state, faced with criticism, most often conducts campaigns of appeasement, attacks and pressure on these independent organizations. At a panel discussion…
This article written by the European Civic Forum and originally published on Civicus Monitor, 14 February 2020 - accessible here Campaign successful in challenging ‘domestic extremism’ label In the last ten years,…
In collaboration with the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, ECNL has drafted a summary of her 2019 General Assembly…
Salam Aldeen, founder of Team Humanity is getting arrested and he is asking for help. He is now at Police station in Lesbos, Greece. This time the Greek authorities wants to…
(Network for Police Monitoring - Netpol) After almost a decade of campaigning for an end to the highly subjective categorisation of campaigners at “domestic extremists”, Netpol has finally received confirmation that the…
UPDATE - 11 November 2019: The International Trial Watch, a platform bringing together lawyers from several countries to observe the Catalan Trial, published the assessment of the sentence: https://internationaltrialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/POSICIONAMIENTO_SENTENCIA_12112019-ingles-carta.pdf. The…
(The Guardian - 24 January 2019) European court of human rights rules retaining records on John Catt was not justified A 94-year-old peaceful protester has won an eight-year legal battle…
(The Telegraph - 16 July 2019) Extinction Rebellion (XR) should be treated as an extremist anarchist group and police must stop their “soft touch” approach, a former Scotland Yard head of…