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Libyan Coast Guard: Again shooting instead of rescue
The EU Commission supports the Libyan Coast Guard financially and with equipment. In at least five cases, the units have used firearms in maritime distress cases outside their territorial waters.…
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EU Arrest Warrant: Last Italian G8 prisoner again not extradited from France
For the third time, a court in France rejects the Italian arrest warrant for the anarchist Vincenzo Vecchi. The 49-year-old Italian is to be imprisoned for summit protests in 2001.…
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Attack with stones in the West Bank city of Nablus: A German tendency to drama
The alleged German “tourist” Gerald Hetzel is travelling with right-wing extremists in Israel Last week, two Germans were apparently attacked by stone-throwers in the West Bank city of Nablus. The…
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German Data Protection Commissioner finds numerous deficiencies in surveillance
Even police and secret services are not always convinced of the usefulness of their large databases. There is also criticism of licence plate scanners and surveillance technology from private manufacturers.…
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The Bundeswehr flies the world’s largest drones over the Black Sea. When will the first one crash?
Germany is the largest contributor to five Nato “Global Hawk” drones in Sicily. The military alliance has been using them to monitor its “eastern flank” for two years. The crash…
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Report in Germany accuses police of “direct brutality” at protest in Lützerath
The police actions around Lützerath two months ago violated the freedom of assembly on several levels, write 14 observers from the Constitutional Rights Committee in a detailed report on the…