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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…
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“Protection you can afford”: Successful passage from Libya is question of money
A presentation by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees gives important figures on people fleeing across the Mediterranean. Accordingly, the Libyan coast guard intercepts mainly people from Mali, the average…
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German government coins extremist police narrative of a “thin blue line”
US police officers disparage black movements since the 1960s with a “thin blue line”. The symbolism has also found its way to Germany. The Ministry of Finance is now putting…