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Rome on collision course: Instead of Libyan coast guard, sea rescuers are punished again
Italy has sanctioned the ship “Sea-Eye 4” for disobeying instructions from the Libyan coast guard. Both countries are thus violating international law. For the third time, Italian authorities have imposed a fine and a 20-day administrative detention on the “Sea-Eye… Further reading
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Deportation tourism: German interior minister returns from Morocco almost empty-handed
The EU states want to increase deportations to Morocco, but the country is not cooperating. Even after a visit by the German interior minister, there was not much more than a non-binding “security agreement”. “We must finally deport on a… Further reading
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Attention, facial recognition! Saxony continues to operate camera columns in Upper Lusatia
After Görlitz, the police now also want to set up systems for recognition of facial images in Zittau. This system is unprecedented in Germany. The Görlitz police department wants to continue using its “Person Identification System” (Peris) based on facial… Further reading
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Murder of policewoman: German police may have overlooked a motive of right-wing terrorist NSU
The policewoman Michèle Kiesewetter may have foiled a neo-Nazi meeting in a restaurant run by a friend of right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe. That would be a motive for the last known NSU murder. One year before she was murdered by… Further reading
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Berlin knew about crimes in Saudi Arabia: Security agreement not be terminated despite massacres
Four months before a UN report, the German government knew about reports of massacres of refugees in Saudi Arabia. However, trainings of the federal police continued. Oil guards also benefit. The German government had long had indications of human rights… Further reading
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EU agency criticises repression against sea rescuers: States initiated over 63 proceedings in seven years
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency criticises national authorities and courts for arresting private rescue vessels. Reprisals also take place in Germany. In the past seven years, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands and Spain have initiated dozens of administrative or criminal… Further reading