Tag: Administrative Court
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Refusal of entry for Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful: German Police must lift his Schengen ban immediately
Internet postings do not justify an entry ban to the Schengen area. The British-Palestinian doctor Abu-Sittah should be silenced, criticises his lawyer. The Potsdam Administrative Court has ruled in summary proceedings that an entry ban issued by the Federal Police…
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Train trip with motion detector: French railway is testing methods for “intelligent” surveillance
The SNCF has been trialling surveillance tools from domestic and foreign companies at railway stations in France since 2017. Last year, parliament even extended these possibilities. Between 2017 and 2021, the French railway company SNCF trialled at least 19 different…
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Double surveillance of climate activist by German Federal Police was unlawful, court says
For more than two years, the German Police profiled the movements of Cécile Lecomte, a climbing activist sitting in a wheelchair, and secretly surveilled her for several weeks. The officers should have used milder measures, according to a verdict. Accompanied…
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Last Generation in Germany: Pain grips on trial for excessive police violence
Lars Ritter wanted to have police pain grips against him banned by the Berlin Administrative Court and set a precedent, but failed for formal reasons. Now the case will be heard in a principal proceeding. The climate movement Last Generation…
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Germany: Mobile phone forensics against asylum seeker unlawful
The Federal Administrative Court rejects an appeal by the Office for Migration and Refugees. Instead of demanding the handover of mobile phones and log-in data, asylum authorities must choose milder means The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has ruled that…
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A virus called control: The suspension of constitutional rights in Germany
Is the suspension of constitutional rights for the whole of society to counter the new corona virus justified? The freedom to assemble without registration or permission under Article 8 of the German Constitution has been replaced since 20 March by…