Tag: Germany
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25 years of anti-terror laws: Germany and the EU responded to 9/11 with a new era of “pre-emptive” policing
The surveillance powers Germany introduced after 9/11 were meant to be temporary. Twenty-five years on, they have become the rule rather than the exception – from a database exempt from data-protection limits to a “Gefährder” concept now headed for EU…
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Gaza drones: German government was entitled to rely on assurances from Israel, court rules against a Palestinian
A Palestinian spent nearly two years fighting to force Berlin to restrict Israel’s use of two German-leased drones – and lost. The Higher Administrative Court in Münster confirmed a ruling by the Cologne Administrative Court, finding that the conditions for…
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Forensic Architecture presents new evidence in trial of nine police officers over death of refugee Ibrahima Barry
An expert report by the Berlin-based organisation Forensis, presented by lawyers for the joint plaintiffs, argues that the fatal “hogtie” restraint used by police against Ibrahima Barry caused his death, as the trial against nine officers charged over his killing…
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Bundestag report: Complete withdrawal of benefits for asylum seekers unlawful, but ECJ to decide on cash payments
German courts have repeatedly challenged the withdrawal of benefits from asylum seekers in “Dublin cases”. A new expert report now questions both the former and current rules, while leaving one issue concerning cash payments to the European Court of Justice.…