Tag: Germany
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EU Council wants to cut off national parliaments: Access to legislative portal to be blocked over leaks
Members of the national parliaments can obtain information on processes in Brussels via an internal EU database. Because the media also have access to the documents, this access is to be cut off. The Secretariat of the EU Council plans…
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Humanitarian aid: After Austria and EU, Germany might also stop projects in Palestine
Several politicians are calling for the end of German-Palestinian development cooperation. Following this logic, the Federal Police would also have to be withdrawn from the West Bank and Gaza. After the large-scale attack by the Islamist Hamas on Israel, the…
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Indymedia Linksunten: German Police can’t decrypt MacBook and has to return it
After the recent Linksunten raids, around 180 evidence files remain with the LKA. Two of the persons concerned were dismissed after the incident – presumably because the police contacted their employers. In August, the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office struck…
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Complaint against water cannons: German police use excessive force against Dutch climate protest
A district court in the Netherlands is hearing a lawsuit filed by Extinction Rebellion against the use of foreign water cannons. These are alleged to have targeted the heads of demonstrators. It is not only in Germany that police are…