Tag: Justice
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536 arrests after pro-Palestinian protest in Bern: Canton security chief calls for Antifa ban
Following record-level unrest during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bern, the police give numbers. Accordingly, most of them came from other cantons. Twenty-three were minors. After Saturday’s pro-Palestinian protest in Bern, police confirmed that 536 individuals had been temporarily detained for…
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Riace to lose its mayor: Mimmo Lucano announces resistance to judgement – and would give up seat in EU Parliament
The Europe-wide known architect of a solidarity-based refugee model in Italy is to be deposed. Right-wing extremist Matteo Salvini was one of the people behind the move. However, there is a last chance. Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Lucano is perhaps best known…
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After the fall of a student fraternity member in Graz, right-wing Styria cracks down on the left-wing scene
The Graz police prosecute seven left-wingers as a ‘criminal organisation’ after the right-wing Academics’ Ball. Three are to be deported to Germany. Their defence lawyer sees a criminalisation of anti-fascism. In the early morning of 14 March, a shared flat…
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Extradition to Hungary unlawful: German Constitutional Court upholds Maja T.’s appeal
Germany’s highest court declares the fast-track extradition of an anti-fascist to Budapest unlawful. Their lawyer demands that they are released from prison, while a solidarity group and a left-wing politician demand their return. On Thursday, the Federal Constitutional Court in…
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Kobanê anniversary in Kiel: Political motive in knife attack against Kurd in German city?
Kurdish organisations are demanding a thorough investigation after a knife attack and are warning against depoliticisation. Whether the perpetrator really sympathises with the IS is now being investigated. Following a knife attack on a Kurdish activist in the German city…
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As a wanted in the Budapest complex, Zaid A. faces EU arrest warrant, but is protected in Germany as Syrian refugee
Zaid A. from Nuremberg handed himself in in Cologne on Monday. The Syrian and six other anti-fascists are facing extradition to Hungary. However,they are demanding a fair trial in Germany. Anna Busl is a specialist lawyer for criminal and migration…
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Justice for German journalist: Four racists sentenced for attack on the island of Lesbos
Four years after attacks on a boat carrying refugees and a German journalist in the port of Thermi on Lesbos, four defendants have been found guilty. On 1 March 2020, 50 refugees drifted unmanoeuvrable on a rubber dinghy between Turkey…
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Frontex should no longer hand over refugees to Libya: Lawyers act against the transfer of location data
Because Frontex also informs the Libyan Coast Guard about boats that are not in distress at sea, refugees are taking action against this practice at the EU. Frontex defames this as “publicity”. Two weeks ago, Frontex confirmed that the number…