Tag: Torture
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New UN report documents systematic crimes against migrants in Libya – but EU Commission keeps own findings secret

A new UN report from Libya describes arbitrary detention, abduction, sexual violence against women, men and children, and the forcible interception of boats in the Mediterranean. The EU Commission appears largely indifferent. The United Nations office in Libya published a…
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Germany accepts torture: Authority knows evidence in Turkey but wants to deport a Kurdish man

At least twelve Kurds are currently being detained in Germany on charges of supporting the PKK. Others are threatened with deportation to Turkish prisons. A Bavarian foreigners authority wants to deport a Kurd to Turkey, although it has been proven…
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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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Justice scandal in Iceland was led by German commissioner

In 1977, six Icelandic nationals were sentenced to heavy prison sentences in two homicide cases without corpses. The highest court acquitted the partially deceased 41 years later and fully rehabilitated them. Now the involvement of the German Federal Criminal Police…