Tag: United Nations
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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 Following this logic, the Federal Police would also have to be withdrawn from the West Bank and Gaza.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 millions in aid from the German federal budget for the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel […]
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EU states against civilian rescue: Ships should meet higher standards
The German Federal Minister of Transport wants to tighten the Ship Safety Ordinance and thus put obstacles in the way of sea rescuers. Behind this is a master plan by an EU group in which three German ministries participate Together with the EU Commission and Frontex, the EU member states want to tighten the chains […]
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Cleaning up the internet: UN plans convention against cybercrime
A new convention for the prosecution of online crimes is to include the “spreading of false information” if this could trigger “social unrest”. States are therefore to make provisions to be able to uniformly prosecute calls for “subversive or armed activities” on the internet. The proposals are contained in the draft Convention against Cybercrime of […]
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Criticism also of COP 27: Egyptian blogger still on hunger strike
Egyptians in exile are currently protesting for the release of blogger and democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah. A Berlin based solidarity group has also criticised Germany, which is an important trading partner of the regime in Cairo and wants to import “green energy”. The Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd el-Fattah is considered one of […]