Legal Dialogue

The BBC is to be formally investigated by the equality watchdog over claims men were consistently paid more than women for doing the same job.
Source: theguardian.com

The killing of thousands of “pest” birds each year including crows, rooks, jackdaws, magpies and woodpigeons is to be challenged in court by wildlife campaigners from new group called Wild Justice.
Source: theguardian.com

In a report released on Wednesday, Amnesty International stated that European governments, by prioritizing border control, are complicit in “the systematic, unlawful and frequently violent pushbacks” against asylum seekers.The report details the abuse asylum seekers face at the hands of Croatian police and the squalid conditions in the refugee camps.
Source: jurist.org

To protect the country from external attacks the Russian leadership wants to isolate it digitally. A corresponding law providing for Internet traffic to be cut off from foreign servers in the event of a threat was passed in the first reading in the Duma. Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against the move. Is this the end of Internet freedom in Russia?
Source: eurotopics.net

Latvia wants to limit cash payments to no more than 3,000 euros. The draft law comes in answer to recommendations from experts at the Council of Europe who had harshly criticised the Latvian authorities' attempts to crack down on money laundering last year as half-hearted. Commentators see the move as tantamount to scrapping cash entirely - and start to panic.
Source: eurotopics.net

Russian lawmakers pushed through a package of bills seeking to punish internet users and journalists for disrespecting the authorities and spreading fake news.
Source: themoscowtimes.com

The UK High Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s Guidance on Fracking is unlawful. Ruling in favor of Talk Fracking, an environmental group, Justice Dove held that it was unlawful for the government not to take scientific evidence and material into account when creating its guidance.
Source: jurist.org

French Finance minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday presented cabinet with the so-called Gafa tax, aimed at leveraging tax revenues of 500 million euros annually for France.
Source: eurotopics.net

UN High Commissioner for Human rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday reported on human rights issues surrounding women, conflicts and inequalities at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Source: jurist.org