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Weekly legal news from the EU and RussiaBulgaria’s surveillance laws violate European human rights code, court rules
The ruling comes amid growing backlash over secret surveillance in Bulgaria. A lack of regulations in Bulgarian law has led to a situation where data "could be used for nefarious purposes," the court said.
Source: DW
Activists behind Shell climate verdict target 30 multinationals
The Dutch wing of environmental group Friends of the Earth, which won a landmark court case against Royal Dutch Shell last year, demanded 30 corporations publish plans for big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Reuters
Russia has started issuing ‘non-citizen passports’
According to the Interior Ministry, there are an estimated 4,500 stateless persons living in Russia today. Each of these people are eligible for a green “Temporary identity card of a stateless person in the Russian Federation.” Authorities in Moscow began issuing “non-citizen passports” in December 2021. Other Russian regions began issuing these identity documents even earlier, with roughly 600 people obtaining them last year.
Source: Meduza
German court finds Syrian colonel guilty of crimes against humanity
A German court has sentenced a Syrian colonel to life in prison for crimes against humanity. Anwar Raslan, 58, was linked to the torture of over 4,000 people in Syria's civil war in a jail known as "Hell on Earth". The trial in Koblenz is the world's first criminal case brought over state-led torture in Syria.
Source: BBC
Language law for national print media comes into force in Ukraine
A language law came into force in Ukraine on 16 January that requires all national print media to be published in the country’s official language, Ukrainian, in a bid to push back against the use of the Russian language in the public sphere.
Source: Radio Liberty
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