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17/07/2019

Italy’s Salvini Shuts Europe’s One-time Largest Migrant Centre

A migrant centre on the Italian island of Sicily which had been one of the largest of its kind in Europe has been officially shut down.
Source: bbc.com

23/07/2019

Dutch Top Court Rules Netherlands Partially Responsible for Deaths of Muslim Men in Srebrenica

The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Netherlands is partially responsible for the July 1995 deaths of more than 300 Muslims in Srebrenica but lowered the number of damages the state will have to pay to the victim's families.
Source: euronews.com

23/07/2019

LGBTQ Activist Killed in St Petersburg

Yelena Grigoryeva, an activist for the St. Petersburg-based Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT People for Equal Rights, was killed on the evening of July 21. According to human rights activist Dinar Idrisov and the Russian LGBT Network, Grigoryeva had received multiple death threats both on- and offline.
Source: meduza.io

23/07/2019

British Journalists Slam Use of ‘Intimidating’ Lawsuits

Press freedom advocates have called for more safeguards from legal attempts to silence journalists. Without them, such lawsuits will continue to pose "a threat to media freedom and public interest advocacy."
Source: dw.com

23/07/2019

20,000 People Demand Free Moscow Elections in Largest Russian Protest in Years

More than 22,000 protesters gathered in Moscow on Saturday against the exclusion of opposition candidates from the ballot for city elections in September. This is the largest demonstration in Russia in recent years.
Source: themoscowtimes.com

23/07/2019

Electronic Visas Introduced for Foreigners Coming to St. Petersburg

Travellers to Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region in Russia would be able to obtain E-visas for free. The regime will be in force from October 1, 2019.
Source: tass.com

30/07/2019

Hungary Offers €30,000 to Married Couples Who Can Produce Three Children

The Hungarian government is offering married couples a 10 million-forint (around €30,590) loan, which they do not have to pay back if they have three children. Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his right-wing Fidesz party want to encourage population growth via families rather than mass immigration.
Source: euronews.com

30/07/2019

Poland Moves to Exempt Young Workers From Income Tax

A new law that comes into effect in Poland this week will scrap income tax for roughly 2 million young workers. It's an attempt by the government to stop the dramatic brain drain Poland has experienced since it joined the European Union 15 years ago.
Source: edition.cnn.com
30/07/2019

New Evidence of Torture in Chechnya is Revealed

The human rights groups “Memorial” and the “Committee Against Torture,” together with the newspaper Novaya Gazeta, held a press conference where they presented new evidence of torture, abductions, and summary executions in Chechnya in January 2017. The team of journalists and activists obtained testimony from witnesses who were held at that time at the same police base that reportedly houses Chechnya’s “secret prison”.
Source: meduza.io