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Weekly legal news from the EU and RussiaLess than 20% conviction rate in domestic violence cases before Dublin courts
In 2019 and 2020, less than one in five people accused of a domestic violence offence were convicted and strike out/withdrawal applications were made in 65 per cent of cases, significantly more than other types of offences.
Source: Irishtimes
Spain grants monthly aid to lure youths out of parents’ homes
250 euros a month will be paid by the Spanish government to low-income youths to help them pay a rent and leave their parents‘ house given the large number of young adults in the country who cannot afford to move out.
Source: Reuters
EU leaders must pay attention to threatened civic freedoms in Slovenia
Janez Janša and his far-right party (SDS) have repeatedly targeted the civic freedoms he previously defended. In June 2021, the country was placed on the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist because of the rapid deterioration in civic freedoms, in particular those about environmental rights and culture. Independent journalism is also seriously undermined.
Source: euronews
Human rights group Gulagu.net releases video evidencing abuse in Omsk prisons
A video evidencing the abuse of inmates in prisons in Russia’s Omsk region has been released by Gulagu.net. It was obtained from the Omsk regional branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and shows the quarantine cells for new arrivals and the way the inmates were abused and forced to work on weekends under threat of torture.
Poland and Hungary go hard on Belarus migrants
Poland wants the EU to approve the restriction of people's right to asylum if they enter from Belarus, among other "emergency" measures. Poland tried to add to an EU Commission proposal an article which may allow making asylum applications for people who illegally crossed the border with Belarus only at designated border crossing points.
Source: EUobserver
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