October 6, 2024

East West for Rights and Freedoms

Year: 2023

The right and left criticize the French Interior Minister’s attack on international football player Benzema

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The French radical left as well as the French extreme right criticized the controversial statements of French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin concerning international football player of Algerian origins, Karim Benzema, after the latter made statements sympathetic to the victims of the Israeli bombing of Gaza. In a post on “X”, formerly Twitter, prominent leftist French…

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After rising in Hesse and Bavaria
Scholz is “concerned” about the popularity of the far-right in Germany

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The rise of the extreme right in the elections in the states of Bavaria and Hesse raised concerns among German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as non-governmental organizations, about the repercussions of this result on the democratic development in the country and human rights, especially the rights of immigrants. “We should be concerned about this,…

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For allegedly threatening “public order”
A Palestinian activist is under house arrest in preparation for expulsion from France

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Member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Maryam Abu Daqqa, confirmed that she was placed under house arrest in southeastern France, after an order to expel her was issued that could not be implemented immediately. The European Union classifies the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a…

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Including minors and pregnant women
A new eviction of two thousand migrants from a camp in northern France

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French police evicted a camp that was housing about two thousand people, including many families and unaccompanied minors, in the north of the country, where immigration trips to the United Kingdom depart, while human rights activists fear that the health conditions of asylum seekers will deteriorate, with the arrival of winter and falling temperatures. On…

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German police bans a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine… Organizers accuse the police of “racism”

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The organizers of the demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people in Berlin accused the police of racism due to the ban on demonstrations, and announced that they would take legal measures against depriving the entire Arab community of its right to freedom of expression, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized the anti-Israel demonstrations, describing them…

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A setback for Meloni’s controversial decree
An Italian court releases 5 Tunisian immigrants and exempts them from paying a fine

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A judge in the Catania court released six Tunisian immigrants who were detained under a new, controversial Italian decree, in a deportation center in Sicily, after they were unable to pay the required fine, noting that the decree violated European law. Media reported that the decree of the far-right Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, regarding…

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Latvia, Estonia and Germany are in the lead
EU: This year is witnessing the largest increase in asylum applications since 2016

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The European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA announced that this year witnessed more than 800,000 people applying for asylum in 27 European Union countries in addition to Norway and Switzerland, noting that this number is the highest number compared to similar periods of previous years, since 2016. On Tuesday, October 10, the German newspaper…

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Germany accuses two Syrian individuals of planning an attack on a church in Sweden in response to the burning of the Quran

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German prosecutors accused two Syrian brothers of planning an ISIS-inspired attack on a church in Sweden due to incidents of Quran burning in the country. SVT channel reported that the German authorities in the German city of Hamburg brought charges against the two Syrian brothers, who were arrested in a security operation last April. According…

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