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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 June 2008 |
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Eyes Wide Shut? The Impact of Embedded Journalism on Dutch Newspaper Coverage of Afghanistan |
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The Dutch Ministry of Defence offers journalists embedded expiditions to military operations of Dutch soldiers in Uruzgan. Under the embed policy, three journalists can travel from the Netherlands to Uruzgan every two weeks. They are hosted by the Dutch contingent and fall under the commander’s responsibility. Articles have to be submitted for review on operational security prior to publication. Dutch embedded journalists cooperate closely with the Ministry of Defence before, during and after their embed experience. Many have developed a close relationship with the military as a consequence. Embeddedness raises questions about objectivity, censorship and journalistic independence. A current research by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies looks at embedded journalism, how it affects Dutch coverage of Afghanistan, and whether regulations for future reporting should be changed. As part of this research HCSS conducted a software-based text mining analysis on Dutch press coverage of Afghanistan. This analysis consists of two parts 1) the comparison of a sample of embedded and unembedded articles, and 2) the analysis of a sample of the complete Dutch press coverage of Afghanistan. Text analysis shows that embedded journalists write mainly about the Dutch troops and their military operational activities while unembedded reporters focus more on the socio-political situation in Afghanistan. While more journalists write about Afghanistan, the focus has narrowed, and the authors suggest that the close interaction between military and journalists may also jeopardise the independence of reporting. The report concludes that the Dutch press in general could benefit from maintaining a professional distance from the military, and finding more ways to complement embedded with unembedded reporting. |
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April 2008
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Hague Centre for Strategic Studies,
Download report
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Hague Centre for Strategic Studies |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 06 June 2008 |
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EURO 08: Legal support and helpful advice
for football fans |
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This information sheet is intended for visitors of
the EURO 08 football games in Switzerland. It contains
some recommendations and legal advice on
how to avoid confrontations with the police and
private security personnel and to exercise your
rights when dealing with police in Switzerland. |
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2008
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Download leaflet (EN),
Download leaflet (DE),
Download leaflet (FR),
Download leaflet (Turkish),
More info on the DJS website
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Democratic Lawyers of Switzerland (DJS) |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 22 May 2008 |
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ASGI press release on violence against Roma |
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"ASGI expresses its deep concern and indignation for the very serious episodes of violence against the Roma population that occurred in Naples and other cities. For too long in our country, Roma people have become, as an ethnic-cultural group, the target for systematic violence and verbal and physical aggression, even in the extremely violent forms that characterise removals from camps where they stay, with the destruction of personal belongings, the open expression of contempt and ill-treatment against people... ASGI calls upon all those who care about the protection of fundamental human rights to react to this climate of intolerance by undertaking any kind of initiative that may be useful in order to re-affirm the legal order." |
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Comunicato stampa ASGI,
ASGI press release
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Associazione di Studi Giuridici sull'Immigrazione |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 06 May 2008 |
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SOS Racismo opposes the returns directive |
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The national federation of SOS Racismo criticises the return directive that is due for approval due to its extension of the length of detention of migrants, the possibility of migrants being held in prisons (albeit separately from ordinary prisoners) in the absence of places in detention detention centres, of detaining minors, and the five-year re-entry ban. Calls on Spanish MEPs to reject the directive. |
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La federacion estatal de SOS Racismo se opone a la inminente aprobacion de la directiva europea de la verguenza
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Federacion Estatal de SOS Racismo |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 26 April 2008 |
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33/01 Case against Gestoras Pro Amnistia |
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Statement concerning the trial that began on 21 April 2008 against Basque prisoner support and human rights groups Gestoras Pro Amnistia and Askatasuna, in which 27 people face charges and possible sentences of up to ten years in prison for membership of a terrorist organisation (ETA). The defendants claim that the trial is the latest in a series of trials against social movements that presents them as being part of ETA, whereas they have carried out their activities lawfully and publicly for decades, arguing that it is their “tasks and goals” (including “the protection of the human rights of victims of repression” and the “erradication of torture”) that have been “criminalised”. The statement highlights irregularities in the police operations leading to the charges, the difficulty of proving or disproving claims that are “generic” and lacking the “individuality and precision that must be the basis of any criminal charges”, quotes the charge sheet detailing the serious offences of which they are accused, and presents the trial as “political”, noting that they do not expect a “fair trial” in the Audiencia Nacional, a tribunal they describe as “exceptional”. |
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33/01 Case against Gestoras Pro Amnistia (sp),
in English,
in French,
in Italian,
Document detailing the charges for the trial (Sp)
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EHwatch |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 28 March 2008 |
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Demonstrations against racism and xenophobia |
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Demonstrations and activities against racism and xenophobia organised by SOS Racismo are taking place in localities in the Basque Country, Navarre and Catalunya throughout the end of March, starting on 21 March, the international day against xenophobia. These include activities in Barcelona culminating in a demonstration on 28 March, a march from Trintxerpe to Donostia-San Sebastian on 30 March, a week against racism including documentary screenings, a concert and a talk about the media's treatment of immigration by Peio Aierbe in Iruna-Pamplona, a march against the immigration law (ley de extranjeria) in Bilbao on 28 March. |
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Basque Country, Catalunya 21-30 March 2008
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Marca-li un gol al racisme,
CONTRA LA EXCLUSIÓN, POR LA IGUALDAD,
Xenofobiaren kontra. Contra el racismo,
Medios de comunicacion, racismo y xenofobia
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SOS Racismo |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 10 March 2008 |
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Abou Elkassim Britel - libero e vivo |
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Appeal (in Italian English and French) for rendition victim Abou Elkassim Britel to be freed. He has spent years in custody since his detention on false grounds and abduction in Pakistan in 2002, followed by an unfair trial in which he was found guilty of terrorist activity after rendition to Morocco, where he had previously been released in the absence of evidence against him. The EP Committee investigating renditions called on the Italian government to intervene to free its citizen, and vows to do so have not been carried through. |
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Abou Elkassim Britel - free and alive,
Giustizia per Kassim
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Justice for Kassim campaign |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 29 February 2008 |
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"En Movemento" |
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A new monthly civil rights newspaper produced by the Galician civil rights organisation, Movemento polos dereitos civis. |
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Galicia (Spain) November 2007 - ongoing
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MPDC,
En Movemento back issues
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Movemento polos dereitos civis |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 22 February 2008 |
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Jornada Estatal por los derechos de las personas inmigrantes |
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Demonstration organised by the national network for the rights of immigrants (REDI) in Seville to express the support of dozens of organisations to claims for migrants' rights. These include: a) immediate regularisation of migrants and guarantees concerning residence, employment and family life; b) the ending of repression against migrant people and guarantees against abuses by the police and xenophobic discrimination; and c) equal rights for all migrants. |
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Seville 23 February 2008
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Jornada Estatal por los derechos de las personas inmigrantes,
12 Medidas urgentes por la Dignidad de los Inmigrantes
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Red Estatal por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes (REDI) |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 21 February 2008 |
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POR UNA CAMPA�A ELECTORAL SIN XENOFOBIA, SIN DISCRIMINACI�N SOCIAL, SIN EQU�VOCOS |
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A warning against the "xenophobia, fear, phobia against immigrants" that some "irresponsible political parties" are seeking to set in the election campaign. Criticism is levelled primarily at the PP (alongside the Catalan CiU and Canary islanders CC parties) and its "integration contract" proposal, viewed as an initiative that "promotes and strengthens racism". The governing PSOE party is accused of framing social policies in a way that is discriminatory, as is also argued in relation to the Basque three-party government's housing aid policy. |
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Por una campaña electoral sin xenofobia, sin discriminación social, sin equívocos
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Mugak/SOS Arrazakeria, SOS Racismo |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 22 January 2008 |
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Observatoire de l’institutionnalisation de la xénophobie (Observ.i.x) |
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New website. The observatory on the institutionalisation of xenophobia is a collective focussing on research concerning human beings and society in relation to governmental initiatives concerning national identity and immigration. It seeks to stimulate original independent work on the erosion of humanist perceptions of otherness and the stygmatisation of foreigners as a problem or threat in the ordinary operation of established authorities. |
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France 14 January 2008
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Observ.i.x,
Call for contributions
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Observ.i.x |
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ECLN notice - demonstrations - added 06 January 2008 |
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MEMORIAL CONFERENCES AND DEMONSTRATION IN DESSAU - in memory of Oury Jalloh, Layé Konde, Dominique Koumadio and all other victims of racist police brutality |
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With this call we would like to invite all interested people to participate in the conferences in Berlin and Dessau as well as the demonstration in Dessau, all of which will be held in memory of Oury Jalloh, Layé Konde, Dominique Koumadio and all other victims of racist police brutality.
05 January 2008 - Memorial Conference in Berlin for the victims of racist police violence; 4 p.m., Mehringhof, Gneisenaustr. 2a, U6/U7 Mehringdamm
06 January 2008 – Black Africa Conference in Dessau; 12p.m., Beat Club
07 January 2008 - Demonstration in Dessau
For the 3rd anniversary of Oury Jalloh’s murder, 1 p.m. |
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Berlin/Dessau, Germany 4-7 January 2008
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Call out (Full-text)
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The Voice e.V. Africa Forum |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 12 November 2007 |
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Campaign against the “11th European Police Congress“, 29th-30th of January 2008 in Berlin. Against a “Global Security Architecture”, for more security-critical behaviour! |
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Police investigation methods and the global security apparatus are increasingly violating basic democratic and human rights. Police and intelligence services want to attain unrestricted access to personal data and internet user profiles. The “European Police Congress”, a forum where politicians, police authorities, intelligence services, the military and the security industry meet to discuss the implementation of new measures for data collection and prosecution facilitates the increasing social control and authoritarian state tendencies within the EU. The 2008 Congress takes place under the motto “Information technology – investigation – operation”. On Tuesday, 29 January 2008, Schäuble, the German Minister of Internal Affairs, will speak at the “Forum of European Ministers of Internal Affairs”. A coalition of civil liberties and social justice groups is organising protest actions, with the aim to reach broad segments of society. This recent initiative is seen as a potential extension of already existing campaigns: against data retention, against anti-terrorist laws, the EU border agency Frontex and the repressive EU migration regime, against police racism and militarism. |
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11th European Police Congress home page,
More information about the campaign (English),
More information about the campaign (German)
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Six Hills |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 November 2007 |
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»The truth may be bitter, but it must be told« The Situation of Refugees in the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard. |
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Asylum seekers are being sent back to Greece from Germany and other European countries without their applications for asylum having been thoroughly examined. The legal basis for this is the European Dublin II
Regulation under which the state through which the asylum seeker entered European territory is responsible for processing the asylum claim. For a large number of people, particularly those from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran
and Somalia, the escape route leads them across the Aegean into Greece. This report forms part of a series of fact-finding missions (to Spain/Morocco, Italy, Slovakia/Ukraine)
about human rights violations committed at the external borders of Europe, conducted by PRO ASYL. This report finds systematic refoulement of refugees at sea, illegal deportations and detention and inhumane detention conditions and makes a series of demands. |
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October 2007
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Report (PDF),
Pro Asyl: Information on reactions to the report
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Pro Asyl, Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 November 2007 |
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FRONTEX-led EU Illegal Immigration Technical Mission to Libya. 28 May - 5 June 2007 |
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Frontex, the "European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union", reports on its second EU technical mission on illegal immigration to Libya between 28 May and 5 June 2007. |
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2007
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Report (PDF)
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Frontex |
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ECLN notice - publications/research - added 12 November 2007 |
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Escape from Tripoli Report on the Conditions of Migrants in Transit in Libya |
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"The deaths in the desert and in the Channel of Sicily, the tortures and rapes in
detention centres funded by Italy, deportations to the Sahara, collective
refoulements, the repatriation of refugees on flights paid by Rome, deportations
from Lampedusa, murders in police stations, the abuses perpetrated by passeurs and
racist attacks in Tripoli. Everything that must not be known about the country to
which Italy and the EU entrust the control of the southern border, on the eve of Frontex patrol operations in Libya in 2008, when refoulements at sea will become the norm." |
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October 2007
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Fortress Europe,
Report (PDF)
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Fortress Europe. The observatory on victims of migrations |
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ECLN notice - campaigns/open letters - added 12 November 2007 |
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Declaration of Oujda |
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In commemoration of the events in Ceuta and Melilla in October 2005, human rights groups from the global South and North passed a declaration at the International Conference "Violations of Human Rights at Borders" on October 6, 2007. Next to denouncing inhuman living conditions of migrants they criticise "current politics that aim to relocate the ratification of the right of asylum solely to non-European countries and to transfer the exercise of repression, all in the name of “migration management”, thus bearing the responsibility for numerous deaths and extensive suffering." The coalition of groups demands not only a thorough investigation of the crimes that have been committed in the nights of September 28/29, 2005 in Ceuta and October 5/6, 2005 in Melilla but also an end to "economic and political pressure by the EU and its member states against countries of origin or transit, as they result from the European Partnership Agreement (EPA) and other agreements, which make these countries the agents of border control, migration management, screening of migrants and their deportation." |
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Migreurop,
Declaration
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International Conference |
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