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ECtHR Sides with NGO on Basis of "Racism" Accusation
January 10, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the Swiss government violated the right to free expression by penalizing a nongovernmental organization for classifying as "verbal racism" a politician's support of a Swiss minaret ban after reviewing statements from various international bodies classifying the minaret ban as "discriminatory, xenophobic or racist."
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ECtHR Halts Sweden's Expulsion of Suspected Terror Coordinator
January 10, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the Swedish government would violate the right of a Moroccan national against torture by deporting him to Morocco after the Swedish Security Service designated him a terror threat.
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British MEPs Seek to Stay in EU Market, Customs Union
January 10, 2018
The Guardian reports that a letter from 20 British Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) calls on UK Prime Minister Theresa May to keep Britain in the EU's internal market and customs union, despite warnings from some politicians and lawyers that such a move would subject the UK to EU rules without permitting the country a say in making them.
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US Official Calls for UK Rejection of EU Food Standards
January 10, 2018
Bloomberg reports that, in a recent interview, US Department of Agriculture trade official Ted McKinney stated that a US-UK trade deal is far more likely after Brexit if Britain rejects EU food and environmental safety standards with which the country currently must comply.
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Hungary, Poland Push for Larger Voice in EU
January 10, 2018
Reuters reports that, at a recent joint news conference, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki asserted that the EU's "failed" policy of migration quotas "infringes on sovereign decisions of member states" and called for "a strong say" for the national governments of Central and Eastern Europe in EU governance.
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