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ECtHR: Russian "Insult" Sanction Violated Speech Rights
June 07, 2016
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a criminal fine of a Russian newspaper editor for publishing an article complaining of corruption on the part of a mayor violated the editor's right to freedom of expression, as the Russian courts failed to weigh this freedom against the mayor's "right to respect for reputation."
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Britain Pays Millions Toward Defunct Security Coalition
June 07, 2016
The BBC reports that the British Government has paid in the past five years £5.5 million toward "residual pension obligations" relating to the Western European Union, a security cooperation organization founded in 1948, eclipsed in subsequent years by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and absorbed into the EU in 2000.
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MEPs Seek Extension of EU Criminal Record Exchange
June 06, 2016
Members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee have backed a European Commission proposal to extend the EU's European Criminal Records Information System, under which EU countries exchange criminal records information on their nationals, to the criminal records of non-EU nationals.
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EU Committee Pushes Focus on Rights in Border Protection
June 06, 2016
The European Economic and Social Committee has published an opinion calling on EU officials manning the borders of the bloc to prioritize the human rights of migrants and the right of citizens to free movement within the EU in their work and pushing for a common EU asylum system and migration policy.
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EU Proposes New Audiovisual Media Framework
June 06, 2016
The European Commission has proposed a revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive that updates the EU's online and broadcast media framework through measures that, among other things, require on-demand providers to pay for the development of European media content and mandate protection by online media providers from "incitement to hatred."
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