January 29, 2013 - Society

Video: Memories of the Holocaust – ‘La Shoah par balles’

In this video, historian Pierre-Philippe Preux, casts light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust – the gruesome murder by gunshot of almost one and a half million Jews from Ukraine.

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December 19, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Judges reject Grand Chamber request and rubber-stamp German “suicide” ruling

Judges have rubber-stamped a ruling that Germany breached human rights law in a case which involved the wish of a completely paralysed woman to commit suicide.

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November 28, 2012 - Against Corruption

Anti-corruption monitors publish new report on Germany

Anti-corruption monitors have warned in a new report published today that Germany’s current compliance with their recommendations is “globally unsatisfactory.”

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November 8, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court upholds German ban on animal rights offensive ‘Holocaust on your plate’ campaign

The case concerned a civil injunction which prevented the animal rights organisation PETA from publishing a poster campaign featuring photos of concentration camp inmates along with pictures of animals kept in mass stocks.

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September 27, 2012 - European Convention of Human Rights

Court strikes out Nazi-era Jewish property complaint

Human rights judges have stopped their examination of a complaint which has stirred memories of the Nazi-era seizure of Jewish property in Germany.

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