News from the Borders 19.04.2024

Erik Marquardt on 19. April 2024

Photo: Erik Marquardt
  • After more than five years, the court in Trapani has dropped the charges against the sea rescue crew of the Iuventa. This marks the end of years of unlawful criminalization of sea rescuers. taz reports.
  • The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the conditions in the Greek „hotspot “camps of Chios, Kos and Samos constitute inhuman or degrading treatment for three applicants. The ruling is also important with regard to the CEAS reform: it underlines the inalienability of human rights. To the tweet from Equal Rights Beyond Borders.
  • After almost three years of legal proceedings, Berlin's Mitte District Court ruled that a police officer's question as to where the plaintiff "actually" came from constituted direct discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin and a racist ascription. This is the first time that the Berlin police have been convicted under the state anti-discrimination law. To the press release of the German Anti-Discrimination Association.