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From around the EU: German journalist gets cleared from secret service; Amnesty publishes critical report on Dutch prison conditions; 6th memorial protest and new trial for Oury Jalloh in Dessau

01 January 2011

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From around the EU: German journalist gets cleared from secret service: Three years after the anti-G8 protests in Heiligendamm, German Journalist Friedrich Burschel has won a case against secret service (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfVS) ). They have to stop spying on him and have to destroy the information gathered on him. Friedrich Burschel discovered that the service was targeting him, when he was denied accreditation as a journalist at the G8-summit in 2007. Earlier in 2009 he had already won a first court case denouncing that fact. Press release from his lawyer (link)

Amnesty International publishes critical report on Dutch prison conditions for undocumented migrants: After a first critical report on the prison conditions in the Netherlands for undocumented migrants in 2008, Amnesty International has now published an updated version. The title of the new report is 'Against Human Rights' and the conclusion is that most recommendations mentioned in the 2008 report have not been followed (as then minister Albayrak had promised). The conditions in the Netherlands are contrary to human rights. Report (pdf) and Analysis by Doorbraak

Germany: 6th memorial protest and new trial for Oury Jalloh in Dessau: On January 7th, 2005 Oury Jalloh burnt with his hands and feet tied in a police cell in Dessau. The trial against the accused police man ended with an acquittal in December 2008. At the demand of the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh an action against the verdict was lodged at the federal court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH). The BGH decided that the trial against one of the accused police men has to start again because the family of the victim has the right to get a legal procedure. Before the trial starts on 12 January there will be demonstrations in Dessau (7 January) and Magdeburg (8 January). More information (English) in The Voice, and in German

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