Civil Liberties Archives - Brave New Europe

Vijay Prashad, Katie Halper: Frankfurt City Council Undermines Human Rights by Cancelling a Concert by Roger Waters

March 13, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Attempts to paint legitimate criticism of the Israeli state as antisemitic is a well-worn tactic to undermine support for Palestinian human rights, but one that still seems to be effective in Germany. Vijay Prashad is an […]

Berto Sagrera: Spain fails to comply with UN resolution on rights of Catalan political prisoners

March 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

El Nacional.Cat reports that the Spanish Government has dismissed the UN’s opinion that the state had violated the political rights of Catalan pro-independence leaders when they were imprisoned after the 2017 referendum. Read the article […]

Branko Marcetic: The State of Ukrainian Democracy Is Not Strong

February 27, 2023 Ben Wray 0

A detailed account of the sharp decline in democratic freedoms in Ukraine, in ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.