Europe: Under Protected and Over Restricted: The state of the right to protest in 21 European countries
9 July 24
Amnesty International publishes ‘Under protected and over restricted’, a report that examines 21 countries across Europe where the right to protest is under serious threat.
Source: AI
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: UK
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Illegal crossing attempts at Polish-Belarusian border halve after introduction of exclusion zone
8 July 24
Poland’s border guards state that in the three weeks since the introduction of an exclusion zone at the border with Belarus, the number of ‘illegal’ crossing attempts has fallen by more than half.
Source: Notes from Poland
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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Orban’s right-wing group meets EU parliament’s conditions
8 July 24
A far-right alliance called Patriots for Europe is formed in the European parliament, comprising: National Rally (France), Fidesz (Hungary), Freedom party (Austria), Vlaams Belang (Belgium), ANO (Czech Republic), Voice of Reason (Greece), Party of Freedom (Netherlands), Chega (Portugal), Vox (Spain) and the Danish People’s Party. The League (Italy) is also expected to join.
Source: Deutsche Welle
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: EU
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Melvyn Jaminet suspended by French rugby federation after racist remark in viral video
8 July 24
The French rugby federation (FFR) suspends fullback Melvyn Jaminet from the national team after a video surfaces in which he stated ‘The first Arab I meet on the street, I’m going to butt him’.
Source: LeMonde
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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Chinese students ‘most likely to face racism’ in UK
8 July 24
A survey by Etio of international students across 24 countries shows that at UK institutions, international students experience levels of discrimination similar to the global average (21 percent). Students from East and South-east Asian (ESEA) backgrounds are more likely to be affected, with 41 percent of Chinese students reporting discrimination based on race and ethnicity.
Source: THE
Category: EDUCATION
Country: UK
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Children’s watchdog to look into young asylum seekers’ treatment at Manston
7 July 24
The children’s commissioner of England, Rachel de Souza, is to visit the Manston immigration processing centre in Kent, following concerns raised about the treatment of children there.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: UK
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UNICEF France president: ‘Childhood has been totally absent from the debates, except to announce tougher penal policies’
7 July 24
UNICEF France describes as ‘deeply disturbing’ the absence of French electoral debate about children’s rights, which were mentioned only to advocate for tougher penal policies that would treat minors as adults in arrest and sentencing.
Source: Le Monde
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: France
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France election: surprise win for leftwing alliance keeps Le Pen’s far right from power
7 July 24
In the second round of voting in the French legislative elections, the far-right RN comes third, with 125 seats, (up from 88), achieving its best ever result in a parliamentary election. It did not gain the predicted absolute majority needed to form a government due to tactical voting and the fact that 200 candidates pulled out of the second round in order to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote.
Source: Guardian
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK, France
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Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost
7 July 24
Analysis of the election results shows that Labour’s vote share fell sharply in ethnically diverse seats, particularly those with large Muslim populations, while the Conservatives secured seats with large Hindu populations, gaining Leicester East (40 per cent Hindu) and obtaining its second-largest majority in Harrow East (28 per cent Hindu).
Source: Guardian
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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Hundreds in Canary Islands protest against influx of migrants
6 July 24
Hundreds of protesters, carrying placards saying ‘defend our neighbourhoods’ and ‘stop illegal immigration’, demonstrate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, governed by Spain, where around 19,999 asylum seekers have arrived so far this year, after authorities refused demands to ban the protest as a ‘hate crime’.
Source: Guardian
Category: ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP
Country: France, Italy, Spain
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The outragious mock trial of the far-right ‘militiamen’ of Evros
6 July 24
A court in Greece finds three right-wing extremists who abducted 13 refugees in August 2023 guilty of illegal detention, but ignores the racist motives of the perpetrators. Eyewitnesses claim that the proceedings amounted to a ‘mock trial’ and a ‘farce’, with the convicted men facing fines but walking free.
Source: The Press Project
Category: POLICING | PRISONS | CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Country: Greece
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Spain’s far-right calls for expulsion of Muslims
6 July 24
In Spain, members of the far Right are using language referencing Spain’s 15th century Reconquista to target Muslims and call for their expulsion as ‘invaders’. Specific events and historical figures are commonly referenced including El Cid and the Christian takeover of Granada.
Source: AA
Category: ANTI-FASCISM AND THE FAR RIGHT
Country: Spain
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The French republic is under threat. We are 1,000 historians and we cannot remain silent
6 July 24
1000 French historians issue a statement urging voters not to vote for the far Right, pointing out that ‘despite a superficial makeover’, the RN is ‘successor and heir of the National Front, founded in 1972 by people nostalgic for Vichy and French Algeria’ and that ‘national preference’ lies at the heart of its ideological programme.
Source: Guardian
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: France
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Sir Keir Starmer confirms Rwanda plan ‘dead’ on day one as PM
6 July 24
New prime minister Keir Starmer confirms that the Rwanda deportation scheme is ‘dead and buried’, and that his government will ‘smash the gangs’ bringing asylum seekers to the UK.
Source: BBC News
Category: ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY
Country: UK
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Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’
6 July 24
The Centre for Media Monitoring, the Muslim Vote and social media users criticise journalists for spreading Islamophobic tropes after they attribute the successes of Muslim independent candidates in the general election to ‘sectarian’ voting’ (Jewish Chronicle), ‘failures of integration’ (Telegraph) and ‘voting with their religion’ (ITV).
Source: Observer
Category: CULTURE | MEDIA | SPORT
Country: UK
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