The anti-corruption campaigner is facing over two-and-a-half years in a penal colony for reportedly breaching the terms of a suspended sentence handed down for his involvement in a 2014 scheme to defraud French cosmetics firm Yves Rocher. A court ruled in February that he had failed to regularly report to …
Read More »Dutch curfew extended by emergency bill as government shuns court ruling of Covid lockdown ‘illegality’
The emergency bill passed in a 45-13 vote on Friday evening, according to local media, upholding the nightly curfew in the face of an ongoing legal challenge to the restrictions, intended to stem the spread of Covid-19. While a lower court ruled in favor of Dutch activist group Viruswaarheid (Virus …
Read More »UK Supreme Court rules Uber drivers should be classified as employed and entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay
Although the decision will directly apply only to the 25 drivers who brought the claim against Uber, it sets an important precedent for how millions of so-called gig-economy workers are treated in the UK. There are 45,000 Uber drivers in London alone, with thousands more working for the company across …
Read More »Dutch court REINSTATES coronavirus curfew in break-neck reversal of earlier order to end ‘illegitimate’ policy
A three-judge appellate panel granted an emergency injunction following a request from the Dutch government on Tuesday, agreeing to vacate the earlier order from a lower court to end the nightly curfew, DW reported. The decision came just moments before the 9pm curfew was set to take effect, with the …
Read More »The Hague court sides with activists, tells Dutch government to IMMEDIATELY lift ‘illegitimate’ curfew
In a statement, The Hague declared that the government’s use of the Extraordinary Powers of Civil Authority Act – an emergency act which allows the state to bypass the legislative process to impose a curfew in “very urgent and exceptional circumstance” – was not justified in this case during the …
Read More »Russian activist Navalny back in court for third day of defamation trial after calling WWII veteran a ‘corrupt lackey’ & ‘traitor’
Navalny has been in court for the last two Fridays, and both hearings were adjourned at the end of the working week after long, drawn-out sessions with multiple interruptions. The activist was charged in June 2020 after a Twitter post in which he called Artemenko a “corrupt lackey.” The veteran, …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court for 3rd time in fortnight, as case over defamation of WWII veteran continues
The court hearing comes just ten days after the activist was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, minus ten months already served, after being found guilty of breaking the terms of a suspended sentence, handed down for an embezzlement conviction in 2014. Navalny is being tried over accusations that he …
Read More »Russian opposition figure Navalny back in court for 3rd time in fortnight, as case over defamation of WWII veteran continues
The court hearing comes just ten days after the activist was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail, minus ten months already served, after being found guilty of breaking the terms of a suspended sentence, handed down for an embezzlement conviction in 2014. Navalny is being tried over accusations that he …
Read More »German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results
Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top 160 most common diseases to a government-funded website. The aim was for people to access verified information on those illnesses from a single source, with Health Minister Jens Spahn insisting …
Read More »German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results
Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top 160 most common diseases to a government-funded website. The aim was for people to access verified information on those illnesses from a single source, with Health Minister Jens Spahn insisting …
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