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Lawyers: UK Deportation Decision Violates ECHR
August 06, 2018
The Telegraph reports that a group of UK legal experts have deemed a decision by the UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to deport two Islamic State suspects to the US without assurances that they will not be subject to the death penalty unlawful and likely to be reversed under the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
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Antitrust Experts Question Merits of EC’s Google Case
August 06, 2018
New York Times columnist James Stewart examines the merits of the European Commission’s (EC) Google antitrust case and finds the EC’s assertion of abuse of market dominance related to the pre-installation of Google apps on Android devices unsatisfying in light of the ease with which consumers can download competing apps.
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UK Committee Seeks ECJ Control to Strike Security Deal
August 03, 2018
The Independent reports that the UK House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee has criticized British and EU negotiators for failing to strike a security deal in Brexit talks, pushing for the British government to submit to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) to ensure continued access to criminal and terrorist databases and to the European Arrest Warrant mechanism.
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Amnesty Pushes for EU Scrutiny of Hungarian NGO, Assembly Laws
August 03, 2018
Amnesty International has published an article calling for EU leaders to follow up their launch of infringement proceedings against Hungary’s treatment of asylum seekers with legal pressure on Hungarian legislation providing for a tax on nongovernmental organizations deemed to be “supporting migration” and permitting police to ban certain assemblies.
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NGO Condemns EU Plans for Migration Centers
August 03, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has “condemned” the European Commission’s proposals for migrant centers inside and outside the EU, asserting that the only way to deal with migration into the bloc is to prioritize migrant needs and rights and set up a system of responsibility sharing for refugees.
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