Give hope to victims and help end human trafficking

Date of article: 30/07/2014

Daily News of: 30/07/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

Each year millions of children, women and men from all over the world are trafficked. On 30 July, the first ever United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons will take place to raise awareness of the plight of these countless millions of victims ahttp://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2014/give-hope-victims-and-help-end-human-traffickingnd to globally support campaigns to end human trafficking.

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Mistreatment at the police station suspected - the Ombudsman turns to the Prosecutor General

Date of article: 29/07/2014

Daily News of: 29/07/2014

Country:  Hungary

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Article language: en

The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has requested the Prosecutor General to launch a criminal procedure because of suspicion of mistreatment in official proceedings upon having inquired, together with his Deputy responsible for the rights of nationalities living in Hungary, into a complaint submitted by an almost 70 years old person of Roma descent. The police searched the complainant's house then arrested him. According to his complaint, he was mistreated at the Gyömrő Police Station, but neither the police station, nor the supervising police headquarters, nor the Pest Regional Investigative Prosecution Service would conduct a proper inquiry into the matter.

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Scuolabus, non c'è l'esenzione per i disabili e il Difensore civico bacchetta il Comune

Date of article: 28/07/2014

Daily News of: 29/07/2014

Country:  Italy - Tuscany

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Article language: it

Con una lettera indirizzata al direttore della Società della salute della zona pisana, Giuseppe Cecchi, il difensore civico della Toscana, Lucia Franchini ‘bacchetta’ il Comune di Pisa riguardo al trasporto scolastico dei disabili, perché il regolamento non prevede che sia gratuito, come avviene invece in altre città toscane, a cominciare da Firenze. E definisce ”circostanza oggettivamente discriminatoria” che esso sia o meno effettuato gratuitamente”a seconda del luogo di residenza”.

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Ombudsman: what are EU institutions doing to protect whistleblowers?

Date of article: 28/07/2014

Daily News of: 28/07/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has opened an investigation into whether the EU administration is living up to its obligation to introduce internal whistleblowing rules. She has asked nine EU institutions, including the European Commission, Parliament, and Council, to inform her by 31 October 2014 about the rules they have in place, or intend to introduce.

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