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June 20 – World Refugee Day
Despite the considerable improvement of the humanitarian situation by many states, the problem of refugees remains one of the most burning both on religious and global scales.
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Oleksandr Feldman: No ‘tradition’ can justify anti-Semitism in modern society | December 24, 2019
ECHR: Ukraine Must Reform Whole-Life Sentence Review Procedure | March 20, 2019
Court: Germany Can Return Refugees to EU Countries with Worse Life Conditions | March 20, 2019
European Parliament Urges to Introduce New Sanction Regime for Human Rights Violation | March 19, 2019
Eurostst: Numbers of Asylum-Seekers from Ukraine Fell in 2018 | March 19, 2019
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UN recognized anonymity in Internet as human right
The UN Human Rights Council held a meeting during which it recognized that anonymous use of the Internet and the use of personal data and communication means encryption is the inalienable human right. This was stated in the published document adopted according to the results of the meeting, the UNN informs.
The Council’s representatives came to the conclusion that anonymity in the Internet is one of the most vital instruments allowing freely express own opinions during the digital era.
It should be noted that July 7, 2011, the UNN recognized the access to the Internet as a basic human right.
It should be reminded that Finland referred the right to the high-speed Internet (over 1 Mbit/s) to the fundamental human rights since July 1, 2010.