Executive power grabs and counter-terrorism laws are rolling back freedoms across the EU, according to a report by Amnesty International.
Two years in preparation and covering 14 EU states, the document published on Tuesday (17 January) says Europe is dismantling civil liberties in a panicked effort to tackle the threat of terrorists.
Wide sweeping surveillance laws, prolonged state of ...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.