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Müller, Reinhard
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5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Anti-terrorist laws to combat hate propaganda
The German government has extended its anti-terrorism legislation for a further four years. The legislation was passed after the 9/11 attacks in the US and has already been extended several times since then.These regulations could help efforts to track down terrorists like the Norwegian attacker Anders Breivik, writes the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "Today, there are fewer war victims than ever before. But the sense of insecurity among the general public is considerable, driven by new forms of conflict, by terrorism, which achieves one of its key goals simply by spreading fear. ... Admittedly, it is hard to protect people against killers with manic traits like the Norwegian mass murderer and the gunman at Frankfurt airport. But certain measures can be taken: the hate propaganda on the Internet must be stemmed. The security authorities must investigate calls for violence on the web, because this is where the 'lone wolves', as Obama calls them, are radicalised. To do this requires trained staff and the right rules. With good reason Germany is leaving its anti-terror laws intact."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » Germany
European court backs whistleblowing
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that a geriatric nurse who lost her job after she filed a complaint about abuses on the part of her employer was wrongly fired. The conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung approves of the court's decision: "The state of some care facilities is scandalous: too few staff and poor hygiene. It is up to members of staff (who else?) to sound the alarm without having to fear for their jobs. The European Court of Human Rights has decided rightly that it may be in the public interest to be informed about certain shortcomings in business establishments. Even criminal chareges, which in this case came to nothing, can be regarded as a tenable last resort without it meaning that the employer also resorts to extreme measures. ... The decision in Strasbourg should certainly not be misinterpreted as encouraging defamation in employer-employee relationships which are based on mutual trust. Trust which obviously not all care facilities deser- even if, as in this particular case, they belong to the state of Berlin."
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More from the press review on the subject » Justice, » Germany, » Europe
Success story
The conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung sees the document as a success: "That even today there are still massive human rights abuses, as we see day by day in the news, should not lead us to conclude that the development of human rights is not a success story. The 'Universal Declaration' was the beginning of a triumphal march that has not yet ended. Although today, as sixty years ago, there is still no global legislating body, the human rights declaration has been concretised in treaties and has become binding. Violations can't change this. ... The motto today is: No state that does not respect human rights can be permanent and successful in the globalised world."
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More from the press review on the subject » History, » Weltanschauung, » Global
How many fundamental rights does Europe need?
"Soon the fundamental rights will apply all over Europe - only the poor Brits and the Poles will be at the mercy of their respective state authorities," writes Reinhard Müller commenting on the debate over the charter of fundamental rights, which the European Parliament adopted yesterday. "Yet there has been no lack of fundamental rights in Europe up to now, whether enshrined in national constitutions, human rights conventions or the legislation of European courts. The question is how seriously these rights will be taken by individual member states. Even the charter won't be able to close the gaps that sometimes appear here. Yet it remains a commendable attempt to underline and reaffirm the foundation of Europe's common system of values."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » EU Constitution, » Europe
The discussion about online computer searches
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble's calls for secret hacking and cyber spying of computers belonging to terrorist suspects in the fight against terrorism has triggered much discussion in Germany. Reinhard Müller comments: "This is certainly no miracle cure in the fight against terrorism; if that was the case, it would be a scandal if these means weren't employed. This is about an attempt to keep up with dangerous criminals and terrorists from a technological point of view while safeguarding the principles of the rule of law... No one in this political discussion is calling for the violation of citizens' fundamental rights without having carefully weighed the implications. But on the other hand it's wrong to accuse someone of promoting terrorist activities just because he doesn't immediately agree with each and every proposal put forward by the security services."
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