German doctors reject mandatory age tests for asylum seekers
The German Medical Association has said mandatory age tests for refugees are ethically wrong and imprecise. Calls to enforce testing have intensified after a teenage girl was killed, allegedly by a young Afghan refugee.
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Medical age tests for young refugees criticized as imprecise
Young refugees often arrive in Germany without parents. Their access to housing and support depends on whether they are legally a child or an adult. But imprecise medical age tests face sharp criticism, says Jenny Witt.
▻http://www.dw.com/en/medical-age-tests-for-young-refugees-criticized-as-imprecise/a-19546255
German court to rule on age test for young migrants
Making migrants undergo medical tests to determine their actual age has become a topic of heated debate in Germany. There are concerns older migrants are pretending to be minors in order to have better chances of staying in the country.
▻http://www.dw.com/en/german-court-to-rule-on-age-test-for-young-migrants/av-43577315
German court rejects compensation claim over Afghan air strike deaths
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-germany-afghanistan-compensation-idUSBRE9BA0PI20131211
... the commander who ordered the strike did not act negligently.
German court awards damages for loss-of-Internet, says net is “crucial part of people’s economic living standards” - Boing Boing
▻http://boingboing.net/2013/01/25/german-court-awards-damages-fo.html
Cory Doctorow
A case before the German Federal Court of Justice has ended with a man being awarded damages for an erroneous Internet disconnection by his ISP. He sued on the grounds that being deprived of the Internet resulted in economic harm, and the court agreed:
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