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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10501
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/jha

Civil liberties committee supports suspects' right to information

Brussels, 23/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - A week after the agreement was reached at the Council, the EP's civil liberties committee (LIBE) gave its approval on Wednesday 23 November to Commissioner Reding's directive to grant suspects procedural rights throughout the EU. A parliamentary press release indicates that according to this law, anyone suspected or accused of having committed a crime in the EU must be promptly informed in writing of his or her procedural rights (and in...

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