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Saudi Gazette
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
German court rejects Yemeni plaintiffs' case over 2012 US drone strike deaths
BERLIN — Germany's highest court rejected a case on Tuesday brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in its duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012 drone strike that was carried out with help from a US military base in Germany. Ruling in a case that has been making its way through the German judicial system for over a decade, the Federal Constitutional Court found the German government can have a concrete duty to protect foreign citizens abroad in some cases. However, the court said that this could only apply when there is a "sufficient connection" to the German state's authority and "a serious danger of systematic violation" of international law. The judges found this case didn't fulfil those requirements. The plaintiffs argued the US military's Ramstein air base in southwestern Germany plays a key role in relaying flight control data used for armed drone strikes in Yemen via a satellite relay station set up with the knowledge and approval of the government in Berlin. The Higher Administrative Court in Münster ruled in 2019 that the German government had partial responsibility to ensure US drone strikes controlled with help from Ramstein are in line with international law, but judges stopped short of ordering the ban human rights activists had called following year, a federal court overturned the Supreme Court said the evidence submitted did not lead to the conclusion that the US applied criteria that were unacceptable under international law in determining legitimate military targets in European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, which argued the case for the Yemeni plaintiffs, said 'at a time when the adherence of state action to international law is increasingly being called into question, the court has failed to send a strong signal."'Individual legal protection remains a theoretical possibility without practical consequences," it summer 2012, two members of the bin Ali Jaber family were killed in a US drone strike targeting alleged members of Al-Qaeda in the Yemeni village of 2002, the US has used targeted drone attacks to kill those suspected of being involved in terrorism in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Libya. — Euronews
Euronews
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
German court rejects Yemeni case over 2012 US drone strike deaths
Germany's highest court rejected a case on Tuesday brought by Yemeni plaintiffs who argued the German government failed in its duty to protect relatives who they say were killed in a 2012 drone strike that was carried out with help from a US military base in Germany. Ruling in a case that has been making its way through the German judicial system for over a decade, the Federal Constitutional Court found the German government can have a concrete duty to protect foreign citizens abroad in some cases. However, the court said that this could only apply when there is a "sufficient connection" to the German state's authority and "a serious danger of systematic violation" of international law. The judges found this case didn't fulfil those requirements. The plaintiffs argued the US military's Ramstein air base in southwestern Germany plays a key role in relaying flight control data used for armed drone strikes in Yemen via a satellite relay station set up with the knowledge and approval of the government in Berlin. The Higher Administrative Court in Münster ruled in 2019 that the German government had partial responsibility to ensure US drone strikes controlled with help from Ramstein are in line with international law, but judges stopped short of ordering the ban human rights activists had called for. The following year, a federal court overturned the ruling. The Supreme Court said the evidence submitted did not lead to the conclusion that the US applied criteria that were unacceptable under international law in determining legitimate military targets in Yemen. The European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights, which argued the case for the Yemeni plaintiffs, said 'at a time when the adherence of state action to international law is increasingly being called into question, the court has failed to send a strong signal." 'Individual legal protection remains a theoretical possibility without practical consequences," it added. In summer 2012, two members of the bin Ali Jaber family were killed in a US drone strike targeting alleged members of Al-Qaeda in the Yemeni village of Khashamir. Since 2002, the US has used targeted drone attacks to kill those suspected of being involved in terrorism in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Libya.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Airbnb ordered to remove 65,000 apartment listings in Spain
Spanish authorities on Monday ordered the online platform Airbnb to remove more than 65,000 holiday rental listings. In recent months, a total of three orders have been issued to Airbnb's European headquarters in Ireland to remove the listings, which have been deemed illegal, the Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs said. The Spanish authorities have been trying for some time to curb the rental of holiday homes. Demand for housing in Spain far exceeds supply, especially in big cities and tourist hotspots, causing rents to rise sharply. There have been repeated demonstrations for affordable rents, most recently across the country at the beginning of April. The total number of Airbnb apartments in Spain is estimated at more than 400,000. The Airbnb listings in question violate legal requirements, the ministry said. Only entire apartments are affected, not individual rooms in a landlord's home. Many Airbnb listings do not have a licence number or registration with the authorities, the ministry noted. In almost all Spanish regions, however, a holiday home must be registered with a government agency before it can be rented out. In other cases, there is no indication of whether the landlord is a private individual or a commercial provider. This determines, among other things, whether the tenant can claim consumer protection. In addition, the ministry said there are listings with licence numbers that do not match those issued by the relevant authorities. Airbnb had applied for interim legal protection against one of the removal orders, which affected 5,800 advertisements. However, this was rejected by the Higher Administrative Court in Madrid. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs said it expects Airbnb to comply with the order. Airbnb did not initially respond to a request for comment.
