You know the picture. Italian photographer Massimo Sestini took it while hanging out from an helicopter and ultimately ended up winning a World Press Photo Award for it: it depicts a boat overcrowded with refugees...
For the first time in the history of Baltic Pride in Vilnius, its organizers, the Lithuanian Gay League (an LGBT rights organization) met no opposition from the city's officials. LGL, which previously had to fight...
Children in youth care too often don't receive the appropriate care, or it comes too late. This is because municipalities and youth care organizations are too concerned with their own interests and too little with the...
The campaign to condemn rape called "Vergewaltigung verurteilen! Nein heißt nein!" (Condemn rape! No means no!) concluded by handing out over 62,000 postcards to the Federal Ministry of Justice. A coalition of women's...
An agreement on the bed, bath and bread arrangement for asylum seekers has been postponed. State Secretary Klass Dijkhoff told Parliament he wants to wait for the rulings of the Council of State and the Central...
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As a watchdog organisation, Liberties reminds politicians that respect for human rights is non-negotiable. We're determined to keep championing your civil liberties, will you stand with us? Every donation, big or small, counts.
Italy still lags behind most European countries when it comes to LGBTI rights, which means that same-sex couples and families basically find no recognition and protection from the law. For this reason, the fact that a...
Minister Ard van der Steur and State Secretary for Security and Justice Klaas Dijkhoff want to raise the prison sentence for human traffickers in order to deal more firmly with human trafficking. The maximum penalty...
On the eve of parliamentary elections, the group Platform 112, a coalition of 70 NGOs dedicated to the protection of human rights and democratization, invites the leading political parties to issue their statements...
Europe is facing the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, and the question of what can be done to properly face this humanitarian emergency can no longer be ignored. This is the fundamental position of our...
A Belgian minister's plan to prohibit taking pictures of the police would be a return to censorship and a terrible message at a time of ongoing police abuses against the media.
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