Three same-sex couples in Lithuania will turn to the courts to seek legal status for their partnerships, as the country still has no law recognizing same-sex couples.
With surveillance technology becoming more sophisticated, many of us live with an unsettling truth: maintaining our private life is becoming harder and harder. Even if the intention is to keep us safe, public surveillance is harmful to society.
On 17th February 2023, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) renewed its call for action after Emilia Șercan, a Romanian journalist, faced a new smear campaign roughly one year after Șercan filed an initial police complaint.
Political pressure on public service media, high ownership concentration, abusive lawsuits targeting journalists: our second annual report on media freedom in the EU finds little improvement over the last year.
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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.
Civil society is resisting new rules proposed by the EU to impose new reporting & registration restrictions on NGOs. But many are using the wrong argument. We’ve put together a guide for NGOs on how to frame their response and avoid the transparency trap.
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán’s State of the Nation address included a promise to remain neutral in the Russian war on Ukraine and maintain economic ties with Russia.
Liberties reports on the experiences of filing complaints under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and calls for the Commission to ensure more efficient, consistent, and equal enforcement of the GDPR in national and cross-border cases.
A UN committee has expressed concerns over the lack of specialized human rights training for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement personnel, and the need for new measures to protect national minorities from social exclusion, among other issues.
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