Russian dissident Nikolai Koblyakov, who is under house arrest in Sofia, has requested asylum in Bulgaria because of the threat of political persecution by the Russian government.

The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) condemns today’s police raids against Hungarian NGOs as politically motivated actions that elevate the illiberal Orban government’s attack against civil society to a new, unprecedented level.

One of Budapest’s poorest districts has decided to “eliminate” the drug problem on its streets by forcing the closure of the largest needle exchange service in the area. This approach is both unsafe and ineffective, so HCLU offers a better solution.

The recent decision by two commercial TV networks not to air a gay rights organization's video about negative attitudes toward sexual minorities is yet another instance of the censorship against Lithuania's LGBT community.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's tough new stance against refugees is part of a political agenda purported to uphold Hungarian interests, but instead reminds us of his lack of respect for democratic values and human rights.

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee is seriously concerned about the fate of Nadiya Savchenko, a pilot in the Ukrainian Air Force. It is believed that she was abducted in July by separatists fighting against Ukrainian forces.

Unlawfully sterilized women may at last see compensation from the Czech Republic. Between 1972 and 1991, thousands of women, most of them Roma, were sterilized by the government.

The rights of debtors have been extended by a recent Court of Human Rights decision that found in favor of a man who wished to settle divorce claims monetarily rather than with property, as the French courts had preferred.

Poland is now the first European country to be found guilty by the Court of Human Rights for cooperating with the CIA in the torture of terror suspects.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Italy's use of retroactive legislation in a case brought against its tax laws, but said that states must be given broad power in balancing fiscal and social policies.