A Hungarian court judged that the 444 news portal had damaged the reputation of a political party by hyperlinking to a third-party video. The European Court of Human Rights has now found that the Hungarian decision violated freedom of speech.

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has decided to give her thoughts on the recent threat by Romanian authorities to impose a €20 million fine on investigative reporters who commit data violations. Dancila...

On Thursday the European Commission (EC) called on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google to increase their efforts to stop Russian trolls ahead of the May 2019 European elections. Social media...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Greece - December 2018

Four humanitarians have been released on bail in Greece where they had been held since August this year on charges of people smuggling. Among the four is 23-year-old Syrian refugee Sarah Mardini, sister of Yusra...

With the so-called Dublin regulation of the European Union, the Commission has proposed temporary measures to "bridge" the deadlock between member states over the key asylum reform. EU states may now volunteer their...

A new book published by Liberties explains why increasing numbers of voters support politicians with authoritarian agendas and how progressives can strike back.

Although the Croatian Democratic Union's MEPs recently supported Viktor Orban in the European Parliament, Prime Minister Plenković should condemn human rights violations in Hungary during Orban's visit to Zagreb.

Madrid City Council and the Municipal Police have launched an Effective Police Identifications Programme that aims to improve police stop and search procedures to avoid racial profiling in a diverse society.

According to a German parliamentary freedom of information request by MP Ulla Jelpke, 467 right-wing extremists wanted by police had not been found by the end of March 2018, the Neue Osnabruecker newspaper has...