The threat of right-wing extremism is growing in the Netherlands according to an AIVD report. AIVD found an increase in comments inciting violence against Muslims in particular. There is an increasing risk of...

Low turnout has voided the referendum in Romania on restricting the definition of marriage to exclude same-sex unions. Just 20.4 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the weekend referendum, short of the 30...

An investigative journalist was killed in the Bulgarian city of Ruse on Saturday. The body of Viktoria Marinova, a 30-year-old reporter, who worked for television station TVN, was found in a park. Interior Minister...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - October 2018

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The mayor of the southern Italian town of Riace, who is famed for taking in migrants, has been placed under house arrest over allegations he facilitated "marriages of convenience" for immigration purposes. Domenico...

After Ireland overwhelmingly backed repealing the abortion ban in May, discussion of the topic has become heated ahead of the parliamentary debate on the new legislation. After a near full ban in the Irish...

Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman tortured and raped by Islamic State militants, and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The winners were chosen for their...

The European Court of Human Rights has brought a decision of key concern to the collection of data in Europe. The ECHR has declared that the mass surveillance by the United Kingdom violated the rights to privacy and family life.

Morocco has rejected EU plans to build offshore centres to process asylum applications in North Africa ahead of letting migrants into the European Union. Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, said the...