Since the Europe’s data protection regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, Facebook may be fined if the recent profile hack effecting 50 million users is found out to be in breach of GDPR. And though Facebook...

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, announced a new technology with the promise to give back control to people over their data. The new service, called Solid, aims to put your personal information...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Greece - October 2018

CIVICUS Monitor update on Poland - October 2018

Today Liberties sent a letter signed by 80 organisations to the European Commission and European Council asking the EU to create a new fund to support rights and democracy groups across Europe.

The independent European authority overseeing parties and foundations announced last Thursday that two ultra-nationalist parties in the European Parliament will no longer be entitled to EU funding after failing to...

In the eastern German city of Chemnitz, six men have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a far-right militant group. Police said the arrested are accused of forming a group named "Revolution Chemnitz" in an...

The Carnegie Foundation and the Elijah Interfaith Institute has announced that the Peace Palace in The Hague is working on a historic friendship treaty between the largest religions in the world. The aim is for the...

Rescue operations at sea continue to fuel debate so the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights has decided to update its guidance on rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

Four people have been charged with the killing of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée. The charges come after eight peoples were arrested late last month. The couple was shot dead in February 2018 in...