A Taser gun trial period is underway in six Italian cities, but there are several health-related concerns that are yet to be resolved.
CIVICUS Monitor update on Lithuania - May 2018
Young people in secure accommodation should no longer be subjected to the "trauma" of solitary confinement, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge has said. He wants to ban solitary confinement from 2021 as part of his...
Since Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government won a new term last month, independent judges on the National Judicial Council (NJC), the main body against executive interference in the judiciary, have been resigning...
The three suspects in the killing of the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia were tipped off by a police sergeant, a Maltese politician has told the media. Jason Azzopardi, who is also a lawyer for...
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The European Commission (EC) today announced a proposal on conditionality that follows the model suggested by Liberties to condition receipt of EU funds on respect for the rule of law. The EC is also proposing a fund...
After the Proactiva Open Arms ship was impounded by Italian authorities and the staff accused of saving the lives of 100 people who were trying to cross the Mediterranean, there is greater focus on the increasing criminalization of solidarity.
Last year, 3,499 discrimination incidents were registered with the police in the Netherlands, a decrease of 20% compared to 2016. There were 1,450 incidents of discrimination based on descent; 25% of cases involved...
A Salafist imam who was ordered to be deported from France to Algeria had filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights for an interim measure ordering a stay of execution of his expulsion, which was ...
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