The Hungarian Constitutional Court has suspended its examination of constitutional compliance with regard to Lex CEU and the Law on the Transparency of Foreign Funded Organizations until the completion of infringement proceedings initiated by the ECJ.

The trial of two men accused of harassing French journalist Nadia Daam online has begun in Paris. The organization Reports Without Borders (RSF) says the case is important as it points to the need to more actively...

Turkey has criticized the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, for allowing anti-Islam movement Pegida to roast pigs in front of the Laleli mosque on 31 May. Omer Celik, the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, took...

Slovak police seized the mobile phone of an investigative journalist and interrogated her for hours under the pretense of investigating the murder of Jan Kuciak.

'Secret Global Surveillance Networks' is a report by Privacy International based on an investigation carried out by 40 NGOs in 42 countries. Liberties member the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights...

An expert group is urging Italian authorities to take steps to reduce the vulnerability of irregular migrants to human trafficking.

The introduction of legal cannabis in the UK could earn the Treasury between £1 billion and £3.5 billion (€1.145 to €4 billion) a year in tax revenues, a new report suggests. The international development organization...

Over 100 civil society organizations have appealed to the European Commission to refer Poland's law on the Supreme Court to the EU Court of Justice. Under the law, nearly 40% of Supreme Court judges can be forced into...

Why is labelling NGOs based on where they get financial support from harmful for our democracy? Watch the latest episode of our Rightsman series to find out.

The EU's long-overdue copyright reform seems to be finally in sight, though far from being free speech friendly. But you can still do something to make it better.