The Romanian government wants to force NGOs to publish data on all their beneficiaries, just as banks and gambling companies are forced to declare suspicious transactions. Non-compliant NGOs will be shut down.

The EU is finalising a new censorship proposal. If it becomes law, the content you try to upload and share with your friends will be filtered out and banned by bots, all in the name of copyright protection. Send our email to European parliamentarians!

The European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled that Lithuania cooperated with the United States in carrying out torture and other human rights violations against a suspected terrorist.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of people in cities across Europe marched in pride parades to show their support for LGBT rights. In Rome, thousands marched just days after the country's new families minister said...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Lithuania and Romania violated the rights of two terror suspects by allowing the US CIA to torture them. American forces captured Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim...

The Romanian government's recent moves to amend the laws of justice, which seriously jeopardize the independence of the judiciary, has prompted over 900 magistrates in the country to sign a "resolution for defending...

Governments' oft-cited argument that they "only want civil society organisations to operate in a transparent manner" is false and misleading.

The European Parliament asked the Commission to create a fund to support human rights groups in the EU. The Commission tabled a proposal that will do very little to help citizens preserve their liberties. Make your voice heard by sending our model email.

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