Research conducted by universities is increasingly compromised by the companies or the organizations who commission it, the Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has said in an advisory report out...

Dozens of people have been able to access the medical files of a television reality show star who tried to commit suicide, according to television current affairs show EenVandaag. Routine checks revealed that...

Dutch citizens with dual nationals must lose their voting rights and eligibility for holding political positions in the Netherlands, according to PVV leader Geert Wilders. "The Netherlands is our country. It must be...

The four-day World Congress of GLBT Jews stressed the importance of dialogue and cooperation among minorities in the fight against stigma and discrimination of LGBT people Jews

The secret services watchdog CTIVD is concerned about the impact that new legislation giving the security services much wider powers will have on privacy when foreign agencies are involved. A report by the watchdog...

The Ministry of the Interior has decided to abandon its plans to amend the Public Collections Act. The decision follows a review of comments submitted by social organizations. One of the proposed amendments was to...

A court in Warsaw has ruled that a boycott of a brand of Polish beer was unlawful. Managers of a Warsaw-based coffee shop organized the boycott, which included the public spilling of beer produced by a well-known...

The government has used its latest hate-filled campaign against refugees and human rights defenders to stir voters ahead of this weekend's election.

The organizations have appealed to the Constitutional Court against the government's new legislation on fraudulent acknowledgement of paternity, which contravenes national and international law.

An Israeli firm relying on semi-legal intelligence and surveillance techniques and working with ex-spies was behind the recent attacks against Hungarian NGOs. Civil society organisations, including Liberties and...