Dutch parliamentarians passed a motion on Tuesday demanding EU- and national-level 'Magnitsky Acts' against Russia and other human rights abusers. They gave a five-month deadline for the Council of Ministers and hope...

The Dutch minister of justice and security, Ferdinand Grappenhaus, wants to adjust criminal law in order to be able to act against radical imams. He announced this during the parliamentary round of questions last...

Twitter has been acussed by Amnesty International of creating an unsafe environment for women online and violating their human rights.

Lithuanian organizations working in the field of mental health have publicly criticized a member of parliament's proposal to completely ban gender reassignment procedures, thus restricting transgender rights even...

The number of identified victims of labor trafficking has increased in every European country monitored twice by the Council of Europe, according to a new report. The human rights body says that men working in...

The Dutch Intelligence and Security Act enables the use of DNA research and the creation of a DNA database by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD). This DNA test is intended for identifying and...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Hungary - April 2018

In 2017, police officers in the Netherlands faced 9,101 incidents of verbal or physical violence directed at them. Every day last year, an average of 25 officers were insulted, threatened or physically abused while...

Romania's government wants to silence organisations working on democracy, anti-corruption and the rule of law. Here's what it looks like in cake form.

A demonstration took place on 10 March to honor Idy Diene, a young Senegalese killed five days earlier in Florence.