In his Human Rights Comment of August 28, 2014, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks tackles the issue of missing persons in Europe. He shows that “tens of thousands of persons remain missing...

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...

In June, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that EU countries must recognize the immigration rights of same-sex spouses, regardless whether same-sex marriage is legal in the respective EU country. The case was...

In Romania, it's an easy question to answer these days, as the government prepares an "emergency" decree to cancel corruption convictions. So who stands to benefit most? Find out in the latest episode of CLUE.

The EU is considering new legislation which could seriously endanger free speech. More than 60 human rights and journalist organisations have written an open letter to all Members of the European Parliament urging them to reject this text.

On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled to Parliament a pack of three law proposals, also referred to as “Stop Soros”. Liberties supports the alliance of 200 civil society groups and the open letter initiated by Amnesty International.

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Restrictions on the right to protest, free speech, access to information and freedom of association. This is how governments across the EU took political advantage of the pandemic. Read details in the Liberties-Greenpeace joint report below.

NGOs inside the EU are facing a growing number of restrictions that limit their ability to promote and protect our fundamental rights.

2017 was a busy year for human rights in Europe. Read the five most viewed articles on Liberties from the past year to get the best of our content!