Ireland has approved a bill to allow a referendum on changing the country's restrictive abortion law. The referendum bill was agreed by the Irish cabinet on Thursday, 8 March – International Women’s Day. It...

The abuse of two people while under arrest by Civil Guard officers leads to the first conviction against Spain for a material violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

New figures from the UK show an almost fivefold increase in reports of alleged female genital mutilation (FGM) to police. Between 2014 and the end of 2016, responses by 47 police departments to freedom of information...

The four judges’ associations and the three prosecutors’ associations in Spain have agreed on a mobilization calendar for April, leading to a strike on May 22, if the authorities do not take seriously their proposals...

In the case Mockutė v. Lithuania, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg found that Lithuania violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): the right to privacy and the right to...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Lithuania - March 2018

Here's a warning from my parrot and me about the EU's proposed Copyright Directive. It's not too late to protect free speech online.

A new annual report on the state of civil society reveals a number of disturbing trends. The report, prepared by CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists, warns that attacks are...

The man was placed in a psychiatric hospital despite numerous experts saying he could and should be cared for at home.

As the EU begins talks on the new Multiannual Financial Framework, Liberties outlines two proposals on how to safeguard European values through the EU's budget. A model for conditionality of European funds and one for a new fund to support pro-EU NGOs.