A case brought by a French woman living in a same-sex partnership was dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, denying her paternity leave. The ECtHR concluded that a lesbian woman was...

Since Snowden's revelations, journalists and writers have been self-censoring on a wide range of issues - and this is just one of the 'chilling effects' of mass surveillance.

Romania made scant progress rooting out corruption in state institutions in 2017, according to a new report by the Council of Europe anti-corruption agency GRECO. Romania was able to fully meet only two of the 13...

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency's report on discrimination in the EU reveals ongoing harassment and ethnic profiling across the bloc.

A report from the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency confirms that rights and democracy activists in Europe face mounting restrictions. Liberties looks at whether the EU is likely to take action.

Greek lawmakers decided to end the 1920 Treaty of Sevres and the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which stipulated that Islamic customs and religious law would apply to the thousands of Muslims who have become Greek citizens....

The Hungarian government on 17 January announced that it would propose a new set of laws that would tax Hungarian human rights organisations that "assist illegal migration" and receive foreign funding. The package of...

A candidate from the right-wing Northern League party has warned that the "white race" in Italy will be "wiped out" if the country continues to accept migrants. In an interview on 14 January, Attilio Fontana said that...

Women who are pregnant or mothering shouldn't need to choose between family and education. Now they will no longer need to in the Netherlands.

As we reach the age of a toddler – a precocious one! – Liberties asks you, true supporters of a free, just and democratic Europe, to join forces with us to help support human rights across the EU.