Germany’s opposition parties on 7 January called for the repeal of a new law that aims to eliminate hate speech on social media. Their primary concern is that private companies should not be making decisions about the...

The Italian Coast Guard has rescued 86 migrants and the bodies of eight women, who died in the tragedy that took place on 6 January. According to Flavio Di Giacomo, the Italian spokesman of The International...

The winners of the CILD Civil Liberties Awards have been announced! Meet these ordinary - and yet extraordinary - individuals.

A court in the Netherlands in December convicted an aide to a former Ethiopian dictator and sentenced him to life in prison for war crimes carried out during Ethiopia’s 'red terror' purges of the 1970s, including...

A total of 312 human rights defenders were killed in 27 countries last year, according to a new report by Front Line Defenders. Eighty percent of killings occurred in four countries – Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and...

The Polish National Broadcasting Council's recent fine on the private TV broadcaster TVN for alleged biased reporting is a shocking violation for free speech and democratic norms.

Liberties member Antigone has released its fourth report on Italian penal institutions for minors, entitled 'Guardiamo oltre' (Look Beyond).

Helping elderly Hungarians doesn't just prove the value asylum seekers can bring to a society - it also helps them overcome the traumas of their past.

The League of Human Rights, a Liberties member, has joined with another group to appeal against the Wallonia region's decision to grant arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia.

The director of Sapo, Sweden's security service, has said that in the wake of the April 2017 terror attack, the country is not just dealing with an increased threat of terrorism, but also the impact of disinformation...