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...

Liberties member Rights International Spain has published its latest annual report on Human Rights. Many European and international human rights bodies have condemned the country’s current shortcomings.

From once being emerging democracies in transition, illiberal governments have rapidly transformed Hungary and Poland into ill democracies, and the same is being attempted in Croatia and Serbia, according to the new...

Beatrix von Storch, the deputy leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), and AfD MP Alice Weidel, the party’s joint leader in the Bundestag, are under investigation by Germany’s state prosecutor over possible...