Twenty-five years ago, Rosalind Williams was stopped for being black. At a recent event in Madrid, young activists shared similar stories from today.

The presidential election in the Czech Republic has escalated after incumbent Milos Zeman’s supporters published ads that said, “Stop migration and Drahoš, this country is ours, vote for Zeman”. While Zeman's...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and First Vice-President Frans Timmermans on Wednesday asked the Romanian Parliament to rethink changes to laws governing the judiciary, which have raised concerns...

Victor Stanciu, a 60-year-old man, was taken from his home by two police officers to Police Station no. 19 in Bucharest, where he was beaten, allegedly for refusing to show his ID.

The Sejm, the lower house of Poland's Parliament, has voted to send to committee a bill that would ban abortions due to irreversible damage to the foetus. A similar bill was considered by legislators in October 2016,...

The social media posts incited discrimination and violence against Muslims and black people.

Following a number or attacks against prison guards by inmates in prisons all over France, a nationwide strike has gone into effect. Guard unions have vowed a "total blockade" of prisons as their dispute with the...

Facebook has admitted that it can't offer any assurance that social media is on the whole good for democracy. However, Facebook said it's doing what it can to stop people from using its service to influence...

Ireland’s opposition leader has stirred the country’s abortion debate by saying he disagrees with the majority of his party and support repeal of the ban on terminating pregnancies. Micheál Martin noted the "cruel...

Even before the European Commission could conclude its infringement procedure against the Hungarian government for a previous anti-civil society law, Budapest took up discussion of a new package of laws to shackle civil society.