Changes aiming to fight so-called radical Islam are discriminatory and may lead to the stigmatisation of large groups of people - not only Muslims, but members of other religious communities as well.

The European Commission brought its rule of law procedure against Poland to a new level to defend judicial independence in the country.

The Dutch minister for justice and public safety, Ferdinand Grapperhaus, wants to strip two convicted terrorists of their citizenship. It is a special measure that has only been taken once before. The current case...

The Brussels Criminal Court has acquitted six passengers who faced two criminal charges for stopping the deportation of an undocumented person on a flight in August of last year.

Naturally occurring cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) compounds possess no abuse potential and therefore should not be subject to restrictions under international drug scheduling, recommendations of the World Health...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Poland - December 2017

While Norway is considering whether to decriminalise drug use, steering away from punishment and towards rehabilitation and treatment, Lithuania is taking a step back. The Lithuanian Parliament voted against...

The Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, a Liberties member, wrote this open letter to Polish President Andrzej Duda calling on him to veto new bills that would severely harm the independence of the country's judiciary.

Internet service providers in the United States will now be allowed to speed up or slow down different companies' data, and charge consumers according to the services they access, though they will be obliged...

Slovakia's prime minister, Robert Fico, has said human rights do not give people fleeing Libya the right to enter the European Union. "There is no human right to travel to the European Union and the European Union...