On December 1, the EU and Vietnam held their 7th Human Rights Dialogue under the EU-Vietnam Partnership Cooperation Agreement. The EU expressed its concerns about the deterioration of civil and political rights in...

Several people have been hurt in clashes between police and anti-fascist demonstrators in the German city of Hannover as they tried to blockade the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) first conference since it...

Governments tell us that if we have nothing to hide, we have nothing to fear from mass surveillance. Why is this misleading and devious argument so powerful? How can we beat it?

Documents recently made available to the public through Statewatch reveal that EU member states are exploring all options to keep - if not expand - their current data retention programmes, despite an EU Court of...

France has said EU states will intervene militarily to end slave markets in Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the initiative in Abidjan on November 29, following meetings at the EU-Africa summit that...

Lithuania may soon become the only country in Europe to ban gender reassignment.

Facebook says it is having success using its artificial intelligence to delete terrorism-related posts, though more work is still needed. At present, roughly 99% of material Facebook removes because of links to Al...

What turned out to be the #MeToo international campaign against harassment encouraged more than 600 female politicians in Iceland to go public with allegations of sexual harassment. Iceland, with the population of...

Media freedom around the world is at its lowest level in at least a decade, a new study shows. Journalists are increasingly under threat from government censorship, organised crime and commercial pressures. The...

Italy's government was asked tough questions during the review of its implementation of the Convention against Torture. Detainees' rights and state authorities' use of torture remain problematic areas.