CIVICUS Monitor update on Romania - November 2017

The fate of one Syrian refugee is threatening to topple Slovenia's government. The case of Ahmad Shamieh spilled into the spotlight last week when the ruling liberal SMC party took him under its protection. Shamieh...

Italy's new data retention law authorises the storage of phone and web data for up to 6 years, far beyond the timeframe allowed under the previous regulation.

These theories argue that you may find yourself in a situation where you owe obedience, even though you did not do anything to put yourself under that obligation.

The European Commission will push for a quota for women on company boards to address the slow progress on gender equality in senior positions with publicly listed businesses. The Commission's plan calls on companies...

Prior to the arrival of Sinterklaas in Dokkum, the Netherlands, buses filled with anti-Black Pete protesters were halted on the A7. The buses belonged to action groups Kick Out Zwarte Piet and Nederland Wordt Beter. A...

The number of people trying to reach the EU through the Mediterranean fell 63% in the first 10 months of 2017 compared to 2016. This year's number for that period stood at 173,000, according to Frontex, the EU border...

Officials in Turkey have banned a German-language gay films festival due to be held in the capital Ankara, saying it could incite hatred or be a target of terror attacks. The organisers of Pink Life QueerFest Four had...

NGOs find one of the decisions, which concern the latest reforms to the judiciary, particularly troubling.

Romanians are sending a clear message to decision-makers: We don’t want link taxes and upload filters! There is still time to tell your MEPs that the proposal does NOT fit the current digital environment.