Having finished its investigation into the complaint submitted this July by convicts claiming that officers used violence against them without justification, the Ombudsmen’s Office of the Lithuanian Parliament found...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - October 2017

A group of MEPs is demanding an external probe into allegations of sexual harassment at the European Parliament following a report of abuse of young female staffers in the Sunday Times newspaper. The article described...

Most people (and we here at Liberties too) believe that we ought to obey the laws of our respective countries, not only for practical reasons - like avoiding punishment - but for moral reasons too. But sometimes breaking laws can be justified.

To mark Intersex Awareness Day on October 26, the European Commission shares with you its second testimony in the series of #EU4LGBTI stories, the story of Monika and Pol.

The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights has asked Italy to explain the migration deal it has struck with Libya.

The UK government has been accused of persecuting LBGTI asylum seekers by deporting them to homophobic countries and telling them to 'act straight' in order to stay safe. SNP MP Joanna Cherry, addressing Prime...

Next Friday, over 70.000 signatures, collected by italian activists gathered in the campaign 'Ero straniero – L’umanità che fa bene', will be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies. The signatures have been collected in...

After the EU's top court held its first hearing on a consortium of 29 journalists who are demanding to see MEP expense reports on travel costs, general allowance, staff funding, and daily subsistence – the story is...

'Mass' or 'dragnet' surveillance has been in the news a lot recently. Later episodes in the series will explain why this practice is such a problem. But to understand why mass surveillance is so bad, we first need to explain what it is. Here goes...