Venezuela's democratic opposition has won the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The laureate was decided by the Conference of Presidents (the president and party group leaders)...

Between 2010 and 2014, an 'illiberal state' was being built in Hungary, as promised by the prime minister. Since 2014, we have been offered a perspective on how an actual, consolidated illiberal democracy operates.

In mid-November, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) will hold its 62nd session, during which the Italian government will present its report on the implementation of the Convention against Torture. Liberties...

Nominations now open for the third edition of the CILD Awards - tell us your human rights hero and why they deserve to be recognized this December in Rome.

Thousands of people have demonstrated in Malta to demand justice following the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb last Monday. She rose to prominence through...

"Luxleaks, Panama Papers, Monsanto Papers... Thanks to whistleblowers, who raise collective awareness about serious encroachments on the public interest, our democratic rules have been improved,” said rapporteur of...

Liberties member the League of Human Rights, together with the Czech Helsinki Committee, Lumos and OSF Prague Foundation, defended human rights at the United Nations in Geneva.

Detention facilities are not places for children, but there are currently 60 children living with their inmate mothers in Italian prisons.

Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and Google have agreed to up their efforts to tackle extremist content, pledging to remove such posts within hours of them going online. The pledge from the world's largest tech companies...

A bill protecting whistleblowers has passed the Italian Senate and now moves to the House of Deputies. The bill would provide greater protection to whistleblowers in corruption cases, encouraging people to report...