Liberties member the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has warned that Strasbourg judgments on access to abortion are not being implemented in Poland.

During the last two weeks, alarming video footage spread all around the world showing Spanish policemen beating up peaceful Catalans participating in a referendum that was deemed to be unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Spain.

Some 160.000 children in the last grades of primary school went door to door over the past week and a half, selling as many postage stamps as possible. The Children's Stamp Fundraiser collected €9,7 million in total ...

Sweden must improve its asylum laws, particularly with regard to cases that involve unaccompanied minors, the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner has said. Ending a five-day visit to the country, Nils...

A former far-right PVV (Party for Freedom) politician for the Province of Limburg in the Netherlands has been sentenced to 18 months in jail (of which four are conditional) for forgery and embezzlement of €176.999. He...

Polish police last Wednesday carried out raids on women's organizations in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łódź and Zielona Góra. The two targeted organisations, the Women’s Rights Centre and Baba, help victims of domestic violence...

Italy has sent its ambassador back to Egypt despite the lack of an progress in the investigation into the death of Giulio Regeni. "The truth is that the relationship with Egypt is extremely important for Italy's...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to limit the number of refugees coming to Germany in 200.000 annually, but refused to endorse a hard cap requested by her party’s Bavarian allies. The deal gives a green light...

A doctor who euthanised a patient with severe dementia in a nursing home early 2016 may have committed a criminal offense.

The Polish government has accepted more than 140 of the 180 recommendations it was given on rule of law, anti-discrimination and freedom of speech.