In a newly launched probe, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office is investigating claims that Facebook forces users to agree to its privacy policies or risk being cut out from their connections. This may be the first major...

An EU naval mission tasked with disrupting people smuggling has failed to achieve its objective, a UK Lords committee report has found. Operation Sophia, an initiative of 25 EU member states, including the UK, was...

The director of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency, Michael O'Flaherty, spoke to Liberties about the problems of shrinking civil space, NGO financing in the EU and his agency's changing role when it comes to keeping up rights protection in Europe.

Last month, five activists from Italian associations, including Liberties member Antigone, were arrested in Russia. Back home, they tell the story of the way Russian government is warning NGOs advocating for human rights.

"Higher education has to become more diverse," says college chairman Geert ten Dam of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). "We are not doing enough." Only 14 percent of students at the UvA had a non-western background...

An appeals court in Hungary last week sentenced a man to three years in prison for verbally and physically assaulting participants in the Budapest Pride March four years ago. Four other defendants were given suspended...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has upheld Belgium's ban on wearing full-face veils in public. The case was brought to the court by two Muslim women who said the ban violated their rights. The ECtHR ruled...

Here is our letter, co-signed by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, to European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans urging the EC to act to protect NGOs and the rule of law in Hungary.

The case involved extreme police violence against unarmed demonstrators during the Genoa G8 in 2001. This is the second verdict on the same matter, proving Italy's inadequacy in facing up to its responsibilities.

If you witnessed a crime, you would try to report it, right? But what if the crime you witnessed was being committed by police officers using excessive force? You might wonder: Am I allowed to take a picture or film it?