Three years in prison for disrespecting Romania: MPs discuss harsh new penalties for insulting the flag, anthem, police, judiciary, etc.

In a Romanian case, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that government bodies are not authorized to exchange personal data without permission. Citizens must be informed beforehand. The judgment may...

The Council of Europe's anti-torture delegation has published the report of its summer visit to Romania. Its findings: prisons remain overcrowded, unsanitary, and without natural light or ventilation.

The Romanian administrative body for gambling has assumed the responsibility of censoring which websites can be accessed by Internet users in the country.

A new report on stateless children uncovers a number of things Poland must do to better protect children, including closing legal loopholes and defining key terminology at the heart of the problem.

Of the 3,034 criminal complaints of police abuse lodged between 2012 and 2014, only 14 reached the courts.

After 15 years of court proceedings before the Court of Human Rights and Romanian national courts, Daniela Tarău was finally acquitted. Here is her side of the story.

A Romanian woman was unlawfully detained in 2001 due to a series of judicial errors. After 15 years of legal proceedings before national and European courts, the errors were finally recognized.

Over 40 people, including women and children, from a Roma community in Romania have been beaten by local police in recent years, and civil society groups are demanding thorough investigations into these cases.

A rise in racially motivated crime was reported throughout the EU in 2013, according to a report from the European Network Against Racism. Roma, African and Asian ethnic minorities, Jews and Muslims were the most targeted groups.