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...

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.

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.

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...

"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...

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 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...

The Dutch government has stated that Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tugrul Türkes will not be welcome in Apeldoorn on July 11 for a commemoration of the failed coup in Turkey a year ago. Türkes wanted to be a guest at...

EU countries are running out of time to comply with relocation quotas on Italy and Greece, the EC migrationcommissioner, Dmitris Avramopoulos, has said. He added that "160,000 asylum seekers were to be taken...

In the Netherlands, we want to be able to park anonymously. We do not want registration of our license plate numbers and be forced to pay with our bank card.