Watch our head of advocacy briefly explain the origins of human rights and civil liberties, and why there has never been a more important time to stand up and defend them than right now.

Romanian journalist Feri Predescu was convicted in 2007 for criticizing Radu Mazăre, the mayor of Constanţa, on television. Following the court case, she was ordered to pay him 11,000 EUR in compensation. Now the...

Germany will deny permission for Turkish President Erdogan to address Turks at a rally when he visits for the upcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany's foreign minister said Thursday. Turkey officially requested...

The Dutchbat veterans who made a claim against the Dutch state because they were sent on an "impossible mission" to Srebrenica, are now also demanding damages. More than two hundred veterans are seeking 22,000 EUR per...

Liberties’ Executive Director offers his views on the current human rights situation in the European Union.

Rather than shutting our doors to refugees, we should be opening them and giving them work and a chance to contribute to society. It benefits all of us, and if you don't believe it, just watch and see for yourself.

Following the Strasbourg court's condemnation of Russia's "propaganda law," a representative of the European Parliament urged the European Commission to review analogous regulations in Lithuania.

Efforts to enshrine both heterosexual and homosexual partnerships in Lithuania’s Civil Code were thwarted at the very first stage – the draft amendment proposed by the Liberal Party was rejected, having received the...

Gay marriage was voted through with a clear majority in the German Bundestag on Friday morning. MPs passed a law that allows full marital rights for LGBTQ people and allows them to adopt children. Chancellor...

Today in Italy, 42.26% of all inmates are imprisoned for drug-related offenses. On the occasion of the International Day Against Drugs Abuses, June 26, the White Book on Drugs, From American Seed to Italian Desert was...