While there is little doubt that Pride Week in Moldova has grown in visibility and turnout over the years, there are worrying developments in the political sphere that threaten rights protection for the LGBT community.

The European Union and the United States should defend common Western values rather than their own interests, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday (May 25) after meeting US president Donald Trump...

After publications of photos of members of the Patriotic Front, part of the new ruling coalition, in Nazi greeting poses, the new Bulgarian government had been shaken by a series of scandals. Pavel Tenev, deputy...

In a recently published report, the UN special rapporteur on privacy criticizes the US and other countries for snooping on citizens' data with the deceitful excuse of increasing security.

A controversial bill restricting abortion has been pushed through the Sejm by Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party. Poland already had one of the most restrictive regulations in Europe, but the new bill further...

According to a judge in the Netherlands, a 12-year-old minor has the right to deny medical treatment.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has criticized Romania over its lack of commitment in addressing domestic violence despite the existence of a legal framework in the country. The ECHR ruled on Tuesday that...

Based on 120,000 answers of respondents – of whom 12,000 took psilocybin mushrooms in 2016 – this particular hallucinogen led to the least medical treatment, the Global Drug Survey 2017 found. Last year, just 0.2% of...

European Union ministers approved proposals on May 23 to make social media companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube tackle videos with hate speech on their platforms. The proposals, which would be...

Emmanuel Macron brings youthful optimism as the new leader of the French Republic, but what are his positions and proposals when it comes to the important human rights issues of the day?