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It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Professor Wiktor Osiatyński, a lawyer, social activist and, above all, a remarkable lecturer and relentless advocate of human rights. He died in Warsaw on April 29th at the age of 72.
An analysis of alerts submitted to the Council of Europe Platform to promote the protection of journalism shows an emerging trend of threats across Europe to the independence of public broadcasters or their regulatory...
Lithuania is dragging its heels when it comes to implementing legal protections for transgender people, an issue one politician in the country bluntly said was not a priority.
Ahmed Amashah is the latest person to discuss torture during his detention in Egypt, which he was subjected to without any formal charges being brought against him. In Egypt in the first three months of 2017, 871...
Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, has now published the report on his visit to Lithuania. The commissioner urged Lithuania to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to reinforce the...
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Evidence uncovered by a new investigative report from Al Jazeera has prompted Italian NGOs to once again pressure the government to address the surveillance industry's continued business dealings with repressive regimes.
Following its debate on Hungary last week, the European Parliament will adopt a resolution in mid-May. Here's what Liberties, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee think the European Parliament needs to say.
UEFA, the organization governing European football, is adding a human-rights provision to the set of criteria for selecting a host nation for the 2024 European Championship, the top international competition in...
A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says Pope Francis in this TED Talk delivered directly from Vatican City.
The Council of Europe told Hungary on Thursday to halt implementation of its new amendment to national education law that would force Central European University to close. The resolution comes as a different law...
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