The closure of the CEU, the proposed NGO "foreign agent" law and new asylum rules in Hungary are very much on the radar of the European Commission, its first vice-president told the press.

In the first three months of 2017 alone, more than a dozen inmates in Italian penitentiaries took their lives.

The Court of Lecco, Northern Lombardy, has decided that children born to a married gay couple should be able to have the surname of its parents choosing. Indeed, a child born to two women who were married in Portugal...

"We are highly concerned by the Hungarian government’s recent moves to stigmatise civil society organisations and by the possible forced closure of CEU. These developments will have severe negative implications for...

There is now almost a total collapse in freedom of expression, with pro-government media outlets spewing out propaganda targeting human rights defenders on trumped-up allegations of destabilizing the state.

Protests have been held across the Netherlands in support for the gay couple attacked last week in Arnhem, allegedly because they were holding hands. The demonstrations took place in that city, where some 2,500 people...

Anti-democratic governments don’t like NGOs because of their essential service to our societies: to make sure that authorities act in the public’s best interest.

Civil society is under attack in Hungary, where NGOs are being targeted because they stand up to the government's abuse of power. Sign our petition and call on the European Parliament to take action against Orban government.

Italian associations for mental health and Antigone are warning of the risk of backward steps on the issue of psychiatric treatment for detainees. Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals in Italy were abolished in 2014,...

Prime Minister Orbán of Hungary wants to silence Hungarian rights activists, pro-democracy NGOs and investigative journalists. Friends of democracy and civil liberties must stop him: sign our petition.