Although Lithuania criminalized stalking in the fall of 2021, proving it in court is still difficult: more than half of registered stalking cases are dropped.

Spain is proving to be the most difficult country to probe in the investigation of the use of spyware. In November 2022 Joanna Giménez and a photojournalist were arrested as they attempted to cover a protest by environmental activists.

The report, which covers 2020-2021, shows that while the situation improved in some fields - such as more attention to mental health and a reduction in prisoner numbers - progress remained stalled in others.

Sweden's new coalition agreement is "clearly repressive" and violates basic human rights standards, according to a review by Liberties member organisation Civil Rights Defenders.

Here’s to you, the people who keep fighting and winning the battles for the rights that put citizens in charge of how we solve today’s crises.

​As 2022 draws to a close, we at Liberties are reflecting on what your support has allowed us to achieve this year.

Liberties has launched a new e-learning platform to help human rights campaigners grow their skills in order to mobilize more support for their causes.

Grow your skills with our new guide on human rights messaging. The booklet is now available in e-learning format on Liberties' brand new knowledge hub.

A demonstration under the slogan "Czech Republic First!", which gathered around 70,000 people, called on the government to abandon its pro-Western agenda, withdraw from NATO and the EU, drop sanctions against Russia, and agree on gas prices.

Greek journal Documento revealed a new list of persons whose devices were wiretapped with the spyware tool called ‘Predator’. The soaring cost of living brought together tens of thousands of protesters to request higher wages.