Longtime defender of family planning, actress Scarlett Johansson spoke out at the 2016 Power of Women Los Angeles luncheon for abortion. "A women’s right to choose what to do with her body shouldn't just be a women's...

Residents of neighborhoods in west and northwest Amsterdam recently received anti-gay flyers in their mail. The police received over 20 reports and have started an investigation. The flyer warns about homosexuality...

It has been seven years since Stefano Cucchi died in a hospital in Rome a week after being arrested by police. Authorities refuse to say what caused his death, but his sister still fights every day for truth and justice.

The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Nils Muižnieks, delivered on Tuesday an urgent warning for the EU to get serious in its fight against antisemitism. The commissioner's statement stressed the...

A private school in Cagliari is being accused of discrimination against migrant students. The school is managed by a religious order that, by its nature, is supposed to show compassion and help people in need,...

A self-employed woman who gave birth in 2005 is still entitled to benefits or substitute damages, ruled a court in Midden-Nederland. The woman went to court because there were no pregnancy or childbirth benefits in...

421,000 children in the Netherlands are at risk of social exclusion, and children's rights organizations are sounding the alarm with four recommendations to help prevent kids in poor families from becoming disadvantaged.

A foundation for Islamic education in Amsterdam has made two requests for government financing for schools in The Hague. The schools would be based on Islamic principles and principles of a second religion. According...

There is an emergency in Italy: in a 48-hour span during the first week of October, 11,000 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean by the Italian Navy and NGOs, including Doctor Without Borders. Twenty-eight dead...

Privacy rules were broken when UK spy agencies collected large amounts of citizens' data without adequate oversight, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled. The organization Privacy International filed complaints...