Several hundred people marched in the center of Priština on the occasion of the first Pride Parade in the history of Kosovo. The Pride was held under heavy police protection and was prepared in great secrecy because...

Bulgaria is currently ranked 113th out of 180 countries in the latest Reporters Without Borders report on media freedom. The country has the most unfree media among all EU members and is placed seven positions lower...

By recognizing and protecting the right to information, Italy took a step towards a stronger democracy. But the new act does not go far enough in protecting citizens' right to know.

Ignoring the recent European Court of Human Rights judgment in Vasiliauskas v. Lithuania, the Supreme Court of Lithuania upholds a genocide conviction in a case with roots stretching back to the 1950s.

One day after the approval of the civil unions bill in Italy, right-wing politicians announced that they want to raise the 500,000 signatures required to force a referendum to overturn the bill. Other opponents are...

The state is being brought to court over an ethnic register of 4,700 Roma set up by the Skåne Police. This week marks the beginning of the main hearing in the District Court of Stockholm.

Extended detention periods for detainees and a lack of respect for the rights of the indigenous Sami people are chief criticisms of Sweden’s human situation.

Bewar, from Iraq, has been living in the Calais "Jungle" until very recently, when he and others were bused to a reception center near Marseille. He is happy to finally leave, but uncertainty awaits.

The need to implement effective public surveillance of private care centers for the disabled, chronically ill and elderly in Poland was highlighted by recent cases of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. Some...

Sixty non-governmental organizations in Lithuania appealed to the minister of education, urging for the introduction of science-based sex education in schools. Organizations reacted to the upcoming program for...