Two Italian NGOs, Amnesty Italy and ASGI, are seeking justice for migrants who were forced by the Italian government to return to Libya, where they were imprisoned and abused.

What drives volunteers to help refugees across Europe? Besides the desire to help people, many are driven by their own curiosity, a desire to learn, and a thirst for adventure.

Concerns persist that Stefano Borriello did not die from a bacterial illness, as authorities eventually concluded, and many see his case as yet another in a string of mysterious deaths in Italy prisons.

More than half of Romanians have little confidence in their national ombudsperson, a stark contrast to countries with respected, well-funded rights protection offices, like Norway.

While the thirteenth round of negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement started in New York on April 25, a coalition of organizations urged the relevant Belgian authorities to...

In the San Michele penitentiary in Alessandria, a new program offers the 300 prisoners the opportunity to grow fruits and vegetables on the land around the prison, which is now used for the cultivation of organic...

A Polish man, M.K., went to prison after the court mistakenly ruled that he committed a crime during the period of his conditional suspended sentence. Coincidentally, the true perpetrator had exactly the same name....

A Dutch NGO has appealed to the government to not send back any refugees to Turkey, which is not a safe third country.

A recent review of institutions for children in Bulgaria found severe deficiencies in care, a number of injuries and 75 deaths over eight years.

Three men go on trial today in Luxembourg accused of leaking thousands of confidential documents revealing corporate tax deals. A former auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is accused of passing the documents to a...