On New Year's Eve, dozens of women were assaulted and robbed in Cologne. According to the police, the offenders had a North African or Arab appearance, and many are making a link to the refugee crisis.

The Dutch Supreme Court decided on December 22, 2015, that arrested suspects in the Netherlands have the right for assistance from an attorney during a police interrogation. Until now, adults under suspect of a crime...

A man is abused by three police officers after complaining about getting stiffed by a Bucharest taxi driver. After eight years of inaction by Romanian authorities, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered justice.

Abdul Rahman Haroun, a 40-year-old Sudanese migrant, has received asylum in Great Britain. His story is remarkable because he walked through the Channel Tunnel last August, taking 11 hours in the dark to reach the way...

Ilaria Cucchi, the sister of Stefano Cucchi, the young man who died in October 2009 after being beaten while in custody, recently published on Facebook a picture of one of the Carabinieri under investigation for...

Cuts to prison reintegration programs negatively impact the lives of 720 detainees and 136 workers – not to mention society as a whole.

Minors have the right to privacy, which includes the prohibition of arbitrary interference with their mail. The Czech Post did not respect this rule and minors thus faced discrimination by age. The right to privacy,...

Poland has invited the European Commission's representative in Warsaw to the foreign ministry to discuss EU concern over new laws that threaten democracy. The discussion comes after the European Commission announced...

The Czech government approved the resettlement of 153 Christian refugees from Iraq and Lebanon. Their relocation was initiated by the Generace 21 Fund, which will provide most of the costs. The families are currently...

Here's what needs to be done in 2016 to adequately address the problem of corruption and guarantee more and more transparency in Italy.