A new, independent medical inquiry by Doctors for Human Rights - Italy (MEDU), with the support of the Open Society Foundations, sheds new light on the case of Stefano Cucchi. The report — which was presented on...

In the last year over 10,000 children in Bulgaria have been affected by the 60-year-old Juvenile Delinquency Act.

The new e-learning platform "Be ribų" offers the first free course on domestic violence for all who encounter it in their line of work.

Asylum seekers must wait for at least five months before they can apply for asylum, says the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). During this period, they'll have to wait in a crisis or emergency...

The United Nations is accusing Czech authorities of "systematic human rights violations" in its treatment of refugees and migrants. The UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, said the Czech Republic was holding...

Figures from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) show that almost two-thirds of the Dutch population have little or no confidence in Parliament. About 36 percent of respondents have a good feeling with the European Union. In...

Eight prison guards are under investigation for the severe beating of an inmate in the Parma prison in 2010 and 2011.

The Bulgarian Parliament is expected to adopt a gender equality law by the end of October. Its aim is to ensure balanced representation of men and women in power and decision making as well as in every area of life....

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee expresses its grave concern over the manner in which the sitting of the Council for Electronic Media was held in September.

A Madrid court has ruled that the Madrid Council of Health discriminated against a lesbian couple on the basis of their sexual orientation. One of the women was receiving artificial insemination treatment, which was...