A broad coalition of human rights organizations, including the Belgian League of Human Rights, calls for an immediate suspension of the TTIP negotiations.

The Hungarian government wants to further restrict public interest data requests, a last resort of ensuring the state's accountability. A recent bill would disallow anonymity of public interest data requests and...

Spanish organizations met recently with MEPs to inform them of the threats to fundamental rights and freedoms posed by a series of "gag laws" set to take effect in July.

Antigone launched a hashtag on International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture (June 26) that immediately became among the ten most-tweeted hashtags of the moment. The entire tweet was as follows:...

Parents wishing to stay with their children overnight in a Hungarian hospital might need a little bit of luck to do so, despite what the law says. A campaign by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union seeks to change this.

Sap, the Italian trade union of penitentiary police, has publicly demonstrated at the Milan Expo against the introduction of the crime of torture in the Italian penal code. "The crime of torture would hinder the work...

A symbolic protest action was held in Zagreb on June 20 to mark World Refugee Day. The event included a tribute to the many thousands of refugees who have died trying to reach Europe and a call for more scrutiny of the EU's migration policies.

The European Commission should "try to get all member states in the EU to unreservedly accept same-sex marriage as other marriages," First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans said recently at a...

Germany is planning to pass a law this year allowing telecommunications data retention. Numerous critics deem this legislative proposal unconstitutional and fear extensive digital surveillance.

To mark International Day of Action for Women's Health, two Bulgarian NGOs drew attention to the violence perpetrated by healthcare professionals against laboring women.