A new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights shows that while the EU has legislation prohibiting certain forms of severe labor exploitation, workers moving within or migrating to the EU are at risk of becoming...

Since early June, more than 100 refugees from Syria are demonstrating in Dortmund, Germany for faster asylum procedures. If they get approval, their families can travel safely from the Syrian war zone to Germany. A...

The legal case initiated after a breastfeeding mother was disturbed and told to stop while in a shopping mall in August 2014 has ended with an out-of-court settlement. This was announced by the mother, Denitsa...

Czech politicians have voted down a proposal to amend the country’s rigid vaccination system, despite the pleas of parents and civil society.

Over 40 people, including women and children, from a Roma community in Romania have been beaten by local police in recent years, and civil society groups are demanding thorough investigations into these cases.

The European Court of Human Rights issued four judgments against the Czech Republic during the last year, finding the state guilty of human rights violations on issues including controlled rent, women's birthing...

The petition for a Lithuania without orphanages culminated in artistic action in Vilnius.

Nils Muižnieks, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, visited Germany in May. He is responsible for disclosing and acting against human rights violations. During his stay, he welcomed Germany’s...

The European Court of Human Rights has upheld in a landmark ruling the decision of a French court to allow Vincent Lambert, who has been in a vegetative state for a number of years, to be taken off life support.

Thousands of Czechs protested recently against Norway's social services, holding posters that said things like "Norway tortures Czech children." The demonstration outside the embassy in Prague was in support of people...