Ex-NSA employee turned whistleblower Edward Snowden, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and filmmaker Laura Poitras - the trio that broke the NSA spying news last year - have received the Carl von Ossietzky award in...

Requests for information have been forwarded to all Hungarian officials suspected of being blocked from entering the United States because of their ties to corruption.

Unsafe and unfair counter-terror proposals are no substitute for a proper system of evidence, arrest, charge and conviction.

The association 21 luglio, which is part of the Italian Coalition for Civil Rights and Freedoms (CILD), has presented to the mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, a road map for closing the Roma camps of the city. The mayor...

The UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has decided that the current mass surveillance program of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) does not violate European human rights law. In response to...

France's ban on armed forces personnel joining outside unions is contrary to freedom of association, according to a recent ruling by the Court of Human Rights.

It will be the first time a German leads the UN Human Rights Council when Joachim Rücker takes over in 2015. An economist by training, he served as Germany's envoy to the UN until his appointment to the new post at...

In almost every country in the world disbelievers are being discriminated against. In a report published on December 9, the International Humanist and Ethical Union concludes that worldwide, their numbers are rising...

Amnesty International, Antigone, Arci, CILD and Cittadinanzattiva have organized an event for today, Human Rights Day, that will observe one minute of silence in recognition of the need for the inclusion of torture in...

Domestic violence victims in Lithuania now receive more support from the police and support services, but still lack vital protections. With 10,000 people officially classed as victims, domestic violence accounted for 10% of all 2013 crime in the country.