On August 22, HRMI representative Jūratė Guzevičiūtė attended a hearing at the District Court of Trakai Region and, during the trial for inciting hatred, gave expert evidence on freedom of expression, its...
The case of a blogger accused of publicly defaming the mayor of a Polish city has finally been brought to the European Court of Human Rights, after more than five years of domestic proceedings.
During his visit to the frontier stations of the Ignalina and Vilnius Frontier Districts, Seimas (Parliamentary) Ombudsman Augistinas Normantas uncovered significant human rights violations taking place. He found that...
Does Poland’s Central Anti-Corruption Bureau use spyware against citizens? It refuses to say – so the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has asked a court to force it to disclose information about its program.
On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Rights International Spain launches a petition requesting Spain to comply with its internationals obligations and redress victims of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.
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A wave of arrests of human rights defenders swept Azerbaijan in early August, prompting fears among experts about the security of civil society and human rights in the country. Among those arrested was lawyer and activist Intigam Aliyev.
In his Human Rights Comment of August 28, 2014, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks tackles the issue of missing persons in Europe. He shows that “tens of thousands of persons remain missing...
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has called on the president of Atletico Madrid football team to reconsider the financing of the team by Azerbaijani authorities.
An interesting trial in Strasbourg may ensue from a case involving two Hungarian citizens. The claimants say their monitoring by anti-terrorism agents, including the Hungarian Anti-terrorist Center (TEK), without a...
The recent decision by two commercial TV networks not to air a gay rights organization's video about negative attitudes toward sexual minorities is yet another instance of the censorship against Lithuania's LGBT community.
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