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.

All EU members states had until June 2, 2014, to implement a new directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings. However, countries such as Romania still have a long way to go before achieving proper implementation.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's tough new stance against refugees is part of a political agenda purported to uphold Hungarian interests, but instead reminds us of his lack of respect for democratic values and human rights.

Seven organizations believe that the reform of the Council of State is a step backward for the rights of the defendant as well as for environmental protection.

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee is seriously concerned about the fate of Nadiya Savchenko, a pilot in the Ukrainian Air Force. It is believed that she was abducted in July by separatists fighting against Ukrainian forces.

Vilnius Regional Court has ruled that the wiretapping of BNS (a news agency) employees by law enforcement personnel was unjustified. The court allowed the appeals of 10 current and former BNS employees and quashed the...

Unlawfully sterilized women may at last see compensation from the Czech Republic. Between 1972 and 1991, thousands of women, most of them Roma, were sterilized by the government.

A family's request to investigate an information leak to the media after a tragic home birth has been rejected by the Czech Constitutional Court.