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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...
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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.
Czech Ombudsman Anna Šabatová has one important experience from the communist era: as a dissenter, she experienced being a minority citizen of the society.
Apparently, seven months is too short a period to issue a birth certificate, writes Mr. Luboš V. from the Czech Republic. Read his view of the complicated struggle with the authorities in an effort to have his daughter entered into the civil registry.
A Bulgarian man has carried out a violent attack on his former partner, pouring a can of paint over her head and posting a video of the assault on Facebook. The crime is a reminder of the lack of adequate protection for women by the Bulgarian government.
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