From 3pm CET on July 14, 2014, the Irish government will defend its human rights record before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva - Ireland’s fourth report under the ICCPR. The hearing is expected to cover issues...
Bulgarian authorities must reform the prison regime for those serving life sentences without parole. The current legal framework regulates the prison regime in a way that requires automatic application of a strict detention regime that includes isolation.
Following an inspection tour of police facilities across Poland, members of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture revealed in their report that they observed some cases of prisoner abuse, including beatings and prolonged restraint.
The first issue of Civic Arena magazine is dedicated to hate speech in the context of rising extremism, populism, racism and xenophobia across Europe. The magazine includes interviews with key actors in combatting...
In a victory for transparency and the public's right to information, a Polish court has ruled that the country's Internal Security Agency must share information requested by civil society on its cooperation with America's National Security Agency.
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Aleś Bialacki, a Belarusian human rights defender and recently released political prisoner, is coming to Poland this week. In 2001, Aleś Bialacki was arrested by Belarusian police on information provided by the Polish...
The Romanian Intelligence Service recently proposed a draft law that gives its agents access to private computers without citizens’ consent or a judge's approval, saying their access is no different than a computer technician's when fixing a computer.
Protection of journalists and human rights defenders, issues related to the Internet, and incitement of hatred constitute three main freedom of expression challenges, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human...
The law on the registration of Wi-Fi networks' users and prepaid SIM card users was recently voted on in the Romanian Parliament. Seven NGOs have asked the Ombudsman and the presidents of the Senate and of the ...
Italy is very far away from fulfilling EU objectives on policies for children, according to the latest report by an Italian NGO group for children's rights.
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