If you want to find out more about the problems rights and democracy groups are facing and why we need a new freedoms fund, check out these explainers and articles.

Thanks to new legal changes, it is now possible to lift professional secrecy - the duty of confidentiality of professionals like doctors and prosecutors - in some cases.

Liberties and other rights groups urge the European Commission not to rush to adopt measures on fake news before fully understanding the human rights implications of any new policy.

Following up on promises to unveil a new law to protect whistleblowers, the European Commission did just that on 23 April. The Commission's proposal aims to strengthen legal protections for whistleblowers throughout...

Human rights defenders in Italy face increasing threats to their work and personal safety as politicians and the media promote a climate of fear and xenophobia.

After a number of failed attempts to introduce mandatory transparency regulations for the EU institutions, the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have started a fresh round of...

Recent scandals like LuxLeaks and the Panama Papers have exposed the limited help granted for people seeking to expose corporate behaviour in the public interest. Therefore, the EU intends to give special treatment...

The family of a girl who was killed at the Serbia-Croatia border managed to return to Croatia, where they have been in detention for more than 30 days now.

The entry into force of an amendment to the Supreme Court Act constitutes yet another chapter in Poland's rule of law crisis and yet another step towards the government's total takeover of the judiciary.

European parliamentarians will vote this week on two reports about tightening the rules for using the General Expenditure Allowance, a part of their official expenditure, worth 50,000 euros annually. Last year a...