Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer who overturned the Safe Harbour agreement by suing Facebook and changed how personal data transfer of European users can take place to the US, has founded an NGO called None of...

Radio Free Europe and Voice of America were designated by Russia as 'foreign agents', a move aiming to complicate their local work. The Moscow government recently complained about unacceptable US and EU pressure on...

Facebook says it is having success using its artificial intelligence to delete terrorism-related posts, though more work is still needed. At present, roughly 99% of material Facebook removes because of links to Al...

Lithuania may soon become the only country in Europe to ban gender reassignment.

To strengthen the connection between national and European parties, a reform stipulates that only national parties - not individuals - will be allowed to create a European party eligible for funding. The proposal,...

A new bill aims to reduce human rights groups' access to both private and public funding while simultaneously burdening them with increased administrative tasks to undermine their work.

The United Nations Committee Against Torture is evaluating Italy's compliance with the Convention against Torture, with particular focus on its migration deal with Libya.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Romania - November 2017

The EU on Monday formally adopted new rules requiring border guards to register the entry, exit and refusal of entry information of non-EU nationals at external borders of the Schengen area. The plan, also referred to...

Dutch rights group NJCM, a Liberties member, is satisfied that the government agreement 'Confidence in the Future' takes human rights into consideration, but it still has several concerns.