The trial of the "six heroes" will begin on May 31 in Brussels. The six, passengers on a recent flight to Africa, are being prosecuted for speaking up to oppose police violence against a man being forcibly returned to Cameroon.

Belgium's House of Representatives on May 24 will vote on an amendment to the 2007 law on gender reassignment. This new version of the law aims to ease the requirements that people wishing to change gender on their ID...

The Amsterdam police force is considering lifting the ban on officers wearing headscarves in an effort to recruit more migrant women. The head of the police said the force aims to have half of its officers come from a...

Accused by public figures and media outlets of colluding with human traffickers, NGOs operating in the Mediterranean are now forced to justify what they do.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution that could lead to EU sanctions against the government of Hungary for flouting the EU’s fundamental values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Nine EU governments at the UN yesterday called on Poland to restore its formerly independent and effective Constitutional Tribunal and protect the rule of law. But will EU ministers speak up again at next week’s General Affairs Council?

Three months after the new American president took office, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni flew to Washington to meet him.

The campaign, which is supported by many NGOs and civil society actors, proposes concrete solutions to overcome the infamous Bossi-Fini law and foster integration.

Hungary and Poland must allow independent funding for NGOs under the €1 billion Norwegian aid program, which is currently up for renewal, Norway's prime minister, Erna Solberg, has said. Both countries are seeking to...

The Polish government's report ahead of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights is silent on a number of key issues and ignores the input of civil society organizations.