In the months before the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) joined the Access Project, the day-to-day operations of human rights defenders had become a matter of survival.

A monthly round-up of Liberties' work: activists expelled from Serbia, maxing human rights protection in the AI act and why Google's decision to stop political ads is an alarm bell.

Media freedom and pluralism are flailing across Europe, and in some countries, are on their last legs. The European Media Freedom Act will bring some improvements, but on its own is not enough to rescue a struggling media landscape.

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A monthly round-up of Liberties' work: politicians push for exceptional access to our sensitive data, EU retreats on Defence of Democracy package & inaugural Campaign Accelerator winners announced.

Don’t buy into familiar, feeble arguments against the European Union. Instead, embrace and support your democracy by exercising your right to vote.

European elections are approaching fast - make sure you watch our video before it's too late.

Regardless of how serious the topics were that we dealt with in the 15 episodes of the Survival Guide to Authoritarianism, we had great fun making it. Please enjoy our behind-the-scenes video.

Redrawing electoral district maps, amending election laws, adding large pools of citizens with voting rights to the national constituency - just a few examples of how authoritarians attempt to manipulate electoral systems.

Our authoritarian leaders continue to hold regular elections featuring a number of real opposition parties. But that doesn't mean any of the opposition parties actually have a chance of winning.