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Two People in Hungary Detained for Their Political Views

May 15, 2020 • by Gábor Medvegy, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union

Hungarian police detained two people for posting their views on Facebook after Viktor Orbán's government passed a law restricting the rules on spreading fake news, claiming it was necessary to protect against the pandemic.
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Who Should Decide What We See Online?

February 20, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

Online platforms rank and moderate content without letting us know how and why they do it. There is a pressing need for transparency of the practices and policies of these online platforms.
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EU Commission Agrees to Greater Transparency for Copyright Guidelines

February 18, 2020 • by Eva Simon, LibertiesEU

The European Commission has consented to Liberties’ request for greater transparency and agreed to share the draft guidelines on the implementation of the Copyright Directive with members of the stakeholder dialogue.
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Automation and Illegal Content: Can We Rely on Machines Making Decisions for Us?

February 17, 2020 • by LibertiesEU

While automation is necessary for handling a vast amount of content shared by users, it makes mistakes that can be far-reaching for your rights and the well-being of society.
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Liberties Contribution to the 2nd Copyright Stakeholder Meeting

November 05, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The European Commission organized Stakeholder dialogues to discuss best practices for cooperation between online platforms and copyright holders. Liberties was invited to present on the human rights angle.
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Bulgarian Helsinki Committee Under Pressure From Far-Right Government Party

October 11, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The attempt to dissolve Bulgaria’s largest human rights organization is the latest attack against civil society – and European values – by an EU government.
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Police Lawsuit Threatens Freedom of Expression in Belgium

October 07, 2019 • by Camille Van Durme, Belgian League of Human Rights

Belgian police are suing three associations over an exhibition protesting police repression, in which Brussels police officers were showed in photographs.
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Hungary and Croatia Try to Silence Slovenian Media

April 17, 2019 • by The Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies

Government connections in two of Slovenia's neighbours try to influence media reports in the country, but Slovenia reacts strongly, showing a more progressive approach to freedom of the press.
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Refusal to Prosecute Author for Insulting Historical Legacy "Correct", Court Finds

April 15, 2019 • by Human Rights Monitoring Institute

The Vilnius Regional Court has found that prosecutors correctly refused to launch an investigation into Marius Ivaškevičius's novel "Žali", and that prosecuting the author for his postmodernist work was impermissible in a democracy.
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Man Jailed After Calling Former Croatian President a War Criminal

March 05, 2019 • by Lovorka Šošić, Centre for Peace Studies - Croatia

Human rights organisations have reacted to a harsh ruling against an activist who claimed the first Croatian president, Franjo Tuđman, was a war criminal during the unveiling of his statue in Zagreb.
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