Videos

• A CLUE About the Copyright Directive and Article 13

  June 22, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  In a huge blow to free speech, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has voted to approve Article 13 of the Copyright Directive.

  Tags:

  • copyright
  • free speech
  • censorship
  • Article 13
• Watch: Dutch Decision to Abolish Referenda Is Bad News for Democracy

  June 13, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  To avoid future embarrassment, the Dutch government has decided to abolish citizen-initiated referenda. Will other countries follow suit and limit the voice of the people?

  Tags:

  • surveillance
  • Netherlands
  • referendum
• Watch: Why We Need to Fund Rights and Democracy Groups in Europe

  June 11, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  ​Democracy cannot survive without strong and healthy organisations fighting to protect civil liberties. Our head of advocacy explains why it is so important for the EU to invest in defending its own values.

  Tags:

  • human rights
  • Europe
  • EVI
  • freedoms fund
• Rightsman Episode 3: Foreign Funding

  June 06, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Why is labelling NGOs based on where they get financial support from harmful for our democracy? Watch the latest episode of our Rightsman series to find out.
• Rightsman Episode 2: Naming and Shaming

  June 04, 2018 • by Orsolya Reich, LibertiesEU

  What's wrong with governments forcing rights groups to publish the names of their donors? Quite a lot, actually.

  Tags:

  • transparency
  • rights
  • donors
• Rightsman Episode 1: Bureaucratic Burdens

  May 28, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Why are populist governments passing new regulations that require human rights groups to file more financial reports? It has nothing to do with transparency.

  Tags:

  • transparency
  • European Values Instrument
  • EVI
  • freedoms fund
• Watch: Everything You Need to Know About the GDPR

  May 25, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  The EU's new data protection laws entered into force this week, but do you know what the GDPR is and why it matters to you?

  Tags:

  • privacy
  • Data
  • protection
  • GDPR
• Rightsman Shorts: Misusing Transparency

  May 24, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  All good things in life can be used and misused. Take, for example, transparency.

  Tags:

  • human rights
  • transparency
  • EVI
  • freedoms fund
• Watch: Can You Spot the Difference?

  May 24, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Adam and Eva work every day to defend our fundamental rights and keep our democracy strong.

  Tags:

  • Europe
  • European Values Instrument
  • EVI
  • freedoms fund
• Watch: Will the EU Cut Off Funding for Authoritarians in Europe?

  May 23, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  The EU is giving billions of euros to governments that openly disregard basic EU values, in effect helping to fund governments that are working to undermine it.

  Tags:

  • European Commission
  • EU
  • rule of law
  • funding
  • MFF
• Rightsman: European Civil Society Needs Heroes Like You

  April 19, 2018 • by LibertiesEU

  Rightsman can't do it alone. The EU should create a fund to support civil society groups working on human rights and democracy issues inside the bloc.

  Tags:

  • democracy
  • EU
  • European Values Instrument
  • EVI
  • MFF
• ​Watch: What Italian LGBT People Still Need to Fight For

  April 18, 2018 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

  Italy still has a lot of progress to make in the area of LGBT rights, but despite this the subject still doesn't receive the attention it needs.

  Tags:

  • Italy
  • LGBT
  • equal rights