Spain is experiencing a 'chilling effect' on satire and dissent because of an anti-terrorism law that is pushing social media users, musicians and journalists towards self-censorship, Amnesty International has warned....

Women across Poland are holding protests in support of abortion rights, after the Catholic Church urged the government to outlaw the procedure. In Warsaw on Sunday, some 400 protesters gathered in front of the...

A regional court in Poland has upheld the acquittal of Green Party activists accused of insulting the anchor, a sign of the Polish WWII underground state.

Three years after the approval of the so-called gag law, Liberties member Rights International Spain joins the initiatives of several collectives to demand its immediate repeal.

Do you hate it when tech giants or governments mess with your life? It could be an everyday problem if the EU passes its proposed Copyright Directive.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that two Spaniards who set fire in public to a picture of the Spanish king and queen were exercising protected free speech. The Strasbourg court ruled on 13 March that the...

'Tackling disinformation online' is the title of the EC’s new report on fake news. The intentions are good, but the outcome could severely hurt free speech in Europe. Read our quick analysis.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico could lose his parliamentary majority after Most-Hid, a junior party in his coalition, considers quitting the bloc in reaction to the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak. In...

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, was charged on Thursday over her tweeting of gruesome images of Islamic State atrocities in the Middle East, which included a photo of the...

In recent months, we've published news about the conviction of Twitter users for the crime of glorifying terrorism. Two new court decisions bring hope for a more rational application of the law.