Looking back at 2018, domestic violence against women was in focus, limits the media freedom were pushed, and the state moved to increase interference with our private lives. Public resistance helped to avaoid most negative consequences.

Five apartments have been made available in Turin for people who have been forced to move due to their sexual orientation. The project is being organised by the Quore Association and is supported by private sponsors...

The fourth edition of the Naga report on citizens without rights analyses data on 7,955 undocumented foreign citizens who accessed the Naga medical clinic in Italy between 2014 and 2017. The report provides crucial...

'Those who are not with us are against our nation', to paraphrase an old expression. Watch the 12th episode of our Survival Guide to Authoritarianism.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Lithuania - January 2019

Love is priceless, but is it enough to sustain a democracy if an authoritarian comes to power?

The personal data of hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been published online. Contacts, private chats and financial details were released on Twitter over the holiday period,...

The number people caught trying to enter the EU illegally has dropped to its lowest level in five years, according to the EU border agency Frontex. The agency said it registered some 150,000 illegal crossings last...

With no prospect of a safe haven, the German relief organisations Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye continue to wait in the Mediterranean with 49 rescued migrants aboard their ships. Malta and Italy continue to deny entry to...

​A legislative proposal by a Spanish MEP, calling for the issuance of humanitarian visas, was approved in December in the European Parliament. This is a significant step towards the creation of more safe and legal pathways for refugees.