Low turnout has voided the referendum in Romania on restricting the definition of marriage to exclude same-sex unions. Just 20.4 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the weekend referendum, short of the 30...

An investigative journalist was killed in the Bulgarian city of Ruse on Saturday. The body of Viktoria Marinova, a 30-year-old reporter, who worked for television station TVN, was found in a park. Interior Minister...

According to a UN working group, Spain's efforts to reduce racial profiling have not gone far enough and need to be stepped up to meet UN requirements.

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The mayor of the southern Italian town of Riace, who is famed for taking in migrants, has been placed under house arrest over allegations he facilitated "marriages of convenience" for immigration purposes. Domenico...

After Ireland overwhelmingly backed repealing the abortion ban in May, discussion of the topic has become heated ahead of the parliamentary debate on the new legislation. After a near full ban in the Irish...

Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman tortured and raped by Islamic State militants, and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The winners were chosen for their...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - October 2018

Morocco has rejected EU plans to build offshore centres to process asylum applications in North Africa ahead of letting migrants into the European Union. Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan Foreign Minister, said the...

In a debate held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Frans Timmermans, the European Commission’s first vice president cited growing concerns surrounding rule of law in Romania. He expressed worries about changes...