The latest annual report on global press freedom by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finds rising hostility in the EU towards journalists and their work. Although Europe still ranks as the highest region on RSF's...

Social media companies are making changes to their services ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entering force on May 25. Snapchat now says it will stop retaining certain data, including precise...

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A proposed ban on the sale of certain goods could deter public and academic discussions on contemporary and historical armed conflicts as well as present-day policy issues.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 24 April ruled that the European Convention on Human Rights affords protection if an asylum seeker with severe effects from past torture would be "significantly and...

The head of Germany's Jewish community has advised Jews not to wear kippahs, the traditional skullcaps, in public. The advice follows several anti-Semitic attacks across the country. Josef Schuster, the president of...

The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, has voted to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in force following Brexit. The 316 to 245 vote is yet another blow to the government's hope to shed EU...

A new report shines more light on the situation of Roma in Italy, most of whom still live in segregated camps and face daily discrimination, often from national authorities.

Some former and current members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) were engaged "in activity of a corruptive nature" related to Azerbaijan, an independent body’s investigation has concluded....

The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights received a record number of questions and reports about discrimination last year. In total, the organization received 4,259 reports and questions. This is an increase of 33...