An Israeli firm relying on semi-legal intelligence and surveillance techniques and working with ex-spies was behind the recent attacks against Hungarian NGOs. Civil society organisations, including Liberties and...

Dutch parliamentarians passed a motion on Tuesday demanding EU- and national-level 'Magnitsky Acts' against Russia and other human rights abusers. They gave a five-month deadline for the Council of Ministers and hope...

The Dutch minister of justice and security, Ferdinand Grappenhaus, wants to adjust criminal law in order to be able to act against radical imams. He announced this during the parliamentary round of questions last...

The government has used its latest hate-filled campaign against refugees and human rights defenders to stir voters ahead of this weekend's election.

Twitter has been acussed by Amnesty International of creating an unsafe environment for women online and violating their human rights.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Hungary - April 2018

In 2017, police officers in the Netherlands faced 9,101 incidents of verbal or physical violence directed at them. Every day last year, an average of 25 officers were insulted, threatened or physically abused while...

Lithuanian organizations working in the field of mental health have publicly criticized a member of parliament's proposal to completely ban gender reassignment procedures, thus restricting transgender rights even...

The number of identified victims of labor trafficking has increased in every European country monitored twice by the Council of Europe, according to a new report. The human rights body says that men working in...

The Dutch Intelligence and Security Act enables the use of DNA research and the creation of a DNA database by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD). This DNA test is intended for identifying and...