CIVICUS Monitor update on Spain - March 2018

The access to social benefits still represents one of the most sensitive issue in the field of migration. Now, a new handbook available online, edited by Alberto Guariso, in charge of the anti-discrimination service...

The first hearing of the appeal against the judgment of first instance of the Operation Condor trial will take place on 12 April. The first judgment, in January 2017, ended with eight life sentences and 19 acquittals....

Two Italian lawyers are teaming up with a civilian-led organisation to solve a case of suspected murder at a police station in Germany.

The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner has said the EU-Turkey migrant deal is redundant, as migrants and refugees wouldn't try to cross into Greece from Turkey even if the controversial agreement ceased to...

A journalist for a local Polish newspaper has had charges of trespassing dismissed after he had gone to a veterinary clinic to investigate the conditions in which homeless cats were kept at the clinic. The latest...

Experts of the Finnish government’s leading health agency, the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), call for the decriminalisation of all drugs. Professor Pekka Hakkarainen, the head of THL’s Alcohol,...

Some 10,000 people marched in the streets of Brussels on 25 February as part of the "Human Wave for solidarity and humanity" protest. The protesters called for more humane asylum policies and reminded politicians that...

In order to help voters make an informed decision on election day, 4 March, Liberties member Antigone has researched each party's position on justice, security and prison.

Online platforms like Facebook and Twitter got a guideline on how and when they have to remove illegal contents like hate speech and terrorist propaganda. The European Commission adopted a non-binding legal text on 1...