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Deepening Crisis In Media Freedom Across the EU Puts Democracy At Risk

Media freedom is crumbling across the EU, according to Liberties’ Media Freedom Report 2025, a collaboration of more than 40 human rights organisations from across the EU.

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April 29, 2025 • LibertiesEU

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Romania Hit by Fresh Wave of Anti-Corruption Protests

Over 10.000 protesters went into the streets of cities across Romania to denounce the government's backtracking on efforts to fight corruption. They demanded the withdrawal of draft legislation that would overhaul the...

December 13, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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EU Ready to Scrap Migrant Relocation Quota Scheme

The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, appears set to tell EU leaders that Brussels is prepared to abandon the scheme that compels member states to accept quotas of refugees. Tusk will tell leaders at a...

December 13, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Strengthening Civil Society Cooperation in Europe and Beyond

A network of more than 90 human rights groups convened in Vienna to discuss the best ways to strengthen the voice of civil society within the world's largest security-focused intergovernmental organisation. Here is what they come up with.

December 12, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

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Elections Are Still Not for Everyone: A Human Rights Day Video Series

We celebrated International Human Rights Day on December 10, during which we recall the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We should protect them - they are our human rights. To celebrate this...

December 12, 2017 • The League of Human Rights

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Denmark Rejects More Asylum Applications

A sharp drop in successful asylum applications in Denmark means the country now has one of the lowest approval rates in the European Union. Only 26% of the submitted applications were successful in the second quarter...

December 12, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Poland: Private TV Station Fined for Protest Coverage

Poland's National Broadcasting Council has fined the private television channel TVN for its coverage of opposition demonstrations in Warsaw last year. The council said the station's coverage had 'promoted illegal...

December 12, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Terrorism & a Bar Fight in Spain

You are in a bar and you get involved in a fight with off-duty police officers. One month after you are arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences. What? Is this possible?

December 11, 2017 • Rights International Spain

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Greece Plans to Move Migrants From Islands to Mainland

Oxfam, a non-governmental charity organisation, said last week that Greece intends to move about 5,000 migrants from the Greek islands to the mainland. Nicola Bay, the head of Oxfam's mission in Greece, called the...

December 11, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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Sweden Wants to Criminalise Paying for Sex Abroad

Sweden, the country that first criminalised paying for sex work, now plans to make paying for sex abroad illegal as well, according to a law put forward last week. The legislation would see Swedish residents punished...

December 11, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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#MeAndMyRights: Privacy Gives Us Freedom

Privacy frees us from the constraints of social control. Because of this, it gives us the freedom to think critically, question social rules and debate ideas that might be considered controversial.

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December 08, 2017 • LibertiesEU

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