Governments across Eastern Europe and Central Asia are increasingly promoting ‘traditional values’ and equating the protection of gender equality and women’s rights with...
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In a highly controversial report, compiled without input from its Kyiv office, Amnesty International has accused Ukrainian forces of putting civilians in...
With tensions still high – and further conflict still possible – both Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities need to make clear and firm commitments to prioritise the...
The DSA includes new rules that will require big tech platforms – including Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to assess and manage systemic risks posed by their services...
A new package of sanctions against Russia could be passed by the US Senate as early as this week, and take effect before any actual invasion. Another escalation of the...
Migrants still stuck on the border between Poland and Belarus continue to see their human rights abused, while others face repatriation to countries where they could...
Defying international human rights law, Poland carried out unlawful pushbacks of refugees on its border with Belarus, Amnesty has claimed. Its tough stance, however...
The oldest human rights group in Belarus is facing closure as the country’s authorities step up their crackdown on civil society. The Belarusian Justice Ministry...
The governments of Hungary and Azerbaijan have been implicated in the alleged hacking of phones belonging to investigative journalists and opposition-affiliated...
Human rights groups have condemned a new round of arrests in Belarus targeting civil society organisations. Belarusian authorities carried out a day of massive...
A long campaign by Roma women in Czechia who were forcibly sterilised appears to be finally coming to a successful conclusion. The lower house of the Czech parliament...
Governments across the world have used the Covid-19 pandemic as a smokescreen for power grabs, clampdowns on freedoms and a pretext to ignore human rights obligations...