The unfolding human rights crisis in Belarus caused by a vicious crackdown on peaceful protesters demonstrating against a rigged presidential election held on August 9 requires businesses, both foreign and national, to exercise particular diligence...
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Workers at some of the largest companies in Belarus once again came out on strike on the morning of August 14, joining the many thousands of protesters who are now...
When news first emerged last weekend that Poland’s justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, was considering pulling the country out of an international treaty designed...
Almost one in three women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence by someone else in their lifetime. In a majority...
Details of a Chinese-backed railway link between Budapest and Belgrade, one of the biggest international infrastructure projects in the emerging Europe region for many...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a third ruling in favour of Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova (pictured above). The Azerbaijani...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, most governments in emerging Europe have adopted some form of lockdowns, with only a couple of countries, notably Czechia and...
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to...
Judges from at least 14 European countries will march in Warsaw on January 11 in defence of the rule of law in Poland, as the Polish Senate considers a law which would...
Amnesty International condemned the Hungarian news agency MTVA for stopping its staff to report on statements from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. “It is...
International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the Ukrainian authorities to better protect Roma minorities within the country, demanding that...
Amnesty International will challenge in court the constitutionality of Hungary’s controversial law that criminalises individuals and organisations working in the field...
