The United Nations Human Rights Council describes capital punishment as inhumane, ineffective in fighting crime, and inconsistent with the most basic human right – the...
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A new Slovak bill limiting access to abortion – proposed by the populist OĽaNO (Ordinary People) party MP Anna Záborská – adds to a heap of similar laws that...
In Kyrgyzstan, medics suffer rights violations, and pay high personal price during Covid-19 pandemic
Health workers in Kyrgyzstan have paid an astoundingly high personal price during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen them forced to work long hours, often without...
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...
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...
