Over the last 24 hours we have borne witness to a travesty of justice of spectacular proportions.

Today we take a brief moment to celebrate, but tomorrow we will continue our struggle to have all charges dropped against Taner, the Istanbul 10, and all other innocent victims wrongfully caught up in this vicious crackdown.

Europe urgently needs to put concern for basic human dignity at the centre of its migration policies.

The court must acquit Taner and the other 10 human rights defenders and end this farce once and for all

With the victory of the Black Protest still fresh in their minds, women across Poland will once again take to the streets, standing together against proposals which would strip them of their rights and endanger their health

These new rules should eventually stop EU produced surveillance equipment from being exported to countries where there is a high risk it would be used to abuse journalists, activists and others who work to defend rights.

EU foreign ministers are sitting down to face their Iranian counterpart, amidst alarming reports of over 3000 people held in detention with no access to their families and lawyers, at least 22 deaths by security forces against unarmed protesters and at least four deaths in custody

Though Hungary’s draconian counter-terrorism laws remain in force and its crackdown on refugees persists, we hope this retrial will be at least a first step towards justice for Ahmed, who has already spent over two years in detention.

The Polish government is finally seeing the consequences of their reckless drive to destroy freedoms in the country.

If approved by the President, these amendments will constitute a near fatal blow for basic freedoms and the protection of human rights in Poland.

Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants trapped in Libya are at the mercy of Libyan authorities, militias, armed groups and smugglers often working seamlessly together for financial gain.

12/12/2017 – As participants at the High-Level Expert Conference ‘2019 and Beyond: Taking Stock and Moving Forward from the Interlaken Process’, held in Kokkedal, Denmark from 22-24 November 2017, the undersigned organizations commend the Danish Chairmanship of the Council of Europe for its stated commitment to involving civil society throughout the process leading up to the adoption of a political Declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights’ system (‘the Convention system’) in April 2018.