The EU's obsession with migration has radically shaped its foreign policy — while at home its laws are eroding away asylum, warns Human Rights Watch.

Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air quality standards, and is slowing down the country’s transition away from ...

Nongovernmental groups have sounded the alarm as the European Parliament’s new “Scrutiny Working Group” on funding for nongovernmental groups held its first meeting on November 26. The inquiry is pain...

About the author: Kseniya Kvitka is an assistant researcher with Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. She is based in Kyiv. As I sat down to write this, my apartment, like many othe...

As leaders gather for the European Union-African Union Summit in Angola, we urge them to press for the immediate release of humanitarian Joseph Figueira Martin.

European Union member states meeting on October 21, 2025 to discuss Hungary’s erosion of the rule of law should vote on whether Hungary is at risk of a serious breach of EU treaty values, Human Rights...

Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev seeks “more pressure” on the Bulgarian government, while liberals in the EU Parliament call for Sofia to lose funding over his arrest.

The European Court of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights are under attack again.

The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines unnecessarily puts civilians at risk.