Human rights

An EU27 that doesn’t focus on more equality, more opportunities and more solidarity for its citizens, is an EU that risks repeating the same mistakes again that led to a decade of austerity and a vote to leave by one of its Member States. The Commission needs to understand this if it is to play the leading role that Juncker envisions.

Recent acts of dissent within Moria have met with harsh police violence, and few positive outcomes. So the Afghan protesters left the camp, thrusting the continued struggle of detained refugees into the laps of the cocktail-sipping yacht-owners around the harbour. Facing down threats of eviction and arrest, and violent abuse from an off-duty Moria guard, […]

Saša Uhlová’s investigative project explores workplace conditions in the worst-paid jobs in Czech Republic

School prepares you for life, they say. If that’s true, we’re in deep trouble, for after devouring public education, the Hungarian Fidesz-KDNP government swallowed the entire schoolbook market for dessert.

Growing numbers of Chinese people are fleeing the country, in the face of religious persecution. In Europe, they hope to find refuge.

According to Czech left-wing parties, a strong state does not mean the redistribution of wealth towards the poor – it means respecting the authorities and having a rather flexible approach to human rights.

The right to culture in the city space is not about having easy access to cultural production. It is the right to create culture.

The Refugee crisis appears to be a convenient moment for Poland to shut down the “Belarusian route” for migrants from the Russian North Caucasus and other former Soviet states.

The Tibetan spiritual leader visited the Czech Republic – and promptly managed to demonstrate just how close the affairs of China and Tibet lie to the hearts of its elected representatives.

Iraqi Phd student continues to be held in detention in Poland, facing deportation as a threat to national security.