The Latest Breaking News from Michael OFlaherty

The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has raised concerns that German authorities have curtailed the use of Arabic language and cultural symbols during Gaza protests and have allegedly used excessive force against demonstrators.

Athens has consistently denied the pushback allegations, maintaining that its border control measures comply with international law.

Over 40 Georgians have been jailed on criminal charges stemming from anti-government protests that have roiled the South Caucasus nation for weeks

Czech Anna Adamova is still haunted more than three decades after she was forced into a sterilisation that she says irreparably damaged her life.

A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog is urging the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers who have for months been stranded in tents inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone

Britain's parliament on Monday passed a bill under which asylum seekers would be deported to Rwanda to await a decision on their applications, in a bid by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to stop people making the dangerous sea crossing to the UK across the Channel.

Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages

Remarks by rights chief come as civil society groups warn of a rise in antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

Calling the findings ‘shocking and shameful,’ the European Agency for Fundamental Rights has demanded action.