There are concerns the two men were ill-treated and forced to confess before facing a deeply flawed trial and death sentences.

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of activist Jabbar Savalan on politically motivated charges.

Ales Bialiatski, head of the rights NGO Viasna, was sentenced to four and a half years for financial crimes after assisting detained activists

The Italian Council of State has ruled to end the "Nomad Emergency", which has exposed Roma communities to serious human rights violations.

In recent months Azerbaijani authorities have stepped up intimidation and arrests of protesters and representatives of NGOs and independent media.

A Belarus human rights activist faces up to seven years in jail on 'politically motivated' charges of tax evasion.

Twenty seven families may lose their homes to make way for new commercial housing built by a government owned company.

Lithuania's failure to investigate its role in the US-led rendition programme has forced an alleged victim of secret detention to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.

ETA waged a 40-year armed campaign against the Spanish state, during which more than 800 people were killed and thousands injured.