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Danish lawmakers have passed a ban on wearing items of clothing in public that conceal the face, which includes some forms of Islamic dress. The government says, however, that the law is not aimed at religions.
Source: dw.com

The European Court of Human Rights found that Lithuania and Romania had violated articles of the European Convention on Human Rights by allowing secret CIA prisons.
Source: jurist.org

Bavaria is bracing itself for the introduction of a new law under which Christian crosses will have to hang in the entrance of all public buildings. Despite opposition from prominent members of the Catholic church and leading theologians, the law will come into effect in the southern German state on Friday.
Source: theguardian.com

The revised rules adopted by the European Parliament mean posted workers will be entitled to the same level of pay as their local counterparts.
Source: bbc.com

The Justice Initiative Foundation published a report on the practice of female genital mutilation (called "female circumcision") in some districts of Dagestan.
Source: meduza.io

The law on “foreign agents” does not go beyond the general practice in other countries and does not infringe upon the rights of applicants. This is stated in the repeated 21-page memorandum sent by the Russian representative to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Mikhail Galperin in response to a request from the court after the complaints of Ecodefense and 48 other organizations recognized as foreign agents.
Source: vedomosti.ru

Civil society groups in Romania have appealed to its president to hold urgent talks on the faltering fight against graft, as its populist government steps up demands for the dismissal of the country’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor.
Source: irishtimes.com

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland's abortion law.
Source: bbc.com

EU countries that have not legalized gay marriage must respect the residency rights of same-sex spouses who want to live together in their territory, the European court of justice has ruled, in a move hailed as a victory for human dignity.
Source: theguardian.com