Austria

May 22, 2019

Austria’s Strache Scandal Shows Why Media Freedom Matters

The Austrian populist rightwing Freedom Party (FPÖ), until Monday part of the country’s governing coalition, has suffered after its attempt to take over a leading newspaper became public.

Free Speech

May 22, 2019 Dispatches

Austria’s Strache Scandal Shows Why Media Freedom Matters

Lydia Gall
Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
Europe/Central Asia

December 20, 2017 Dispatches

Austrian Coalition Puts Europe’s Human Rights Values to the Test

Kartik Raj
Researcher, Western Europe

Published In: euobserver
LGBT Rights

December 15, 2017 Commentary

The State of Marriage Equality Worldwide

Published In: The Advocate

Reports More Reports

January 23, 2007

Cases Involving Diplomatic Assurances against Torture
April 14, 2004

Empty Promises

Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture

News

December 6, 2017 News Release

Austria: Court Allows Marriage Equality
October 17, 2017 Dispatches

Radical Right Populist Success in Elections Endangers Human Rights in Europe

Kartik Raj
Researcher, Western Europe
May 3, 2017 Dispatches

Open Letter to Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Libya

Hanan Salah
Senior Libya Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division
March 8, 2017 Letter

Civil Society Letter to Heads of State and Government on EU Response to the Refugee Crisis
December 29, 2016 Commentary

For Managing Migration, Australia is No Model for Europe

Michael Garcia Bochenek
Senior Counsel, Children’s Rights Division

Published In: Die Presse
June 3, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Stranded Asylum Seekers Pay Price of EU Foot Dragging

Philippe Dam
Advocacy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
April 27, 2016 News Release

Austria: Drastic, Unjustified Measures against Asylum Seekers
March 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Hungary’s New, Bigger Migrant Lockout

Lydia Gall
Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
September 5, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Refugees March out of Hungary

Lydia Gall
Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
August 27, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: For Those Trying to Reach Safety in Europe, Land can be as Deadly as the Sea

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
May 12, 2015 News Release

Turkmenistan: Turkmen President Visits Austria
February 14, 2013 Commentary

Divided We Fall: Intolerance in Europe Puts Rights at Risk

Benjamin Ward
UK Director (Acting) & Deputy Director, Europe & Central Asia Division

Published In: open Democracy

Daily Brief

July 23, 2019

Democracy at stake & Palestinian homes bulldozed in Israel; newly elected UK Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson set on delivering Brexit; ripping more families apart in the US; Syria’s president might still have his Nuremberg moment; Indian transgender bill raises rights concerns; LGBT rights activist murdered in Russia; deadly crackdown on Shia protesters in Nigeria; and European Union countries agree on new migrant allocation system.