Brussels, 04/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 3 October, the European Commission published the EU's annual report 2010 on human rights and democracy in the world, the first to cover a whole year under the Lisbon Treaty provisions.
The document points out pro-democracy movements have gained ground in different countries. It underlines the impact of the social media for organising protest movements, which precipitated a crackdown by unstable regimes against freedom of expression. There has...