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Amnesty International briefing on ‘Unfinished business: Combating torture and ill-treatment in Moldova’
03/04/2012
On 3 April, in Chisinau, Amnesty International will launch the briefing Unfinished Business: Combating Torture and Ill-treatment in Moldova. The briefing updates previous reports we have produced on torture and other ill-treatment in Moldova, and examines actions by the Moldovan authorities to address human rights violations committed by police in April 2009 following the election demonstrations.
Speech: What is new on the alleged CIA illegal detention and transfers of prisoners in Europe?
27/03/2012Julia Hall, Amnesty International’s expert on counter-terrorism and human rights, gives a speech at the LIBE hearing on 27 March, 2012
Militias threaten hopes for new Libya
16/02/2012This report details widespread and serious abuses, including war crimes, mostly carried out by militias targeting suspected al-Gaddafi loyalists. There are cases of people being unlawfully detained and tortured, sometimes to death. These militia groups are largely out of control and able to commit crimes with impunity.
Council of Europe's comments : future of ECtHR
11/01/2012Comments on follow up to the Interlaken and Izmir declarations on the future of the European Court of Human Rights
EU-Russia Summit letter
14/12/2011Ahead of the EU-Russia Summit on 15 December, Amnesty International has called on the EU to raise the issue of human rights.
Letter on AI report: Stop racism, not people: racial profiling and immigration control in Spain
13/12/2011Amnesty International has published a report on police discrimination in an EU country. We look to the EU institutions to confront this reality in Spain and other EU countries, to ensure migration policy goals comply with the EU acquis on the right to non-discrimination.
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
Around the world people are suffering the consequences of having their human rights violated. Amnesty International calls on the Danish presidency to ensure the EU’s active engagement in these cases.
Recommendations to the Danish EU Presidency
04/01/2012
We present specific recommendations on human rights policy for the Danish presidency to deliver during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union (January-July 2012).