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Security and human rights
Letter to Ashton on USA Guantánamo: A decade of damage to human rights
11/01/2012
As senior EU and US officials gather for their regular meeting on 12 January, the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay marks its tenth anniversary. Our comprehensive new report: USA Guantánamo: A decade of damage to human rights, lists ten "anti-human rights messages" which the detentions persist in transmitting.
Guantanamo : A decade of damage to human rights
10/01/2012This report highlights the unlawful treatment of Guantánamo detainees and outlines 10 ‘anti-human rights’ messages the detention centre continues to send out to the world.
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.
Amnesty International letter ahead of the Afghanistan Bonn Conference
02/12/2011The Bonn Conference on 5 December is a key moment to discuss the status of the transition and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, and to decide on important foundations for the future of Afghanistan. We welcome that the EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on Afghanistan of 14 November stress the importance of tangible results in the fields of governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law.
Letter to Van Rompuy, Borroso, Ashton: EU-US Summit - uphold human rights on security issues
21/11/2011The EU-US Summit on 28 November is set to assess the progress on addressing global challenges and strengthening the security of citizens since last year’s Summit in Lisbon.
Letter to Van Rompuy on the EU-US Summit
18/11/2011
The EU-US Summit on 28 November is set to assess the progress on addressing global challenges and strengthening the security of citizens since last year’s Summit in Lisbon. This must be done in a frank and honest manner, with both EU and US leaders looking at whether their “conviction that respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and joint efforts to strengthen security cooperation are mutually reinforcing” – as stated in the Joint Declaration adopted in Lisbon – is fulfilled in practice.
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PEOPLE UNDER THREAT
02/02/2012
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).
ACT NOW! Stop the trade in torture and death penalty equipment
04/07/2011
Add your name to our petition and demand that the Commission acts now to strengthen its ban on the trade in ‘tools of torture’!