
25/01/2012As Egypt marks the first anniversary of its uprising, Amnesty International has raised concerns that women’s rights continue to be marginalized in favour of other reforms.
23/01/2012As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) prepares to debate the authority and effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights, Amnesty International has urged PACE members to protect the right of individual application to the European Court of Human Rights and ensure it is fully preserved in any future Court reforms.
17/01/2012The European Court of Human Rights’ has ruled that the UK must halt its planned deportation to Jordan of Abu Qatada, a Jordanian national, on national security grounds.
16/01/2012The European Commission must urgently press the Hungarian Government to ensure that a new constitution and national laws comply with European Union human rights standards. The organisation has also criticised restrictive media laws which it believes pose a threat to freedom of expression in Hungary.
12/01/2012The EU has thrown in the towel about protecting discriminated groups, including lesbian, gay and bisexual people, persons with disabilities, religious minorities, youth and older people, according to a coalition of European equality and anti-discrimination NGOs.
11/01/201211 November marks the tenth anniversary of the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. To coincide with this date, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to press the US Government to abolish indefinite detention without criminal trial, disavow its doctrine of global and pervasive war, and fully embrace standards of international law.
21/12/2011Amnesty International has welcomed long-awaited changes to European Union rules on the trade in drugs used for execution and equipment used for torture, which will be brought in today.
20/12/2011Amnesty International has charged Turkey with failing to report to the Council of Europe on its progress in implementing a European Court decision on the right to conscientious objection.
15/12/2011Amnesty International has called on the EU to raise the issue of human rights with the Russian Federation at the EU-Russia Summit. The summit is being held days after Russia’s legislative elections, following which more than 1,000 people, including journalists, were reportedly detained after demonstrations against the manipulation of votes.
14/12/2011Amnesty International has urged the European Union to take action against police discrimination in the context of migration control in EU countries
09/12/2011The Romanian authorities must re-open an investigation into CIA secret detention centres on its territory, Amnesty International said today after new evidence of secret prisons was revealed by a German newspaper.
06/12/2011Announcing its eleven-point human rights recommendations to Denmark before the start of its six-month European Union presidency, Amnesty International has challenged the Danish Government to galvanise the EU into making a major difference on human rights.
05/12/2011A decade after the first Bonn Conference, the international community returns today to the German city to discuss Afghanistan’s future. As the Afghan Government and its international partners pursue reconciliation with the Taleban and the transition of security to Afghan forces, Amnesty International has urged EU representatives at the Bonn II Conference to ensure that human rights, including women’s rights, are upheld.
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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).
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’!
13/05/2011
Our Fight Discrimination campaign seeks to expose the impact of discrimination on peoples’ lives and empower individuals to claim their rights.
26/01/2012 Amnesty International welcomes the new President of the European Parliament, also outlining several of the major challenges facing the European Union.
23/01/2012 Amnesty International calls on European parliamentarians to protect the right of individual application to the European Court of Human Rights and ensure it is fully preserved in any future reforms of the Court.
20/01/2012
The informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Copenhagen on 26-27 January will discuss, among other things, a framework on genuine practical solidarity for EU countries facing pressure from mixed migration flows.