Foreign Policy
Africa
EU must ensure civilians are protected in Mali
17/01/2013Following today’s meeting of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council, Amnesty International has expressed concern that the EU has yet to ensure that troops from the African military intervention force will not violate human rights.
Report slams failure to prevent toxic waste dumping in West Africa
25/09/2012Trafigura, the multinational company behind the 2006 dumping of toxic waste in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, resulting in over 100,000 people seeking medical assistance, must be criminally investigated, Amnesty International and Greenpeace International conclude in a major new report released today.
Amnesty International Annual Report 2012
23/05/2012Amnesty International Annual Report 2012: The State of the World’s Human Rights
AI, ECRE and JRS Europe welcome IDC’s global campaign to end immigration detention of children
21/03/2012Today, the International Detention Coalition launched a global campaign to end the immigration detention of children by presenting a new report “Captured Childhood” at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Draft Brighton Declaration: The European Court of Human Rights must not be marginalized
08/03/2012“The European Court of Human Rights must not be given a secondary role in the protection of human rights in Europe” says Nicolas Beger, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office.
Time for European commitment to banishing violence against women
08/03/2012On International Women's Day, Amnesty International has challenged the European Union to show tangible progress in freeing Europe from violence against women. T
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People on the move: Greek police beat a tortured Turkish woman
23/05/2013 This is part of a special ‘People on the Move’ series, highlighting the human rights violations faced by migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in every part of the world. These profiles are being published around the launch ...
Eritrea: Suspected Detention Centres
15/05/2013 Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime. There is an extensive network of detention centres – some are well ...