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Human rights defenders
Women’s rights must not be left trailing in Egypt
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.
EU must act on Azerbaijan crackdown
15/11/2011As Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, begins her visit to Azerbaijan, Amnesty International has stressed that the EU must not turn a blind eye to widespread human rights violations there.
Polish EU presidency: Weak on human rights
28/10/2011Mid-way through Poland’s six-month presidency of the European Union, Amnesty International has assessed the country’s progress in achieving various human rights goals it set at the presidency’s outset, and has concluded that the presidency’s overall performance has been weak and half-hearted.
China Dark times for lawyers as repression intensifies
30/06/2011The Chinese government has unleashed an uncompromising series of measures intended to rein in the legal profession and suppress lawyers pursuing human rights cases. State efforts to control lawyers have intensified over the last two years.
Don’t deal with despotic regimes: EU must learn its lesson
08/03/2011One month after Hosni Mubarak’s forced resignation and ahead of the 11 March Extraordinary European Council, Amnesty International has urged the European Union radically to reassess its policy in the southern Mediterranean, and to respond swiftly to Libya’s unfolding human rights and humanitarian emergency.
EU mustn't overlook north Africa's women
07/03/2011A century ago today, a million-plus people marched in Europe’s streets on the first International Women’s Day, calling for an end to discrimination and for women to have the same rights as men to work, vote and shape their countries’ future. One hundred years on, as millions of protesters throughout the Middle East and north Africa demand change, Amnesty International has stressed the vast challenge women still face, and its belief that the European Union has a duty to help them.
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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’!