Human rights in the EU
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Proposal by the European Commission for a Council Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism
19/10/2001Comments by Amnesty International on a proposal by the European Commission for a Council Framework - Decision on combating terrorism
No Security Without Human Rights: Amnesty International Appeal To The EU
15/10/2001In the lead-up to this week’s series of extraordinary EU meetings to discuss anti-terrorism measures, including tomorrow’s special Justice and Home Affairs Council, Amnesty International has outlined its concerns over the potential of these new measures to infringe basic human rights
Security and Respect for Human Rights - Amnesty International's Appeal to the EU and its Member States
12/10/2001
AI Open Letter to EU Officials: The Backlash: human rights at risk throughout the world
04/10/2001Link to the report - " The Backlash - human rights at risk throughout the world" (AI Index ACT 30/027/2001).
Letter from Amnesty International's Secretary-General to the Belgian EU Presidency following attacks of 11 September
28/09/2001
Amnesty International Welcomes EU Efforts to Combat Impunity
20/09/2001As EU Justice and Homes Affairs Ministers gather in Brussels today for their extraordinary council meeting, following the attacks in the US last week, Amnesty International has expressed its support for the EU’s determination to combat impunity. However, the human rights organization has called for explicit assurances that any measure to tighten security will not undermine civil liberties and the right of refugees to protection
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Unlock the truth: Time to come clean on secret CIA prison in Poland
12/06/2013 Poland and the European Union must ensure that the country urgently investigates long-standing accusations that it hosted a CIA-run secret prison where suspects were tortured between 2002 and 2005.
Forty-one years of solitude in Louisiana’s Angola prison
03/06/2013 How long do you think you would cope if you were confined to a cupboard-sized room of just six square metres, 23 hours a day? An hour? A day? A week? How about 41 years and counting? Forty-one years ago, three young black ...