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Last chance to investigate Croatian war crimes: “EU must act”
12/10/2011As the European Commission prepares to issue its progress report on Croatia’s suitability to join the European Union, Amnesty International has expressed alarm at the apparent weakening of EU pressure on Croatia to improve its handling of war crimes cases, and has urged EU member states to challenge Croatia’s human rights record.
EU urged: ‘Curb Europe’s last executioner’
10/10/2011As Amnesty International marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, it has urged the European Union to maintain pressure on Belarus to demand an end to executions in the only remaining country in Europe or the former Soviet Union which still executes people.
Europe’s ‘secret CIA prison’ states must not hide behind secrecy
07/10/2011As the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly votes in favour of a resolution and recommendation on the abuse of state secrecy and national security in the context of the CIA’s rendition and secret detention programmes, Amnesty International has reminded all European governments allegedly involved in the programmes, and particularly Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania and the UK, to abide by their legal obligation to investigate all allegations of serious human rights violations.
Decade of evasion: Time for EU to confront post-9/11 abuses
07/09/2011As the world prepares to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, Amnesty International has appealed to European Union countries to acknowledge their own abuses of human rights, committed under the so-called ‘War on Terror’.
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.
Polish presidency must hound Europe's CIA jailers
17/06/2011Announcing today its human rights recommendations to Poland as the country prepares for its six-month presidency of the European Union, Amnesty International has urged the Polish Government to ensure EU countries are held fully accountable for their contribution to the CIA-led renditions and secret detention programme.
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Music album for International Roma Day
06/04/2012
To coincide with International Roma Day, Amnesty International proudly presents its Roma music album. Music is a vital ...
PEOPLE UNDER THREAT: Fatima Hussein Badi, Death Penalty, Yemen
26/03/2012
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).