09/03/2017 – Over 170 civil society organisations have signed a letter calling on EU Heads of State and Government to uphold the founding rights and values of the European Union, as they manage migration.
Plans to automatically detain some of the world’s most vulnerable people in shipping containers behind razor wire fences, sometimes for months on end, are beyond the pale AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUOTE 07 March 2017 Hungary: container camp bill is flagrant violation of international law Responding to...
Detention of irregular migrants, some of the most vulnerable people in Europe, should be a last resort. Instead the European Commission is pushing EU governments to round them up through almost any means necessary – whether that means through terrifying night raids, or asking social workers and...
02/03/2017 – Please find enclosed a briefing submitted in accordance with Rule 9(2) of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, with a view to assisting the Committee of Ministers in its evaluation of...
There is something very wrong when EU leaders negotiate a deal at an EU summit, publicize it as an EU deal and use EU resources to implement it, but then claim it has nothing to do with the EU in order to avoid judicial scrutiny AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 1 March 2017 EU: Court decision...
Almost two years after the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against Slovakia for discrimination and segregation in education, Romani children remain trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, marginalization and despair AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL & THE EUROPEAN ROMA RIGHTS CENTRE...
01/03/2017 – Romani children in Slovakia are being failed by a discriminatory primary school system which continues to segregate them and seriously hinder their education, condemning them to lives of poverty and exclusion, Amnesty International and the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) said...
EU governments have abandoned refugees in Greece. These drivers are frustrated with the foot-dragging and empty promises of their leaders. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY EU: European drivers take to the wheel to demand action for refugees 27 February 2017 – Mass car action as over 250...
27/02/2017 – This submission summarises and updates a report by Amnesty International “Fast-Track to Torture: Abductions and Forcible Returns from Russia to Uzbekistan”, published in April 2016. It focuses on the most pressing issues of concern to the organization, also reflected...
We are demanding that political leaders stop scapegoating migrants and minorities in a cynical attempt to win votes, and instead focus on real long-term solutions to the challenges their peoples face AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (00.01 GMT)...