Development is vital for Kenya, but it must not carry a human cost. All donors funding projects in Embobut Forest, including the EU, must ensure that conservation and climate change projects do not cause, or contribute to, human rights violations
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This is an alarming state of affairs, we could be weeks away from a situation where NGOs cannot operate in an EU member state
Spain’s austerity measures are in direct conflict with the government’s obligation to fulfil the right to health.
Forcing asylum-seekers to stay on the Greek islands, often in squalid, overcrowded conditions, is deeply unfair.
The UK, German, Dutch and Italian governments have been assisting in the USA’s secret global killing programme for years, providing vital intelligence and infrastructure despite mounting civilian casualties and allegations of unlawful killings, including war crimes
People in Poland deserve, and are demanding, more than cosmetic touches from the new Polish government.
17/04/2018 – Comparison of the 4th Rule of Law Recommendation presented by the European Commission on 20th December 2017 and the amendments proposed by the government of Poland
Women in Poland are strong and determined and we will defeat this threat. But we should not have to fight our own members of parliament to get our basic rights.
21/03/2018 – Amnesty International is herewith lodging a complaint against the European Commission for failure to properly implement the European Union (EU) pilot procedure in relation to its engagement with Italy for breach of the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (the Race Equality Directive or RED).
The independence of the judiciary is being actively undermined. Judges have been subjected to pressure and disciplinary procedures for judgements which go against the government line. That this situation has been allowed to develop in Poland is unacceptable.