Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016. ©ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images The ink wasn’t even dry on the EU-Turkey deal when several dozen Afghans were forced back to a country...

Today’s attacks in Brussels show an utter contempt for human life, Amnesty International said as it condemned them in the strongest possible terms. “To deliberately target civilian lives is, and always will be, inexcusable. Those responsible for these attacks must be brought to justice. All our...

Copyright: Amnesty International “Promises to respect international and European law appear suspiciously like sugar-coating the cyanide pill that refugee protection in Europe has just been forced to swallow.” AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH Brussels – 18 March 2016 Spokespeople available in...

© Amnesty International/Olga Stefatou “In reality, the essence of the deal has not changed. These fig-leaf procedures won’t hide Europe’s guilty conscience if large scale returns of refugees start happening now.” AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH Brussels – 16 March 2016...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY SAVE THE DATE: 17 MARCH 2016 PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ZONE (NEXT TO THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE), RUE DE LA LOI, BRUSSELS At 10:00am on 17 March, Amnesty International is organising a protest demanding the European Council...

15/03/2016 – Amnesty International expresses deep concern for the situation of human rights defenders working on land, territory and environmental issues in Honduras, and condemns the murder Berta Cáceres.

14/03/2016 – Letter from Amnesty International to Donald Tusk around the extraordinary meeting with Turkey, where EU Heads of State or Government will seek to press on with full and speedy implementation of the EU-Turkey action plan with a view to stemming migration flows to the EU.

14/03/2016 – Amnesty International is concerned that the proposed restrictions on access to asylum procedures and a fair and individual consideration of protection needs, if adopted, will go against the obligations of Slovenia as stipulated in international law.

©Amnesty International The idea of bartering refugees for refugees is not only dangerously dehumanising, but also offers no sustainable long term solution to the ongoing humanitarian crisis AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Brussels – 8 March 2016 The persistent preoccupation with shipping people...

Refugees arriving by boat to Lesvos, Greece, from Turkey. ©Amnesty International If the EU is going to hand over such enormous, much-needed sums to Turkey, it has to come with absolute guarantees that it will be spent on support for refugees and that the current human rights violations stop...

03/03/2016 – NGOs including Amnesty International have called on the European Union and its member states to honour their human rights obligations when creating and implementing counter-terrorism measures, and ensure these measures are compatible with the rule of law.

Migrants wait to cross the Macedonian-Greek border near the town of Gevgelija on August 21, 2015. © Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images How many children sleeping in the cold does it take for Europe to finally grasp that the only long-term solution is organizing safe and legal ways for refugees and...