These technologies enable regimes to crush dissent or criticism, chill free speech and destroy fundamental rights. The CAUSE coalition has documented cases where communication surveillance technologies have been used, not only to spy on people’s private lives, but also to assist governments to imprison and torture their critics
Today, 4 April, representatives from the European Union (EU) institutions, national governments and parliaments, international organisations, civil society, and local and regional authorities will meet at the European Roma Summit to discuss progress made on Roma inclusion in the European Union since the last Roma summit in 2010. International Roma day will be on 8 April. To mark this, Amnesty International European Institutions Office will run a week-long spotlight on Roma in Europe to push for Roma Rights Now.
04/04/2014 – The European Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on the implementation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration as the first report examining the impact of European Union (EU) Member States’ policy measures to foster the inclusion of Roma into their societies.
The important question is not whether torture “worked”; torture is illegal and always prohibited, regardless of its efficacy. The question is whether President Obama will do enough to ensure that the CIA never uses torture again
Our investigation shows that the Golden Dawn debacle is only the tip of the iceberg. Entrenched racism, excessive use of force and deep-rooted impunity are a blight on the Greek police. Successive Greek governments have so far failed to acknowledge, let alone tackle, these human rights violations by police and on-going impunity.
03/04/2014 – The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has voted for a degree of transparency on the now long-festering injustices associated with the secret detention program operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the attacks of 11 September 2001.
The Central African Republic is gripped by a human rights and humanitarian crisis of historic proportions. By failing to respond more robustly and urgently, the international community has shown a callous disregard for the country’s embattled civilians, abandoning them in their moment of need
Bulgarian authorities have started fixing the reception facilities and increasing the capacity to process asylum applications. But there are still systemic deficiencies including the detention of asylum seekers, overcrowding, poor sanitation and inadequate provision of food
01/04/2014 – The document raises Amnesty International’s concerns on Belgium’s disregard for the European Court of Human Rights’ interim measure in the case of Nizar Trabelsi. Amnesty International raises concerns that Belgium’s extradition to the United States of Nizar Trabeli on 3 October 2013 was a deliberate decision by the Belgian government to disregard the interim measure issued by the European Court of Human Right. This was done in blatant disrespect for the Court’s jurisprudence and the European Convention on Human Rights. Amnesty International thus urges the Rapporteur to consider proposing an amendment to the draft resolution with a view to adding Belgium to the list of countries that have breached the Court’s interim measures and to include Nizar Trabelsi’s case in his report.
01/04/2014 – At today’s European Union (EU)-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Amnesty International calls on African and EU decision-makers to ensure that human rights underpin all discussions and decisions on all the issues on the agenda aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace.”