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(Kinshasa/Brussels 26 October 2004) With the release today of a new Amnesty International report on the systematic rape and torture of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the human rights organisation is appealing to EU development ministers meeting in the Netherlands to ensure EU aid to the DRC is used to help rape survivors.

05/10/2004 – Amnesty International letter to the European Commission and EU Presidency regarding the alarming report of the Italian authorities expelling large numbers of Africans to Libya, apparently without ensuring adequate access to asylum procedures for persons in need of international protection. (Word format)

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30/09/2004 – A report by European Union non-governmental organisations. EU arms controls are not strong enough to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands, a coalition of 55 European NGOs warned. They said there were major loopholes in the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, which must be strengthened without delay. (41 pages PDF format). Links: related press release German engine bypass EU embargoes to China and Myanmar/Burma EU components in helicopters in Nepal Production of Austrian military small arms shifted to Malaysia

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14/09/2004 – Joint NGO concerns on EU asylum, refugee and migration policy developments. (Word document).

01/09/2004 – Europe and Central Asia Summary of Amnesty International’s Concerns in the Region January – June 2004(Document 125 pages in PDF/Acrobat format).  

01/09/2004 – Presentation by Dick Oosting, Director, Amnesty International EU Office to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Word document).