AMNESTY LAUCHES 40-PAGE ANALYSIS IN LEAD-UP TO EU SUMMIT

Amnesty International Launches 40-Page Analysis in Lead-Up to EU Summit

The Justice and Home Affairs Council of 5-6 June 2003 is due to approve the EU-US Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance, Amnesty International releases its own analysis which points to serious concerns and omissions.

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2003

STRICTLY EMBARGOED 0800HRS BRUSSELS TIME FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2003

28/05/2003 – On the eve of the European Summit meeting with the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg (31 May 2003), Amnesty International calls on EU to urge President Vladimir Putin to put human rights at the heart of the agenda for peace in Chechnya

Amnesty International has today released a Memorandum to the European Union and EU member states (available see 1 & 2 at end of page) calling for the EU’s urgent attention to the plight of human rights defenders, during a series of meetings with Latin American and Caribbean ministers this week.

Amnesty International Memorandum to the European Union and EU Member States: addressing dangers and difficulties faced by human rights defenders in Latin America and Caribbean States.

(Brussels 5 March) Amnesty International today called on the European Union through its Police Mission in Bosnia to give more concrete direction to the Bosnian authorities to tackle the vast number of outstanding cases of ‘disappearances’ in the war-torn country outlined in a new 63-page report (Bosnia-Herzegovina: Honouring the ghosts: Confronting impunity for “disappearances”) available, see link at end of page.

Russian Federation: Update on human rights in Chechnya and Russia’s response to the hostage incident

EU-Putin Summit and Chechnya: A Test Of EU Credibility

Amnesty International appeal to the European Union on the eve of the EU-Russia Summit to be held in Brussels on 11 November 2002.