On the day of the EU-Ukraine Summit in Brussels, Amnesty International has released an Open Letter to the UK Presidency of the EU, concerning the on-going reports of torture and ill-treatment in Ukraine, as documented in the report “Ukraine, Time for Action: Torture and Ill Treatment in Police Detention”.

Amnesty International releases new findings in lead up to EU-Russia Summit

(Brussels, 6 September 2005) As the largest democracy in the world, India should lead by example in human rights protection in Asia by abolishing the death penalty, and the EU could use tomorrow’s EU-India summit to press India to do so, says Amnesty International.

Amnesty International releases update on EU areas of concern

Amnesty International calls on the European Commission to take action against Italy

EU-Cina: Javier Solana must press the Chinese Foreign Minister over human rights

Amnesty International reports growing harassment of activists in China

Amnesty International has today issued an “update” to its December report on the risks faced by human rights activists in China.  The original report was released in the lead-up to the last EU-China summit (see: Download PDF attachement

Amnesty International has today issued an “update” to its December report on the risks faced by human rights activists in China.  The original report was released in the lead-up to the last EU-China summit. (see: People’s Republic of China: Human Rights Defenders at Risk, December 2004).