12/01/2015 – January 12, 2015 marks the fifth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake which killed over 200,000 people and made more than two million people homeless in Haiti. Today, the housing situation remains an outstanding challenge for the Haitian government and the international community, according to Amnesty International’s recent report. We call upon the European Union (EU) and its member states to assist the Haitian authorities to ensure that post-earthquake reconstruction respects and fulfils the human rights of the Haitian population, including the right to adequate housing.

This is a dark day for freedom of expression and a vibrant press culture. But above all, it is an appalling human tragedy.

18/12/2014 – Today’s Opinion by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg on the European Union’s (EU) accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is a regrettable setback for human rights in Europe, said Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and the AIRE Centre.

18/12/2014 – Amnesty International calls on the Czech authorities to promptly and thoroughly investigate the circumstances of the dispersal of an assembly and allegations of unnecessary and excessive use of force by the riot police during a demonstration in Prague on 13 December.

18/12/2014 – Amnesty International is concerned about reports on the arrest and detention of nine Bulgarian nationals, a Slovak and a Finnish national by the Serbian authorities, in what appears to be attempts to prevent the holding of peaceful demonstrations.

This was not the wide investigation into the hundreds of claims of human rights violations, including torture, against the British armed forces in Iraq that victims and NGOs have called for.

These acts of intimidation are part of an ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in the region. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov appears to be waging a personal campaign against the Joint Mobile Group and its leader Igor Kalyapin.

These new statistics confirm yet again the enormous and all too often fatal risk taken by the tens of thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers making the perilous sea journey to Europe each year.

The situation for the most vulnerable refugees from Syria is becoming increasingly desperate.

We will now appeal to Strasbourg, who might not be as inclined to put their trust in the UK government given what we know so far.

Next week’s pledging conference must be used to turn the tide around. It is time for world governments to take the courageous steps needed to share the responsibility for this crisis and help avert further suffering.

05/12/2014 – The Hungarian police must withdraw an offensive ‘awareness raising’ video, which explicitly puts the blame for sexual violence and responsibility for its prevention on women and girls, Amnesty International said in a letter sent to the country’s Minister of Interior.