AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EU OFFICE PRESS RELEASE Embargo Date: Monday 6 December 2004 08:00 GMT (09.00 Brussels)

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)

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

(version française ci-après)

Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security, Amnesty International said today.

27/04/2004 – English summary

Amnesty International Briefing Papers

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHIEDE DI NON SABOTARE L’AZIONE DEGLI ATTIVISTI PER I DIRITTI UMANI

Amnesty International has cautioned the EU to consider what message it will be sending to human rights activists in China, who are still being imprisoned 15 years after Tiananmen Square, if it lifts the EU arms embargo against China.