EU countries are basically paying neighbouring countries to police their borders for them. The problem is that many of these countries are frequently incapable of guaranteeing the rights of refugees and migrants that are trapped there. Many end up destitute, exploited, harassed and unable to access asylum
04/07/2014 – Last week, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan attended the third part of the 2014 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg. This was the first visit of the Azerbaijani President to the Council of Europe (CoE) since the country took over the Chairmanship of the organisation’s decision-making body – the Committee of Ministers on 14 May 2014.
03/07/2014 – Amnesty International expressed its deep concern about the adoption on 24 June 2014 by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) of a resolution and recommendation which risk violating the rights and lives of refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers.
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EU member states must not lose sight of their human rights commitments. The Strategic Guidelines offer the Union a chance to show a bolder vision of what can and must be achieved in terms of protecting human rights at home and abroad.
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The globe’s self-styled leaders are lagging far-behind the developing world when it comes to bearing the burden of the global refugee crisis.
19/06/2014 – Amnesty International today condemned the forced eviction carried out in the biggest Roma informal settlement in Marseille (La Parette), where about 400 people lived. According to the information available to Amnesty International, only 18 families were given alternative housing; many of the 400 inhabitants of the informal settlements, including children, have de facto been made homeless, in contravention with international human rights law.
By failing to bat an eyelid in the face of alleged hate crimes, the French authorities are incubating a climate of fear that will spawn more such vicious attacks. All those responsible must face thorough investigations and prosecutions that take into account any discriminatory motive behind the assaults
British citizens will be alarmed to see their government justifying industrial-scale intrusion into their communications. The public should demand an end to this wholesale violation of their right to privacy.
17/06/2014 – Amnesty International’s new report, “Serbia: Ending impunity for crimes under international law”, which was launched in Brussels today, highlights continuing impunity in Serbia for crimes under international law – war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide – committed by Serbian police, military and paramilitary forces during the wars of the 1990s.
17/06/2014 – Amnesty International calls on the Hungarian government to stop targeting NGOs and civil society groups but ensure that they can exercise their right to freedom of association and freedom of expression without intimidation.