The world’s spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. If authorities ignore widespread criticism and unashamedly continue with the flogging of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia would be demonstrating contempt for international law and disregard for world opinion.
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.
08/01/2015 – Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a welcome move that will help deter war crimes and end impunity in the region, and should be supported by European countries said Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the Coalition for the ICC, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and Pax Christi Flanders today.
08/01/2015 – Israel, the USA and EU member states must refrain from punishing or threatening Palestine for taking the positive step of granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes under international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Amnesty International said today.
This is a dark day for freedom of expression and a vibrant press culture. But above all, it is an appalling human tragedy.
06/01/2015 – New requirements imposed by the Lebanese authorities which may restrict access for people desperate to flee Syria is yet another stark reminder that the international community must do much more to assist.
Arms Trade Treaty signing ceremony, New York, USA, 3rd June 2013 Credit: Amnesty International
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.
The brave women and men who are forging the sort of Afghanistan they want to live in, need ongoing protection and support from the UK and other European countries.
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.