With hundreds of thousands fleeing war and poverty across the Middle East and Africa, the priority must be to protect lives rather than creating an impenetrable fortress.

10/09/2014 – On 8 September around a dozen police officers raided the offices of two NGOs, Ökotárs and Demnet, and confiscated files and computer servers. The raids come after a string of recent government statements and actions which have sought to discredit the work of civil society organizations in Hungary.

The Ukrainian authorities must not replicate the lawlessness and abuses that have prevailed in areas previously held by separatists.

29/08/2014 – In its submission, Ammesty International takes the position that the general measures the Polish Government reports having taken do not adequately execute the European Court of Human Rights’ judgment with respect to its obligation to ensure access to lawful abortion.

Italian Navy vessel Virginio Fasan, performing search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean as part of the Mare Nostrum operation, August 2014 © Amnesty International

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Today’s historic rulings finally unlock the truth about a dark period of Poland’s recent history and mark a milestone against impunity. Poland knowingly became part of the USA’s illegal network of black sites that was used to secretly detain and torture individuals rounded up in counter-terrorism operations

This makes a mockery of the law. How are courts ever to investigate allegations of rendition if governments are simply going to play the ‘act of state’ card

European member states are building their walls higher and higher. This is at the expense of the rights and lives of refugees and migrants.

14/07/2014 – Ending impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious human rights violations and abuses constitutes one of the main challenges facing the Transitional Authorities of the Central African Republic (CAR) as well as members of the international community as a whole.