29/11/2011 – Amnesty International believes the Council’s reluctance runs counter to the EU’s commitments under the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights to fight all forms of discrimination, including through legislation.

29/11/2011 – Thousands of Roma in Italy live in camps located at the outskirts of urban areas, without access to most basic facilities. they face prejudice and hostility. Over the years, many human rights organizations have urged the Italian government to address this situation, end the discrimination experienced by Romani people and ensure respect of their human rights, including the right to adequate housing. This report recounts how the Italian authorities have turned their backs on these calls, and have treated Romani settlements as security threats.

16/11/2011 – The rights to freedom of expression and assembly in azerbaijan are severely restricted. in spite of this, youth activists, political opposition parties and others organized public protests in march and april 2011, demanding more freedoms and regime change.

03/11/2011 – Amnesty International has expressed concern at the cancellation of the Belgrade Pride that was scheduled for 2 October 2011, and have urged that measures be taken to ensure that the Belgrade Pride (including a march and associated events) can take place in 2012.

14/10/2011 – On 12 October, Amnesty International published the report No Evidence of a Crime: Paying the Price for police impunity in Ukraine. Many people in Ukraine still face arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, and other human rights violations at the hands of the police.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

29/09/2011 – Lithuania launched a criminal investigation in January 2010 into the two secret CIA detention sites (already acknowledged by a parliamentary enquiry) but it was abruptly terminated only after a year in January 2011 on highly dubious grounds. No one has ever been held accountable.