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Europe and Central Asia

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Türkiye: Open letter to EU leaders regarding the assault on the right to political participation, the rule of law and human rights in Türkiye

In an open letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa, Amnesty International and 57 other human rights organizations, media freedom groups, journalists’ organisations and representatives of the international legal community raise our profound concern over the extraordinary assault by the government of President…

16th May 2025
Statements And Reports

Europe and Central Asia

Armed conflict

Ukraine: Establishment of the special tribunal for the crime of aggression must ensure victims-centered justice

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (the ICJ) and the undersigned organizations are encouraged by steps taken towards the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, although regrettably final details on the mechanism’s legal framework,…

14th May 2025
Press Releases

European Union Member States

EU external relations

Hungary: Arrest and surrender Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court

Responding to reports that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has invited and plans to host Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hungary on Wednesday, Erika Guevara-Rosas the head of Global Research, Advocacy and Policy of Amnesty International said: “Prime Minister Netanyahu is an alleged war criminal, who is accused of using starvation as a method of warfare, intentionally…

31st March 2025
Press Releases

European Union Member States

Armed conflict

Europe: EU leaders’ ‘shameful’ attempt at justifying Israel’s genocide and war crimes against Palestinians

Reacting to the European Council’s conclusions of 20 March 2025 on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Eve Geddie, the Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said: “After 17 months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the fact that the EU refuses to name Israel, condemn air strikes wiping out entire families or condemn…

21st March 2025
Press Releases

Europe and Central Asia

Asylum and migration

EU: Return proposals a “new low” for Europe’s treatment of migrants

Today, the European Commission introduced a proposed revision to the 2008 Return Directive, amending the EU legal framework on returns or deportations outside of the EU. Following pressure from certain member states, it also introduces a possible legal basis for ‘return hubs’ in EU law through “agreements or arrangements” with third countries. “The European Commission…

11th March 2025
Press Releases

Europe and Central Asia

Asylum and migration

Netherlands: NGOs seek justice for rights violations under EU-Türkiye deal

On 11 March, the District Court of The Hague will determine the admissibility of a court case brought by Amnesty International, Boat Refugee Foundation and Defence for Children Netherlands to hold the Dutch government responsible for its role in endorsing and implementing the EU-Türkiye deal. The three organizations hold the Dutch state responsible for the…

6th March 2025
Letters

Europe and Central Asia

Armed conflict

EU/Ukraine: Justice and victims’ rights must be at the forefront of any steps to end the war in Ukraine

As we mark three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and amid the recently accelerated discussions on ending the war, Amnesty International wrote a letter to EU leaders, urging them to take concerted action to influence and shape the terms of any proposed ‘peace negotiations’ and to ensure that they are firmly grounded in…

24th February 2025
Press Releases

Europe and Central Asia

Asylum and migration

Europe: European Court of Human Rights to hear landmark ‘pushback’ cases

On 12 February, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear three cases against Latvia, Lithuania and Poland concerning alleged unlawful pushbacks — summary returns of migrants and refugees at the border — from these EU states to Belarus. This is the first time the European Court will rule on human…

15th February 2025
Letters

European Union Member States

Business and Human Rights

Israel/OPT: Ban EU Trade and Business with Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

In a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Amnesty International joined 162 civil society organizations and trade unions in calling on the EU to ban trade and business with Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to comply with its legal obligations as laid out by the International Court of…

4th February 2025
Letters

European Union Member States

Discrimination

Mainstreaming Islamophobia: When an editor goes rogue, the publisher cannot hide behind a disclaimer

In an open letter to the editor of Euractiv, Amnesty International responded to the ‘The Brief – Never again?‘ published on 27 January 2025. Dear sir, It is with shock but not surprise that we at Amnesty International read Euractiv’s editor in chief, Matthew Karnitschnig’s, The Brief – Never again? published on 27 January. In…

29th January 2025
Letters

Europe and Central Asia

Climate change

Council of Europe: Time for Action with a Protocol on the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

In a letter to Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers for the Environment of Member States of the Council of Europe, Amnesty International calls for a legally binding instrument guaranteeing the human right to a healthy environment. Dear Ministers, I am writing to you on behalf of Amnesty International to encourage you to take action…

13th January 2025
Press Releases

European Union Member States

Armed conflict

If the EU won’t stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza, member states must go it alone

Ursula von der Leyen knows that the EU’s reputation as a credible actor for human rights and international law is in tatters over the horrors in Gaza. EU leaders and officials have gone from privately condemning the EU’s double standards behind closed doors to publicly lamenting them. Instead of tackling these double standards however, the European Commission President rebranded them…

20th December 2024

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