17/01/2013 – At this critical moment in the conflict in Mali, Amnesty International urges the EU to help ensure that protection for civilians receives the highest priority.

17/01/2013 – With no end in sight to egregious violence and human rights abuse in Syria, Amnesty International, Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) are calling on EU...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Syria refugee crisis: EU not doing enough   (Brussels, 16 January 2013) As violence in Syria escalates, leading NGOs have urged European Union justice and home affairs ministers to act now to help refugees fleeing Syria. Amnesty International,...

11/01/2013 – Despite the recognition international and regional institutions, and some national authorities, give HRDs, they are still targeted, even where specific protection mechanisms and programmes exist.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must press Russia to end civil society crackdown   (Brussels, 19 December 2012) As the European Union prepares to host its latest bilateral summit with Russia on Friday, Amnesty International has called on European Council President Herman Van...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Europe cold-shoulders migrants’ plight   (Brussels, 18 December 2012) Where the people of Europe are preparing for the seasonal festivities, migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing from the world’s trouble spots, have considerably less to look...

18/12/2012 – During the past decade, the public debate in Italy on migration from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East has been characterised by stigmatization of immigrants by the media and politicians, and shaped by increasing xenophobic sentiments among the general public....

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU should hold France to account for Roma forced evictions   (Brussels, 29 November 2012) In a report issued today, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to scrutinise France’s treatment of its Roma population. The report, Chased...

28/11/2012 – Several thousand migrant Roma are estimated to be forcibly evicted from informal settlements and squats each year across France.1 In most cases, entire families are left homeless, often with either no offer of any alternative housing or only a temporary and inadequate solution...

15/11/2012 – Joint submission sent by the European Roma Rights Centre, Open Society Justice Initiative, Amnesty International, Česká Odborná Společnost Pro Onkluzivní Vzdělávání (COSIV) and the League of Human Rights [Czech Republic] (LIGA) to the CoE...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   No to EU connivance in Libyan abuse and exploitation of foreign nationals   (Brussels, 13 November 2012) Amnesty International has called on the European Union to ensure that any co-operation with Libya on migration and asylum fully respects the...

12/11/2012 – The plight of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya