AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   France: Record number of evictions of Roma   (Brussels, 25 September 2013) The French government has failed to end the vicious circle of repeated forced evictions of Roma which have now reached record numbers, Amnesty International said in a report...

Dozens of Palestinian police attacked peaceful protesters during two demonstrations in Ramallah in July 2012. © ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GettyImages AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU: Ensure accountability for abuses by police in West Bank   (Brussels, 23 September 2013) The EU must press...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU urged to combat homophobic violence   (Brussels, 18 September 2013) The European Union (EU) and its member-states are failing to tackle homophobic and transphobic hate crimes and to protect all individuals from discrimination, harassment and...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Somalia: No deal without human rights   (Brussels, 16 September 2013) As leaders meet today in Brussels at the New Deal for Somalia conference, Amnesty International has urged the EU to use its discussions with Somalia to highlight continuing human...

16/09/2013 – The EU must not turn a blind eye to human rights abuses and remains accountable for the use of EU funding in Somalia. It must urge the Somali authorities to hold the security forces to account for any human rights abuses.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must not allow Ukraine to backtrack on commitments   Ahead of further talks on the new EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, Amnesty International is urging the EU to reject attempts by Ukraine to renege on previous commitments to legislate against...

15/08/2013 – The Treaties of the European Union state that the EU is founded on the value of respect for human rights. As outlined in the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy – adopted by the Council of the EU in June 2012 – this means both ensuring that the...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Greece: Protest march to call for immediate end to push-backs of refugees and migrants   (Lesvos, 19 July 2013) Today, more than 60 human rights activists from 20 countries will demand that the Greek authorities immediately end push-backs of refugees...

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12/07/2013 – Amnesty International is concerned that the prime minister of Malta made a number of statements between 4 and 9 July 2013 indicating that Malta could resort to push-backs of boats of foreign nationals and collective expulsions of individuals already within Maltese jurisdiction....

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Lithuanian EU presidency must ensure accountability for human rights abuses   (Brussels, 11 July 2013) As Lithuania assumes the six-monthly rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time, Amnesty International has today...

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