(Brussels, 17 November) The EU must convey in the strongest possible terms its concern for the successive killings of human rights defenders in Russia and the absence of credible investigations, says Amnesty International ahead of tomorrow’s EU-Russia Summit.

13/11/2009 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Investment Bank (EIB) public consultation on its revised drafts (Draft II) of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Complaints Mechanism Principles, Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure and of its Transparency Policy. This review offers an important opportunity for the EIB to ensure that its principles and policies explicitly recognise the founding principle of the European Union (EU) to respect human rights.

Russian activists awarded European rights prize

19/10/2009 – NGOs call for human rights to be at the centre of the ministerial conference in Brussels.

13/10/2009 – Flyer & agenda. Event supported by: Cordaid, Transnational Institute, Berghof Peace Support, Amnesty International EU Office and Statewatch.

30/09/2009 – Letter to Karel De Gucht accompanying the Amnesty International report : “No place for us here: Violence against refugee women in eastern Chad”.

15/09/2009 – Click here to read the letter to the European Presidency prepared by Amnesty International. The briefing prepared by Amnesty International highlights how people held in incommunicado detention under Spanish legislation may be deprived of effective access to a lawyer as well as access to a doctor of their own choice, and are unable to inform their family and friends of their detention.

15/09/2009 – In Spain, people held in incommunicado detention may be deprived of effective access to a lawyer as well as access to a doctor of their own choice, and are unable to inform their family and friends of their detention. Under Spanish law, incommunicado detention can be imposed before or after the detainee is brought before a judicial authority.

06/09/2009 – Letter & briefing on EU-Central Asia Foreign Ministerial & EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Councilnisterial.

07/08/2009 – Letter to the Swedish Presidency accompanying the report assessing the current situation and developments over the past year in Georgia and including specific recommendations to all parties, and to the European Union in its own important and growing role in the region.