Dutch EU Presidency: Mid-term report card
18/04/2016 – Halfway through its term, how has the Dutch EU Presidency done in defending human rights within the EU
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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants …
18/04/2016 – With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees and migrants stuck in squalid conditions across mainland Greece, is in danger of being forgotten, said Amnesty International in a report released today.
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Iran: European Commissioners’ Tehran visit must rail against skyrocketing use of the death penalty
People take part in a demonstration denouncing Iran’s use of the death penalty on January 28, 2016 in Paris. ©DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images
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Trapped in Greece: An avoidable refugee crisis
15/04/2016 – ‘Trapped in Greece: an avoidable refugee crisis’ examines the situation of refugees and migrants – the majority women and children –trapped on mainland Greece, following the complete closure of the Macedonian border on 7 March 2016.
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Reignite the Fight, and Take Injustice Personally
13/04/2016 – Speech by Head of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office Iverna McGowan in acceptance of Amnesty International being awarded the Sinti and Roma European Civil Rights Prize 2016.
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Greece: Refugees detained in dire conditions amid rush to implement EU-Turkey deal
People detained on Lesvos and Chios have virtually no access to legal aid, limited access to services and support, and hardly any information about their current status or possible fate. The fear and desperation are palpable.
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EU should stop Italy’s forced segregation of Roma
By Matteo de Bellis, Amnesty International’s researcher on Italy
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EU: European asylum reforms must genuinely improve lives of refugees on the ground
One of the ferry terminals housing refugees at the main Athens port, Piraeus. ©Amnesty International/Olga Stefatou
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ICJ, ECRE and AI joint briefing on proposal for EBCG Regulation
05/04/2016 – The International Commission of Jurists, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles and Amnesty International would like to present their joint briefing on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 2007/2004, Regulation (EC) No. 863/2007 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC.
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Turkey: Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal
©Amnesty International / Olga Stefatou
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Turkey ‘safe country’ sham revealed as dozens of Afghans forcibly returned hours after EU refugee deal
Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016. ©ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images
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Belgium: Amnesty International strongly condemns Brussels attacks
Today’s attacks in Brussels show an utter contempt for human life, Amnesty International said as it condemned them in the strongest possible terms.