Amnesty International + International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

As the European Commission finalizes its 2002 progress reports on EU Candidate Countries, Amnesty International releases a new report showing that systematic torture in Turkey is continuing despite recent legal reforms. Amnesty International calls on the EU to urge Turkey to set a date for the abolition of incommunicado detention.

Click here to link to the Amnesty International document, “Turkey: Systematic torture continues in 2002”, (AI index EUR 44/040/2002), September 2002.

Click here to link to document “Concerns in Europe: January-June 2002” (AI index EUR 01/007/2002).

ONE STEP TOWARDS RESTORING THE BALANCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES SEVILLE SUMMIT SHIFT FROM SANCTIONS TO “COOPERATION” BUT MAINTAINS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT

Amnesty International’s Comments on

War Against “Illegal Immigration” Puts Human Rights At Risk

EU war on ‘illegal immigration’ puts human rights at risk

Overview of Amnesty International’s EU Office work undertaken in 2001

QUESTIONS FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO: JAVIER SOLANA JOSEP PIQUE PER STIG MØLLER CHRIS PATTEN

Click here to link to Amnesty International document “Concerns in Europe: July-December 2001” (AI index EUR 01/002/2002).

Speech made by Dick Oosting, Director of the Amnesty International EU Office during the public hearing held at the European Parliament’s Citizens’ Rights Committee 17 April 2002 on the subject of Fundamental Rights within the European Union.