30/06/2009 –  Oil has been extracted commercially in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, for half a century. The massive oil deposits have generated billions of dollars in revenues for the country yet the vast majority of people living in the oil producing areas live in poverty. Oil may have brought wealth to the few, but it has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to many.

30/06/2009 – Oil has been extracted commercially in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, for half a century. The massive oil deposits have generated billions of dollars in revenues for the country yet the vast majority of people living in the oil producing areas live in poverty. Oil may have brought wealth to the few, but it has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to many.

15/06/2009 – Human rights must be on the agenda at June Ministerial Meeting.

08/06/2009 – Amnesty calls for prison conditions and use of the death penalty to be discussed at Ministerial Meeting.

29/04/2009 – Ahead of the European Union – African Union Ministerial Troika, to urge you to use the discussion to make progress on ending impunity for crimes under international law. Amnesty International calls on both sides of the meeting to renew prior AU and EU declarations by making a firm commitment to strengthening efforts at the national level to investigate and prosecute such crimes wherever and whenever they occur, regardless of the rank of the perpetrator, including through the use of universal jurisdiction.

Mauritania: Under pressure from the EU, migrants face illegal arrest and collective expulsion

01/07/2008 – Arrests and collective expulsions of migrants denied entry into Europe.

16/06/2008 – AI writes to the Slovenian Presidency, ahead of the EU-South Africa Troika, drawing attention to the need for discussion of the South African government response to the violent attacks that have taken place in South Africa recently, on the basis of the victims’ perceived ethnic origins or status as ‘foreigners’ or asylum seekers. The letter also calls for the EU to prioritise preparations for the UN High Level meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York on 10-11 June.

19/05/2008 – In view of the forthcoming EU-Nigeria Troika meeting in Brdo that you will be co-chairing, Amnesty International would like to bring to your attention some human rights concerns related to Nigeria which we hope you will be able to raise with your counterparts.