Ahead of the forthcoming EU-Cuba Joint Council on 26 May, Amnesty International and 7 NGOs urged High Representative Borrell to ensure that human rights remain at the very centre of the EU’s relations with Cuba, at a crucial moment for the country’s human rights defenders. Amid the ongoing...

Joint statement of 37 civil society organizations ahead of the forthcoming Joint Communication on relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The signatory organizations urge the EU and its member states to prioritize human rights in EU-LAC relations in the...

Honduras is one of the most dangerous and difficult places for HRDs worldwide, in particular for those working on land and environmental issues. The EU faces many challenges to respond meaningfully here, including: high levels of violence and impunity; lack of easy access to HRDs in remote rural...

The European Union (EU) and its member states are falling short on their commitment to support and protect human rights defenders (HRDs) who are facing mounting deadly threats and attacks, a new Amnesty International report out today shows.  ...

Around the world, people are speaking up and working to defend human rights, frequently at risk to their safety, freedom or life. They are harassed and intimidated, unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned. Some are tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared. Many states have introduced restrictive laws to...

Letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, urging the EU to lead efforts to step up action to protect Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Mexico, and to promote their important work. Download resource

The EU must urgently step up its support for human rights and those of us who defend them in the region AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 14 September 2017 EU: Prominent Mexican activist in Brussels to demand action on human rights ·         Gustavo...

We will be out in force to send a clear message that we reject his policies of hatred and fear. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 24 May 2017 Statues of Liberty to join Brussels Trump Protest When: 17.00 – 24 May 2017 Where: Gare du Nord, rue du Progrès, 76 à 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels...

15/05/2017 – Ahead of the visit of the President of the United States (USA) Donald Trump on May 24, we urge you to maintain a strong and principled stance in response to recent developments in the USA, and use the opportunity of your forthcoming meeting to raise several urgent and also...

20/06/2016 – Twenty-nine European and Mexican civil society organisations have issued a joint statement to the 4th EU-Mexico Civil Society (CSO) Seminar taking place on Monday 20 June, prior to the 6th high level Human Rights Dialogue between the European Union and Mexico.

19/05/2016 – Ahead of HRVP Federica Mogherini’s forthcoming visit to Mexico, Amnesty International is writing to call on her to ensure that human rights remain at the centre of exchanges with Mexican counterparts and of relations between the European Union and Mexico at this crucial...

18/05/2016 – As human rights organisations working on Mexico, we recognise the important work of the Inter- Disciplinary Group of Independent Experts (Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos y Expertas Independientes, GIEI) to investigate the case of the 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa...