One year on from the start of the conflict in Sudan on 15 April 2023, and as the Foreign Affairs Council meets on Sudan on 22 April 2024, Amnesty International and 10 other NGOs call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to take urgent, strategic and concrete steps to respond to the...

Reacting to the European Council’s decision to call for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza, Amnesty International’s Head of the European Institutions Office, Eve Geddie said:  “Yesterday’s call for a ceasefire is long overdue, but is an insufficient step given the horrors that Palestinian...

Ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council on 19 February, Amnesty International shared a letter with High Representative Josep Borrell and EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in relation to the worrying signs of genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip and the impending Israeli ground invasion of Rafah. Dear...

Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ravages the country, Amnesty International said in a new report.  The report, ‘Death Came To Our Home’: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan, documents...

Joint NGO statement to the European Parliament and EU Member States The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive must fully cover the arms sector Four EU Member states are among the world’s top ten arms exporters: France (3rd), Germany (5th), Italy (6th) and Spain (9th). Together in the...

Reacting to the onward voyage of the Saudi Arabian state shipping company’s vessel, the Bahri Yanbu, from the Spanish port of Santander this afternoon, Ara Marcen Naval, Deputy Director for Arms Control and Human Rights at Amnesty International, said: “Laden with arms that will likely be used in...

QUOTE Reacting to the news that the European Parliament has condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called for an arms embargo, Covadonga de la Campa, Interim Director of the Amnesty International, EU Office, said: “The recent killing...

These new rules should eventually stop EU produced surveillance equipment from being exported to countries where there is a high risk it would be used to abuse journalists, activists and others who work to defend rights. EU: European Parliament must vote to stop surveillance equipment going to...

Brutal implements of torture like spiked batons and weighted leg irons were supposed to have been banned for good in the EU. So why are they for sale in Paris today AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 22 November 2017 *Photographs available (Descriptions in table) EU: Amnesty discovers gruesome...

Egyptians mourn over a body wrapped in shrouds at a mosque in Cairo on August 15, 2013, following a crackdown on the protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi the previous day. ©MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images The EU and its members must stop rewarding bad behaviour by...

Arms Trade Treaty signing ceremony, New York, USA, 3rd June 2013 Credit: Amnesty International The more states get on board the treaty, the more it will shine the light of transparency into the murky waters of the international arms trade. Amnesty International News Flash 19 December 2014 A flurry...

19/12/2014 – Following 20 years of campaigning and advocacy, and seven years of formal discussions, on 24 December 2014 the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will finally enter into force. This is a historic moment, and a testament to the hard work, determination and cooperation shown by many...