In an open letter, Amnesty International and 103 other civil society organisations express serious concern at the EU and several European states‘ decision to suspend or review their funding to Palestinian and Israeli civil society organisations. We the undersigned are writing to you to raise concern regarding the decision by several European governments to suspend…
A joint NGOs letter As civil society organizations that work to ensure that respect for human rights is central to national and international counterterrorism policies, we are writing to urge the European Union in its role as co-chair, with Egypt, of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) to take steps to recenter human rights within…
In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counter-terrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled at the European Union’s determination to pursue chairing the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) with Egypt, and urge the EU to seriously reconsider and ultimately withdraw the bid. United Nations Special…
Four years after the EU Directive on Combating Terrorism came into force, more effort is needed to ensure it is implemented in accordance with human rights law obligations, said Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) and the European Network…
Responding to the Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU, announced by the European Commission today as part of the Security Union Package, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office said: “The premise of this proposal is flawed. It falsely posits that more surveillance and more restrictions on our freedom of expression are the price…
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region. The organization praised those brave people who took to…
The severe crackdown on civil society in Saudi Arabia, especially since 2011 and more acutely since May 2018, has not been matched by a clear or resolute EU strategy to ensure the support and protection of HRDs. The policies of the EU and its member states have instead been characterized by restraint and a lack…
“My daughter asked me when I am coming home and it broke my heart” Amnesty launch global campaign to #BringAhmedHome The Cypriot government offers the last hope for a Syrian man to return to his family in Cyprus, said Amnesty International as they launched a new campaign to #BringAhmedHome. More than five months after Ahmed…
• Spokesperson available on the ground Ahead of tomorrow’s early release of Ahmed H, a Syrian man who was unfairly jailed for “complicity in an act of terror” during clashes with police at the Serbia-Hungary border in September 2015, Eda Seyhan, Amnesty International’s Europe Counter Terrorism Campaigner, said: “After spending three-and-a-half years behind bars, Ahmed…
Ahmed’s absurd conviction has nothing to do with justice but instead plays into the hands of the Hungarian authorities’ demonization of refugees, migrants and those seeking to protect them. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUOTE 20 September 2018 Hungary: Failure to quash terror charges against Syrian man a devastating blow for justice Following a decision by Hungary’s Court…
Just days after the European Parliament voted to take action against the Orbán government for its flagrant abuses of human rights, this case provides Hungary with an opportunity to demonstrate its willingness to change its path. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Hungary: 100,000 demand release of Syrian man convicted of ‘terrorism’ for throwing a few stones…
Today’s ruling represents a significant step forward in the protection of privacy and freedom of expression worldwide. It sends a strong message to the UK Government that its use of extensive surveillance powers is abusive and runs against the very principles that it claims to be defending. JOINT PRESS RELEASE 13 September 2018 Campaigners win…