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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

• 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...

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...

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...

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....

Today’s verdict reflects the dangerous confluence of Hungary’s draconian counter-terrorism laws and its merciless crackdown on refugees and migrants. AMNESTY INTERATIONAL QUOTE 14 March 2018 Hungary: Syrian man’s conviction for alleged ‘complicity in an act of terror’ is travesty of justice...