Speaking out against injustice or joining a solidarity march are some of the few tools we – as peoples around the world – have available to try and effect change. Without the right to publicly and peacefully protest – to share messages on social media, write letters and sign petitions – people are silenced. And…
Hungarian journalism non-profit Direkt36 today published a major investigation into the use of NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware in Hungary, revealing that the phones of more than 300 Hungarian nationals were identified as possible targets for infection. Experts from Amnesty International were able to confirm several cases where the spyware was successfully installed. The…
Dear High Representative, Dear Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Ahead of the High Representative’s upcoming visit to Moscow, we are writing to urge the EU to take robust and public action to support those in Russia who courageously defend human rights in the face of spiralling levels of repression. It will be crucial that the High…
European governments are complicit in the systematic,unlawful and frequently violent push backs and collective expulsions of thousands of asylum seekers to squalid and unsafe refugee camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina, said Amnesty International in a report published today. Pushed to the edge: Violence and abuse against refugees and migrants along Balkan Route details how, by…
• Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to hear case over UK Government bulk surveillance• Groups seek ruling from Grand Chamber that would put an end to bulk surveillance powers The case against the UK Government’s bulk surveillance powers will be heard by the highest chamber of Europe’s human rights court, it…
EU member states must back proposed curbs on the export of surveillance equipment to abusive regimes, Access Now, Amnesty International, and Reporters Without Borders said, after leaked documents revealed that several EU countries, particularly Sweden and Finland, are pushing for weakening human rights protections in relation to European export controls of surveillance technology. The leaked documents…
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…
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 rights-abusing governments 16 January 2018 – For Immediate…
Attacks and smear campaigns against human rights activists are happening the world over, and Europe is no exception. The EU and its member countries need to take action to stop this – both at home and abroad AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Europe: Human rights activists under unprecedented crackdown – As Hungary and Poland’s roll back…
Authorities already have an array of security, surveillance and counter-terrorism measures at their disposal. This would be a disproportionate attack on privacy and free expression. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUOTE EU: Amnesty warns EU governments not to threaten encryption 31 March 2017 – Spokespeople available In response to a clarification from the European Commission…