Press Releases
EU external relations
Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details how Israel enforces a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinian people wherever it has...
1st February 2022
Press Releases
War crimes and crimes against humanity
New abuses come after government order to “crush” armed group Military units responsible for past atrocities are committing war crimes, while deployment of additional units suggests involvement of senior generals International community is failing – ICC referral urgently needed Following a recent...
29th May 2019
Press Releases
Middle East & North Africa
Arms control
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...
13th May 2019
Press Releases
Asia and the Pacific
Armed conflict
While the UN Security Council remains bogged down by politics, the Human Rights Council, with the joint leadership of the European Union and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has stepped up to the challenge with this serious and constructive approach to pave the way for justice AMNESTY...
27th September 2018
Press Releases
Armed conflict
The Myanmar authorities are keeping Rohingya women, men and children segregated and cowed in a dehumanising system of apartheid. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Under strict embargo until Tuesday 21 November at 05.00 CET / 04.00 GMT / 11.00 Bangkok time EU/Myanmar: Rohingya trapped in...
21st November 2017
Press Releases
Asylum and migration
As Federica Mogherini visits the epicentre of the Rohingya refugee emergency, she must commit the EU to provide Bangladesh with whatever support it can to continue to host the refugees in humane, sustainable and dignified conditions AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUOTE 17 November 2017 EU: Mogherini must...
17th November 2017
Press Releases
Armed conflict
The EU has historically led the international response on human rights in Myanmar. Silence now, as a scorched-earth campaign rages, would be deafening – and will not go unnoticed worldwide. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 13 October 2017 EU: Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar demands action...
13th October 2017
Press Releases
Detention
There is a climate of impunity in CAR, where members of armed groups and militias alleged to have committed appalling human rights abuses and crimes under international law, move freely throughout the country and continue to fuel violence Version française ci-dessous AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS...
15th November 2016
Statements And Reports
Middle East & North Africa
Armed conflict
08/01/2015 – Palestine’s accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a welcome move that will help deter war crimes and end impunity in the region, and should be supported by European countries said Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the...
8th January 2015
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Detention
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Salil Shetty met Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk today. © EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI The Ukrainian authorities must not replicate the lawlessness and abuses that have prevailed in areas previously held by separatists. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL...
8th September 2014
Press Releases
Europe and Central Asia
Impunity
We’re asking the European Commission to adopt the same kind of rigorous monitoring on Serbia’s progress in the investigation and prosecution of these crimes as they applied to Croatia when it was seeking to join the EU. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 17 June 2014 The European Union...
16th June 2014
Press Releases
Africa
EU external relations
The EU has delayed deployment of troops for a “bridging mission” to protect civilians, including those in a makeshift camp at Bangui airport.© PACOME PABAMDJI/AFP/Getty Images The Central African Republic is gripped by a human rights and humanitarian crisis of historic proportions....
2nd April 2014