AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY

It is shameful to think that within the EU people who have committed no crime are being held in harsh prison-like conditions for prolonged periods, in some cases for up to 18 months or longer. Amnesty International is concerned that Cyprus is using the systematic detention of migrants to intimidate and deter potential immigrants and asylum-seekers

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Berkin is the fourth person to die as a direct result of abusive use of force by police officers during last year’s Gezi Park protests. The lack of effective investigations into the use of such force which also left thousands injured has touched a nerve and resulted in a wave of anti-government demonstrations which are sweeping Turkey again.

11/03/2014 – We are part icularly concerned that the current debate within the Commission seems to favour a restrictive approach that would limit the scope of the forthcoming Communicat ion to the rule of law in its narrow interpretat ion, disregarding the other values listed in Art icle 2 TEU, most notably respect for human rights.

Residents wait to receive UNRWA food aid at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp on January 31, 2014.© unrwa.org

10/03/2014 – Three years after popular pro-reform then anti-government protests drew a brutal response from the Syrian authorities, leading to the internal armed conflict that continues to rage, around a quarter of a million civilians are living under siege across Syria. Many have endured appalling conditions in their struggle to survive

By Nicolas Beger, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office

07/03/2014 – Amnesty International has today launched Injustice Incorporated: Corporate Abuses and the Human Right to Remedy (Injustice Incorporated). The book aims to advance the right to remedy for victims and survivors of corporate human rights abuses. It focuses not just on challenges but on solutions. It provides a manifesto for change; a call to use the law to empower people and to redress the dangerous imbalances that have resulted from the failure to ensure corporate accountability.

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When Al Jazeera hosted a global day of action for their imprisoned staff members in late February, thousands of people in more than 30 cities took part. © SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images