The findings by Europe’s top anti-torture body that authorities across Europe have used practices which amount to torture to target refugees and migrants who tried to cross Europe’s borders, strengthen calls for urgent change, said Amnesty International. The report released today by the Council of...

Amnesty International’s Annual Report for 2022/23 highlights Europe’s double standards on human rights and the failure of the international community to unite around human rights and universal values. The West’s robust response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine contrasts sharply with a...

Responding to the French National Assembly’s decision to permit the use of mass video surveillance technology powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the 2024 Olympics, Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International’s Advocacy Advisor on AI Regulation, said:   “France’s decision to allow the use of...

French lawmakers must reject any plans to use video surveillance powered by artificial intelligence (AI) at the 2024 Paris Olympics.  Such draconian technologies of mass surveillance violate the rights to privacy and can lead to violations of the...

This briefing outlines Amnesty International’s main concerns and recommendations to EU leaders, ahead of the20 March Foreign Affairs Council and 23-24 March European Council discussion on Russia’s aggression inUkraine.

On 20 March, the European Commission and the Swedish EU presidency will host a high-level conference in Brussels aimed at coordinating the response of international donors and raising funds for early recovery and relief efforts in both Türkiye and Syria. The conference will be attended by EU member...

At their forthcoming meeting on 20 March, EU foreign affairs ministers should publicly press the Tunisian authorities to reverse their crackdown against perceived critics, four human rights groups said today.   The foreign affairs ministers should critically review their cooperation with...

The 20th of March 2023 Foreign Affairs Council’s exchange of views on the situation in Tunisia will take place amid an unprecedented campaign to crush dissent and roll back human rights and freedoms Tunisians have worked hard to secure since the country’s 2011 revolution. We are deeply concerned,...

CASE members have written to the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council about the draft compromise proposal for the European anti-SLAPP Directive. The Swedish Presidency’s compromise proposal is self-defeating, runs contrary to the purpose of the anti-SLAPP Directive and...

Originally published in POLITICO By Eve Geddie, Head of the European Institutions Office and Advocacy Director, Amnesty International Earlier this month, a delegation of European diplomats visited Huwara and Za’tara, two Palestinian towns in the Nablus Governorate, where Israeli settlers launched...

Joint NGO statement to the European Parliament and EU Member States The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive must fully cover the arms sector Four EU Member states are among the world’s top ten arms exporters: France (3rd), Germany (5th), Italy (6th) and Spain (9th). Together in the...

In the context of the ongoing trilogue on the reform of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), Amnesty International and several civil society organisations urge the members of the Council of the European Union to reconsider and abandon the proposition to condition trade preferences for...