06/04/2005 – 30 cases of young people who were subjected, or allegedly subjected, to serious human rights violations by French police officers between 1991 and 2005. Such violations included unlawful killings, excessive use of force, torture or ill-treatment and racist abuse.

06/04/2005 – Une trentaine d’affaires de graves violations des droits humains, avérées ou présumées, commises par des policiers français, le plus souvent contre des jeunes, entre 1991 et 2005. Ces violations ont pris la forme d’homicides illégaux, de recours abusifs à la force, d’actes de...

(version française ci-après) EU-US Summit: End the EU’s embarassing silence on US torture ( 24/6/2004 ) Open Letter from Amnesty International to the European Union In an Open Letter released on the eve of the EU-US summit in Ireland, Amnesty International calls on the Irish Presidency of the...

See also the Amnesty International public statement, available in “Press Releases”. Amnesty International Report “Croatia: Briefing to the United Nations Committee against Torture” (AI index EUR 64/001/2004) Cover page Summary Full text Alternative download website

Amnesty International today called on the Croatian authorities to immediately implement the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) which were issued on 14 May 2004, after the CAT considered Croatia’s third periodic report. Full text of statement and Amnesty...

28/05/2004 – Amnesty International today called on the Croatian authorities to immediately implement the recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) – (Word document)

As the European Commission finalizes its 2002 progress reports on EU Candidate Countries, Amnesty International releases a new report showing that systematic torture in Turkey is continuing despite recent legal reforms. Amnesty International calls on the EU to urge Turkey to set a date for the...

Click here to link to the Amnesty International document, “Turkey: Systematic torture continues in 2002”, (AI index EUR 44/040/2002), September 2002.

On the eve of Denmark’s accession to the Presidency of the European Union, Amnesty International has addressed a detailed memorandum to the Danish EU Presidency with proposals for improving the EU’s human rights record, both within Europe and beyond its borders. In the document:...

Race-related Torture and Ill-treatment by State Agents. Click here to view – Amnesty International Report index EUR 41/001/2002.

Amnesty International congratulated the European Union for the adoption by the General Affairs Council today (9 April) of guidelines on the prevention and eradication of torture in third countries and called on governments around the world to follow the EU’s example. “The adoption of...