AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU: Orwellian counter-terrorism laws stripping rights under guise of defending them – Spokespeople available for embargoed interviews – Details of Brussels press conference with report author below Sweeping new laws are driving Europe into a deep and...

Tributes to the victims of the 13 November 2015 Paris attacks outside the French embassy in Moscow, Russia. The emergency powers currently being rushed through parliament provide for a sweeping extension of executive powers at the expense of essential human rights safeguards. They must be used only...

The Horgos-Roszke border crossing between Serbia and Hungary where the Hungarian authorities have completed a border fence and shut down the official border crossing. ©Amnesty International With the EU seemingly intent on enlisting African nations as proxy gatekeepers, the Valletta summit is...

The millions of fragments of information that we divulge online can be used to build an accurate picture of us. Credit: Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 24 July 2015 Extensive powers allowing French authorities to monitor people online and offline will come into force in a...

Jonathon McIntosh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ The revelation that the UK government has been spying on Amnesty International highlights the gross inadequacies in the UK’s surveillance legislation. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 1 July 2015 In a shocking revelation, the...

A file photograph showing snipers taking up position at the top of a building under the graffiti of an eye and the mention of 1984 at the Place de la Nation march in January 2015. Credit: EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT French authorities could soon be bugging peoples’ homes, cars and phone lines without...

14/04/2015 – Secrets and Lies: Forced confessions under torture in Uzbekistan, reveals how rampant torture and other ill-treatment plays a “central role” in the country’s justice system and the government’s clampdown on any group perceived as a threat to national security.

Intelligence sharing by GCHQ unlawful before December 2014. Credit: EPA/Andy Rain The UK government’s surveillance practices have been allowed to continue unabated and on an unprecedented scale, with major consequences for people’s privacy and freedom of expression. No-one is above the...

© Amnesty International The dark trend of governments using the death penalty in a futile attempt to tackle real or imaginary threats to state security and public safety was stark last year. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 1 April 2015 States used the death penalty in a flawed attempt to tackle...

© REUTERS/Zoran Milich In order for surveillance to be lawful, it must be targeted, based on reasonable suspicion, and subject to prior judicial authorisation. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY (London, 18 March 2015) A new Intelligence Bill to be put before the French Cabinet tomorrow...

Credit: Jonathan McIntosh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ It’s vital that surveillance measures don’t ride roughshod over the rights of the very people they're supposed to protect. Amnesty International UK PRESS RELEASE (London, 12 March 2015) “There is...

Of course, governments all over the world would love to keep court findings of their illegal activity behind closed doors, but that’s not how open justice works. Amnesty International UK PRESS RELEASE (London, 13 March 2015) “Of course, governments all over the world would love to...