05/11/2008 – In view of the upcoming EU-Tunisia Association Council on 11 November, Amnesty International would like to bring to your attention the following key human rights concerns in Tunisia, and we hope you will take the opportunity to raise them with your Tunisian counterparts.

05/11/2008 – Amnesty International would like to draw attention to its latest report on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. The report documents human rights violations and abuses following the presidential, parliamentary and local government elections on 29 March 2008 and the...

(Brussels, 23 October) Given the rare opportunity to sit down with representatives of Myanmar’s military junta, Amnesty International strongly urges the French EU Presidency to use the occasion presented by the ASEM summit taking place in Beijing, to raise concerns about the severe human...

(Brussels, 29 September) Make human rights part of the discussions with India, says Amnesty International ahead of the EU-India Summit taking place in Marseille. A discussion on global challenges such as food security and climate change is not complete unless human rights are taken on board....

EU-Turkmenistan: move from words to action (Brussels, 23 June) EU delegates attending the first full Human Rights Dialogue with Turkmenistan, tomorrow, in Ashgabad should press authorities to honour their international human rights obligations. In a new report: Turkmenistan: No effective human...

Uzbekistan: EU must not forget the mass killings of Andizhan Brussels (28 April) – As EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss the suspension of sanctions on Uzbekistan, Amnesty International says that the EU should not forget the mass killings carried out by government forces...

EU-Central Asia Strategy – human rights commitments unfulfilled Brussels (9 April) – As EU and Central Asian leaders meet today, Amnesty International says the human rights commitments agreed almost one year ago under their common strategy remain unfulfilled. While serious human rights...

19/02/2008 – Briefing paper for the Council and Commission, highlighting current human rights concerns in Turkey.

Stop the Human Rights Meltdown: Make Human Rights Real   Message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007 (10-12-2007). As we approach the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have cause for...

EU-Russia summit: human rights require a coherent message with one EU voice (Brussels, 25 October) The EU should use tomorrow’s Summit with the Russian Federation to press for progress on a number of key human rights issues, says Amnesty International. One year since the killing of journalist...

Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch invite you to a Press Conference: One Year after Anna Politkovskaya’s Murder: Where Is Russia Heading and What Is the EU’s Position in this Regard 3 October 2007 at 9.30 When: 3 October 2007 at...

Annual Report 2006-07 : Human Rights and the EU 1. Introduction Despite the continuing deadlock over the EU’s institutional reform, it was in many ways business as usual in most spheres of EU activity, including human rights. On the side of external relations, this presented a familiar picture...