Press Releases
Asia and the Pacific
EU external relations
On the eve of the summit in Copenhagen between European Union leaders and the Chinese prime minister Zhu Rongji, Amnesty International calls on the EU to put an end to the situation where the so-called dialogue on human rights is in effect a monologue which China ignores. Amnesty International...
23rd September 2002
Press Releases
Americas
EU external relations
Amnesty International today launched an urgent appeal to the EU to call on the newly inaugurated President Uribe of Colombia to prioritise human rights. In letters to the Danish Presidency (available at end of page) and other EU leaders the organization stressed in particular the need to end...
14th August 2002
Press Releases
Africa
EU external relations
QUESTIONS FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO: JAVIER SOLANA JOSEP PIQUE PER STIG MØLLER CHRIS PATTEN OPEN LETTER FROM DICK OOSTING, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EU OFFICE Dear Sirs, On the eve of the EU mission to Algeria this week (Wednesday 5 June), Amnesty International wishes to put some very pressing...
3rd June 2002
Press Releases
Americas
EU external relations
EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: THE EU MUST SET HUMAN RIGHTS BENCHMARKS On the eve of the EU-Latin America and Caribbean Summit to be held in Madrid (17-18 May), Amnesty International has released a report warning of the need for better monitoring of the European Union’s human rights clause in...
16th May 2002
Press Releases
Middle East & North Africa
EU external relations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EU OFFICE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH) REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE (OMCT) PRESS RELEASE:BRUSSELS, MONDAY 28 JANUARY, 2002 EU-TUNISIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL: STOP TRADING HUMAN RIGHTS FOR...
28th January 2002
Press Releases
EU policy on human rights
(Brussels, May 8, 2001) Three leading international human rights organisations congratulate the European Commission for today’s communication on EU human rights policy, but urge the Council of Ministers to show the political will to act on it. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the...
8th May 2001
Press Releases
Middle East & North Africa
EU external relations
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, AVOCATS SANS FRONTIÈRES, EURO-MED HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (FIDH), HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS, WORLD ORGANIZATION AGAINST...
2nd April 2001