The complicity of EU Member States in the US-led renditions programme must be addressed at tomorrow’s European Council. The summit is an important opportunity for the EU to commit to ending renditions on European soil, said Amnesty International. This call came as the organization released a...

14/06/2006 – A new report focuses on six cases of rendition, involving seven European states and 13 victims. All involve men being bundled onto planes and transferred abroad, without due process, to places of detention where they have suffered abuse. The impact on both them and their families...

14/06/2006 – Open letter to Heads of State or Government of the European Union: the European Council must put a resolute stop to the attitude of “see no evil, hear no evil” that has prevailed so far.

(Brussels 12 of June, 2006) Israel’s persistent violations of human rights should be a priority issue at tomorrow’s EU-Israel Association Council, says Amnesty International. The country’s record of disproportionate use of force against civilians has been presented to the Austrian...

08/06/2006 – Amnesty International expresses its concerns on key human rights issues in Egypt, particularly the extension of emergency law, arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and ill-treatment, the independence of the judiciary and the excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators.

08/06/2006 – On the occasion of the EU-US Summit in Vienna on 21 June 2006, Amnesty International calls on the European Union to take effective action against human rights violations linked to US-led ‘war on terror’ detention policies and practice worldwide.

EU SHOULD PRESS RUSSIA TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS (Brussels, 24 May 2006) The EU should remind the Russian Federation of its human rights responsibilities, says Amnesty International on the eve of the EU-Russia Summit.   In a briefing sent to the Austrian Presidency, the human rights...

12/05/2006 – In view of the next EU-China HR Dialogue that will take place on 25-/26 May 2006 in Vienna, Amnesty International publishes two documents: a memorandum on “Re-education through labour” and other forms of punitive administrative detention in China, May 2006; a briefing...

(Brussels, 5 April 2006) In a new report published today, “USA – Below the radar: Secret flights to torture and ‘disappearance’”, Amnesty International gives comprehensive information concerning rendition flights and describes the conditions under which victims were...

05/04/2006 – Renditions involve the transfer of people from one country to another in ways that bypass all judicial and administrative due process. In the context of the “war on terror”, this practice has usually been initiated by the USA and carried out with the collaboration, complicity or...

(Brussels, 16 March 2006) Russia’s deteriorating human rights record must be addressed by the EU, says Amnesty International, as President Barroso prepares to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow to define a new strategic partnership with Russia.   As Russia’s role in the...

(Brussels/Vienna, 6 March 2006) In an open letter sent today to the current EU Presidency, Amnesty International expressed its concerns that the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator and the Director of Europol seem to be refusing to cooperate with the inquiry of the temporary committee...