19/02/2018 – The deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar warrants a strong and unified response from the European Union (EU) and its member states at several crucial opportunities in the coming weeks.

03/10/2017 – Letter to HRVP Mogherini calling on her to take action for human rights in Myanmar.

The EU’s failure to speak out on Beijing’s rights violations is a body blow to independent activists across China and a betrayal of the EU’s proclaimed human rights commitments EU: Suspend China Human Rights Dialogue EU and its 28 Members Lack Strategy, Credibility to Bring Change Brussels, June...

The EU must show its support for all of those human rights defenders, lawyers and others who peacefully exercise their rights in China AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 1 June 2017 EU: Challenge climate of repression in China ·         Amnesty...

24/05/2017 – Our organisations have documented and advocated solution to human rights violations in China for decades. We write ahead of the June 2, 2017 European Union (EU)-China Summit in Brussels to urge you to use that occasion to lead the EU and its member states in demonstrating unified...

06/07/2016 – Ahead of the 18th EU-China Summit in Beijing on 12 and 13 July 2016, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), Human Rights in China (HRIC) and Amnesty International (AI) urge President Tusk to ensure that human rights...

27/06/2016 – On 7 June 2016, the European Commission published a Communication, calling for the establishment of migration “compacts” between the EU and a range of countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The document is a striking example of precisely what has precipitated...

A member of the Slovenian army observes migrants walking towards the Austrian border near the village of Sentilj, Slovenia, October 24, 2015. © Leonhard Foeger/REUTERS As governments across the world seem hell bent on demolishing human rights protection, and at a time when the world needs human...

A diamond mine in the Central African Republic. ©Amnesty International What European governments are proposing has already flat-out failed to stop trading in conflict minerals, the profits from which can be used to fund armed groups inflicting insufferable violence on local communities AMNESTY...

Ilham Tohti, professor at Central University for Nationalities in Beijing and well-known critic of China’s ethnic and religious policies in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 2014. @Rüdiger Fandler The EU-China Summit offers a crucial...

29/06/2015 – On the day of the EU-China Summit, Amnesty International has joined forces with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Tibet to call on the EU and China to ensure human rights lead the Summit discussions.

18/06/2015 – Ahead of the 22 June European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) and the 29 June EU-China Summit, Amnesty International calls on the EU and its member states to agree on a consistent and strategic approach to fully engage China on human rights at the summit and beyond.