Missile debris from drone strike that killed 68 year old grandmother Mamana Bibi in Ghundi Kala, North Waziristan, Pakistan, on 24 October 2012.© Rafeequl Rehman The disappearance of Kareem Khan highlights the disturbing trend of targeting those who dare to speak publicly about human rights abuses...

© Amnesty International Switzerland “The injustice that is Guantanamo has been allowed to fester for twelve years now – twelve years too many. It is wholly unacceptable that the human rights violations by the US against those detained have gone unchecked for so long” AMNESTY...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must get tough on homophobia, transphobia   (Brussels, 16 May 2013) On the eve of tomorrow’s International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, Amnesty International has pressed the European Union to uphold the rights of lesbian, gay,...

21/03/2013 – Ahead of the EU-Japan Summit, and following Japan’s rejection of key recommendations made in the 14th session of the Universal Periodic Review related to the death penalty, the daiyo kangoku substitute detention system, and justice for survivors of Japan’s military...

21/03/2013 – Ahead of the EU-Japan Summit, and following Japan’s rejection of key recommendations made in the 14th session of the Universal Periodic Review related to the death penalty, the daiyo kangoku substitute detention system, and justice for survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU parliament should crack down on CIA-led rights abuses in Europe   (Brussels, 12 April 2012) Amnesty International has urged the EU to step up pressure on the USA, to hold Washington to account for its rendition and secret detention programmes. At...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Decade of human rights damage: EU must press USA to close Guantánamo   (Brussels, 11 January 2012) Today marks the tenth anniversary of the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. To coincide with this date, Amnesty International has...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE  At last, EU progress on halting execution and torture trade (Brussels, 21 December 2011) Amnesty International has welcomed long-awaited changes to European Union rules on the trade in drugs used for execution and equipment used for torture, which will...

  AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL  NEWS FLASH    30 November 2011    Death penalty for two men in Belarus     The two death sentences handed down in Belarus today followed a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards, said Amnesty...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must press USA to resolve ‘war-on-terror’ legacy   (Brussels, 28 November 2011) As the EU-US Summit convenes in Washington, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to challenge the USA for its continued imprisonment without...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Polish EU presidency: Weak on human rights (Brussels, 28 October, 2011) Mid-way through Poland’s six-month presidency of the European Union, Amnesty International has assessed the country’s progress in achieving various human rights goals it set at...

  AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU urged: ‘Curb Europe’s last executioner’   (Brussels, 10 October 2011) As Amnesty International marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty, it has urged the European Union to maintain pressure on Belarus to demand an end...