The Grand Chamber’s decision is a missed opportunity to deliver justice to torture victims who have been denied it in their countries of origin AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 15 March 2018 European Court of Human Rights ruling a missed opportunity to provide justice for torture victims A...

20/02/2018 – The AIRE Centre, Amnesty International, the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, the European Implementation Network, Fair Trials, the International Commission of Jurists, Open Society Justice Initiative and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) welcome this opportunity...

Europe urgently needs to put concern for basic human dignity at the centre of its migration policies. PRESS RELEASE A year after Italy-Libya migration deal, time to release thousands trapped in misery Ahead of the first anniversary of Italy signing a deal with Libya to put in place measures to stop...

EU foreign ministers are sitting down to face their Iranian counterpart, amidst alarming reports of over 3000 people held in detention with no access to their families and lawyers, at least 22 deaths by security forces against unarmed protesters and at least four deaths in custody AMNESTY...

Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants trapped in Libya are at the mercy of Libyan authorities, militias, armed groups and smugglers often working seamlessly together for financial gain. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Libya: European governments complicit in horrific abuse of refugees...

By funding, equipping and instructing Libyan authorities responsible for serious human rights violations against refugees and migrants, EU countries, and Italy in particular, have become complicit in their abuse. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 27 November 2017 EU/Africa Summit: Footage of...

Brutal implements of torture like spiked batons and weighted leg irons were supposed to have been banned for good in the EU. So why are they for sale in Paris today AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 22 November 2017 *Photographs available (Descriptions in table) EU: Amnesty discovers gruesome...

In their determination to increase the number of deportations, European governments are implementing a policy that is reckless and unlawful. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 GMT, 5 OCTOBER 2017 EU and member states return nearly 10,000 Afghans to risk of death and torture •...

05/07/2017 – A perfect storm: The failure of European policies in the Central Mediterranean finds that by ceding the lion’s share of responsibility for search and rescue to NGOs and by increasing cooperation with the Libyan coastguard, European governments are failing to prevent drownings and...

27/02/2017 – This submission summarises and updates a report by Amnesty International “Fast-Track to Torture: Abductions and Forcible Returns from Russia to Uzbekistan”, published in April 2016. It focuses on the most pressing issues of concern to the organization, also reflected...

02/12/2016 – Speech delivered by Amnesty International European Institutions Office director Iverna McGowan, to the EU – NGO forum on 2 December 2016, on how the EU can work towards the eradication of torture.

The global market is rife with sinister equipment like leg chains and spike batons which can easily be turned into tools of torture. Introducing tighter EU restrictions on the sale, brokering and promotion of these devices will bring us a step closer to eradicating this shameful trade EU: Time to...