Not content with undermining the rule of law, the new Polish government has spent its first year in power eroding human rights protections in key areas AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Poland: failure to meet EU deadline to improve human rights requires robust response • Spokespeople available...

17/09/2015 – Poland’s legal system falls dangerously short when it comes to protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and other minority groups from hate crimes, Amnesty International said in a new report today less than two months ahead of general elections.

30/06/2015 – Amnesty International is dismayed by the actions of the Turkish authorities, who on 28 June, prevented the annual Pride march from taking place after thousands had already gathered in Taksim, central Istanbul.

Euro Pride in Oslo 2014 With homophobic violence a clear and present danger for activists in post-Soviet states, this week’s EuroPride will hopefully send a message that progress is possible and deep-seated discrimination can be uprooted and replaced with tolerance. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL...

Gay Pride – Kiev, Ukraine 2013. Credit: Amnesty International It is vital that the authorities investigate and prosecute those responsible for the violence and ensure that they do more to protect members of the LGBTI community from attack in the future. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 6...

Amnesty International Austria Partnerships and same-sex couples from certain countries face discrimination by the state, which portrays same-sex couples as outsiders or simply ignores these individuals. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 18 May 2015 Amnesty International launches...

Pride marches in Dublin and Galway, August 2012. © Amnesty International Love does not discriminate, and neither should our laws. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 24 March 2015 Today in Dublin, Amnesty International activists and supporters assembled at a 1,000 strong rally to launch its...

16/03/2015 – The European Court of Human Rights ruling striking down a sterilisation requirement for transgender individuals who wish to access gender reassignment surgery is an encouraging step towards equality for transgender people in Europe.

Northern Ireland’s draconian abortion law is the harshest in Europe. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 26 February 2015 The laws in Northern Ireland relating to abortion are draconian and in urgent need of reform, Amnesty International said today (Thursday 26), as it published a new report....

22/01/2015 – 07/11/2014 – Amnesty International does not consider that the recent legislative and regulatory changes introduced by the Irish authorities satisfy the European Court of Human Rights’ Grand Chamber judgment in this case, as they do not effectively guarantee women and...

Photo by Giuseppe Matese. Property of End FGM European Network. The root causes of gender-based violence and restrictions of women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights are the same – systematic gender discrimination rooted in patriarchal structures that control women and...

Amnesty International The EU must step up and strengthen its standards on hate crime. This is key to ensuring that any discriminatory motive is duly taken into account across the whole of the EU. Amnesty International Press Release Brussels 28 October 2014 The European Union (EU) and its member...