Roma-only building of a primary school in Brno. “History of Roma”. Credit: Amnesty International Let’s call this what it is: racism, pure and simple. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 23 April 2015 Romani children face daily discrimination and segregation in schools due to the...

19/03/2015 – The German Constitutional Court ruling striking down a blanket prohibition for teachers to wear religious and cultural symbols or dress in North-Rhine Westphalia, the most populous German state, is an important step towards combating discrimination based on religion or belief.

Violent attack against Muslim worshippers outside the Banya Bashi mosque in Sofia city centre, May 2011. Credit: Juliana Nikolova The Bulgarian authorities urgently have to take a strong stand and ensure they are adhering to national and international laws, ensuring human rights for all. AMNESTY...

Amnesty International / Foto: Henning Schacht Political decision-makers need to show leadership by ensuring the human rights of migrants are protected, instead of taking cheap shots through scaremongering tactics Amnesty International Press Release 18 December 2014 The rights of migrants are being...

© David Ferenczy/Demotix The court must fully recognize the hate intent behind the assault in considering this case – that will send a strong message that racism and discrimination will not be tolerated and will help protect Roma people across Greece from further attacks. Amnesty...

© Amnesty International Sending people straight back to Morocco without any procedural safeguards is a clear breach of European and international human rights law. Joint Press Release (Madrid, October 30, 2014) – The Spanish government should immediately drop its plans to provide a legal...

Vladimir Putin’s government introduced the “foreign agent” law.© AFP/Getty Images The court had two options, and its choice was not in favour of justice and human rights. Its disheartening decision is in line with the prevailing tendency promoted by the Russian government to...

Our investigation shows that the Golden Dawn debacle is only the tip of the iceberg. Entrenched racism, excessive use of force and deep-rooted impunity are a blight on the Greek police. Successive Greek governments have so far failed to acknowledge, let alone tackle, these human rights violations...

01/04/2014 – Amnesty International’s submission on France on the occasion of ECRI’s fifth country monitoring cycle mainly focuses on the discrimination, violence and harassment experienced by Roma migrants. Our research has shown that Roma in France continue to experience widespread...

12/02/2014 – As a group of international and European human rights and development organisations, we the undersigned are concerned about the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in the occupied Gaza Strip. In the context of ongoing discussions on European Union (EU) joint...

12/02/2014 – “Ethnic cleansing” of Muslims has been carried out in the western part of the Central African Republic, the most populous part of the country, since early January 2014. 1 Entire Muslim communities have been forced to flee, and hundreds of Muslim civilians who have not managed to...

Memorial at Borisova Garden in Sofia for Mihail Stoyanov who was killed in a hate motivated attack in 2008. Bulgaria, 28th March 2012. Too often, we see little to no action by member states’ authorities to thoroughly acknowledge, investigate and prosecute the hate motive behind these attacks....