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.

27/05/2015 – Ahead of the European Union (EU)-Japan Summit on 29 May 2015, Amnesty International calls on you to use this exchange to raise human rights concerns based on common values and ongoing cooperation between the two sides.

A Congolese artisan mine worker shows a small peice of gold found after water processing, in Chudja, Democratric Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN reveals that a lot of gold is still financing armed groups in DRC. Credit: EPA This is a historic opportunity to tackle the conflict minerals trade....

20/04/2015 – Ahead of your engagement in the Strategic Dialogue in China on 5-6 May, Amnesty International calls on the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure that human rights remain at the front and centre of this and all other exchanges with the Chinese government.

Shuja’ya civil defence ambulance hit 21 July, where medic was killed – armed conflict in Gaza. © Amnesty International • Amnesty International releases Annual Report along with forecast of human rights trends for the coming year • Says governments must ‘stop...

04/12/2014 – Amnesty International urges the European Union (EU) and its member states to engage with the Philippines government over the widespread use of torture or otherwise ill-treatment by its police. Released today, Amnesty International’s report, Above the law: Police torture in the...

04/12/2014 – In this report, launched as part of its global campaign Stop Torture, Amnesty International investigates the phenomenon of torture and other ill-treatment in the Philippines and the process of obtaining justice and accountability for survivors, both from a legal and practical...

© Amnesty International / Florian Zeidler We oppose the death penalty in all circumstances – it is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. Amnesty International Press Release 10 October 2014 Countries around the world continue to sentence to death or to execute people with...

01/09/2014 – Amnesty International, FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights), and its member organization, the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) today call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure continued international engagement on the human...

28/03/2014 – Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s March visit to the European Union (EU), Amnesty International is urging you to put human rights at the centre of EU relations with China. There are urgent human rights concerns that must remain at the top of the EU-China dialogue and agenda.

27/03/2014 – 2013 was marked by some challenging setbacks on the journey to abolition of the death penalty. Four countries – Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Viet Nam – resumed executions and there was a significant rise in the number of people executed during the year compared with 2012,...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must press for Sri Lankan war crimes accountability   (Brussels, 13 May 2013) Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Sri Lankan conflict’s conclusion, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to demand publicly an independent, impartial...