Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press Release ‘Don’t trade away the truth’: Barroso urged to defend Uzbekistan’s human rights (Brussels, 24 January, 2011) Amnesty International has urged José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, who will...

Amnesty International Amnesty International Press Release Kosovo: EU police & justice mission must investigate post-conflict abductions (Brussels, 15 December 2010) Amnesty International has called on the European Union-led police and justice mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to open an immediate...

18/08/2010 – On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the killing of Pascal Kabungulu on 31 July 2005, Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to the dire situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The risks faced by HRDs have been...

Amnesty International EU Office Press Release EU-Russia Summit: Dare the EU speak out against human rights abuses in Russia (Brussels, 28 May) Amnesty International is challenging the EU to include pressing concerns raised at the EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations during the forthcoming EU-Russia...

Amnesty International EU Office Press Release Fifth Anniversary of Andizhan killings: The EU must put pressure on Uzbekistan (Brussels, 12 May) On the fifth anniversary of the Andizhan killings in Uzbekistan, Amnesty International urges the European Union to strongly condemn the continued attacks...

08/06/2009 – Ten years after the end of the war in Kosovo impunity for enforced disappearances and abductions remains one of the most serious violations of human rights arising from the armed conflict and its aftermath. Enforced disappearances constitute a crime and, in certain circumstances...

13/05/2009 – On the fourth anniversary of the mass killings in Andizhan in 2005, Amnesty International calls on the EU to use all opportunities available to continue to demand an independent international investigation into these events.

Open letter to the EU on fourth anniversary of mass killings in Andizhan On the fourth anniversary of the mass killings in Andizhan in 2005, Amnesty International calls on the EU to use all opportunities available to continue to demand an independent international investigation into these events....

04/11/2008 – More than 70,000 people, mainly civilians, have been killed as a result of the conflict and between 3 and 4 million have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Between 15,000 and 30,000 people have also been the victims of enforced disappearances since the start of the...

(Brussels, 10 October) As EU Foreign Ministers prepare to review relations with Uzbekistan, Amnesty International urged them to pursue a clear, consistent and assertive human rights policy. The mass killings of Andizhan of May 2005, in particular, remain a core unresolved issue that the EU cannot...

Uzbekistan: EU must not forget the mass killings of Andizhan Brussels (28 April) – As EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss the suspension of sanctions on Uzbekistan, Amnesty International says that the EU should not forget the mass killings carried out by government forces...

14/02/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to highlight three current human rights concerns in Montenegro – the new Constitution; impunity for war crimes, including the right to redress and reparation for the families of the “disappeared”; and torture, ill treatment and unfair trials.