05/11/2008 – In view of the EU-Yemen Troika meeting that will take place on 29 October, Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to the human rights situation in Yemen, in particular regarding discrimination against women and against members of the Baha’i community, and use of...

22/04/2008 – Amnesty International calls for Comfort Women and secrecy surrounding the death penalty to be on the agenda of the EU-Japan Summit.

21/04/2008 – The briefing highlights the following critical issues: international scrutiny; freedom of expression and association; torture or other ill-treatment; forcible returns of terrorism suspects; death penalty.

06/02/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to raise the following three critical issues of cross-regional importance – the crisis in Darfur; the isolation of Gaza; and the imposition of the death penalty on children.

The EU must build on death penalty breakthrough achieved at UN The landmark decision achieved at the UN to call for a global moratorium on executions should become a key tool for the EU and its Member States to further pursue the goal of a death-penalty free world. The clear condemnation of the...

15/06/2007 – In light of the forthcoming discussions in the Political and Security Committee (12 June), and the General Affairs and External Relations Council (18 June) on a possible EU draft United Nations’ resolution on the death penalty, Amnesty International would like to highlight...

15/06/2007 – In light of the forthcoming discussions in the Political and Security Committee (12 June), and the General Affairs and External Relations Council (18 June) on a possible EU draft United Nations’ resolution on the death penalty, Amnesty International (AI) would like to highlight...

EU: confront Japan on death penalty (Brussels, 5 June 2007) As it hosts one of the last country summits of its EU Presidency, Germany should not forget human rights concerns at today’s meeting with Japan. Although Japan is a major contributor of humanitarian aid abroad, it continues to have...

ASEM: Involve Asian nations in efforts to abolish death penalty (Brussels, 28 May) The EU should make a special effort to address the death penalty at today’s ASEM meeting and involve Asian nations in moves towards the abolition of the death penalty, says Amnesty International. Asia continues to be...

29/05/2007 – Letter to German Presidency EU on death penalty concerns for EU-ASEM Summit

EU-Central Asia: “send the right signals” (Brussels, 27 March 2007) The German Presidency of the EU should not shy away from asking questions related to human rights abuse during the EU-Central Asia talks, says Amnesty International on the eve of the meetings taking place in Kazakhstan....

NEWSFLASH Amnesty International urges the European Union to pressure Libya to reconsider the death sentence of five nurses from Bulgaria and a Palestinian doctor convicted for infecting patients with HIV. Opposing the death penalty on principle, the human rights organization is also greatly...