EU: Human rights cost of refugee deal with Turkey too high to be replicated elsewhere
The EU-Turkey deal has been a disaster for the thousands who have been left stranded in a dangerous, desperate and seemingly endless limbo on the Greek islands
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Hungary stoops to new low with plan to round up asylum seekers in container camps
Rounding up all men, women and children seeking asylum and detaining them months on end in container camps is a new low in Hungary’s race to the bottom on asylum seekers and refugees
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MUST STEP UP ITS SCRUTINY IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES FOR EUROPE
09/02/2017 – I would like to extend best-wishes to you on your election as President of the European Parliament and express Amnesty International’s desire to work with you and the European Parliament on human rights issues. As President of the European Parliament, you play a crucial role in promoting the European Union’s underlying principles, towards the public and in carrying out the European Parliament’s core business of holding the other EU institutions to account on their human rights obligations and commitments. We would like to urge you to champion human rights by speaking out about violations of human rights within the EU and abroad.
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EU: Plans to ‘close’ sea border would lock refugees and migrants in horrendous conditions in Libya
This plan is just the latest, but perhaps the most callous indicator of European leaders turning their back on refugees
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Amnesty International’s assessment on Slovakia’s EU Presidency
01/02/2017 – Following the conclusion of Slovakia’s EU Presidency, Amnesty International’s wrote to Prime Minister Fico with an assessment of the Presidency’s role in addressing key human rights concerns.
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Greece: Refugees facing freezing conditions on the mainland and islands
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Greece: Refugees facing freezing conditions on the mainland and islands
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Amnesty International recommendations to the Maltese Presidency
30/01/2017 – Recommendations to the Maltese Presidency in the domain of human rights.
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Deterioration of human rights in Turkey requires Parliamentary Assembly’s immediate attention
23/01/2017 – Joint NGO letter to members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the deterioration of human rights in Turkey.
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EU: Orwellian counter-terrorism laws stripping rights under guise of defending them
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Press Conference to launch new Amnesty International report:Dangerously disproportionate: the ever-expanding national security state in Europe
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EU: Commission’s action to stand up for rights of people in Poland must be backed by European States
“For a government marketing itself on law and justice, ironically the Polish government is seeking to put itself above the law and to deny an impartial justice system to its people,” said Iverna McGowan, Head of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office.
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EUROPEAN COUNCIL 15 DECEMBER: THE UGLY FACE OF THE EU-TURKEY DEAL – OVERCROWDING, HATE-RELATED CRIME
12/12/2016 – The European Commission has recently reported on progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement. Amnesty International is appalled that instead of acknowledging its flaws, the EU is pushing ahead with measures needed for the deal to be “firmly rooted as a stable and sustainable pillar of EU policy.”