EIO MEDIA BRIEFING   EU must do more to uphold Muslims’ rights   (Brussels, 24 April 2012) The European Union and its member states must do more to combat discrimination against Muslims, especially in education and employment, a new report by Amnesty International, Choice and prejudice:...

14/02/2012 – The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) has presented a report concluding that excessive force and torture had been used against protesters and that many of them were on trial or had been sentenced for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.

16/01/2012 – Amnesty International wishes to reiterate our concerns about the constitution and media laws, now in force in Hungary, which we previously raised in our letters and meetings in March and April 2011.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE China: Dark times for lawyers as repression intensifies The Chinese government has unleashed an uncompromising series of measures intended to rein in the legal profession and suppress lawyers pursuing human rights cases, Amnesty International said today. Against...

05/04/2011 – The Commission has played a crucial part in prompting the Hungarian Government to change its media laws to bring them into line with EU rules. Despite the changes, the new laws retain serious flaws which may infringe freedom of expression in Hungary. Further revision is...

25/03/2011 – In the run-up to the elections, Amnesty International submits a briefing to the Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission to Nigeria, calling for monitoring of human rights. The ability to exercise the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, freedom of...

22/03/2011 – Amnesty International is concerned about two new media laws adopted in Hungary in 2010. These laws represent a threat to the right to freedom of expression.

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...

01/10/2010 – Forty-eight Asian and European leaders will gather in Brussels on 4 and 5 October for the 8th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) to reflect on the increasing inter-linkages between the two continents and to give expression to the common views of Asia and Europe.

A substantial discussion on human rights issues should take place at next Monday’s meeting between the EU and the Foreign Ministers of the five Central Asian countries, said Amnesty International. The human rights organization provided the EU with a detailed briefing describing on-going...

09/10/2008 – A letter to the French Presidency to raise human rights concerns in Morocco – in particular regarding freedom of expression, torture and ill-treatment, and the situation of refugees and asylum seekers.

25/06/2008 – Amnesty International calls on the EU Presidency to ensure that the issues discussed at the recent EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations are also raised at the highest level during the EU-Russia Summit, mainly the right to freedom of expression and the human rights situation in...