© Astrid Becker Amnesty International Austria The message to President Putin, from rank and file Amnesty International supporters to world leaders staying away from the Games, is the same – repeal series of laws that restrict the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly....

Displaced Muslims preparing to flee the country © Amnesty International There is a huge risk of a major human tragedy because of the complete absence of any peacekeeping force.  The situation in this part of the Central African Republic is very volatile and the international peacekeeping...

Activists demonstrate against Russia’s homophobic anti-gay laws in front of the Russian Federation in Berlin, December 2013 © Vanya Pueschel EU leaders must shine the spotlight on the grave human rights violations in Russia at every opportunity. The EU-Russia summit must be used to...

24/01/2014 – Amnesty International is writing to ask you to take concrete action in response to ruling 168-13 adopted by the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic on 23 September 2013.This decision deprives Dominican nationality from all persons of foreign descent born on Dominican...

Protesters in Ukraine clashed with police over new laws stifling freedom of expression© AFP/Getty Images There must be no impunity for law enforcement officers who resort to abusive use of force.  We have repeatedly called on the Ukrainian authorities to bring perpetrators to justice, but...

“Big Brother is Watching You” By Salil Shetty, Secretary General at Amnesty International The ‘Big Brother Problem’ has helped to kick off this year’s discussions of the most pressing problems facing the world today as the World Economic Forum meeting gets under way in...

23/01/2014 – Amnesty International expresses its profound concerns over the loss of life of migrants and refugees including several small children near the island of Farmakonisi on 20 January 2014. In the early hours of Monday, 20 January 2014, a fishing boat carrying 28 migrants and refugees...

Women demonstrate to demand action on war missing Past human rights violations and abuses must urgently be resolved on both sides to ensure the “normalisation” of the relationship between Kosovo and Serbia. This would also build on the political agreement reached between the two countries in April...

© Amnesty International Switzerland “The injustice that is Guantanamo has been allowed to fester for twelve years now – twelve years too many. It is wholly unacceptable that the human rights violations by the US against those detained have gone unchecked for so long” AMNESTY...

Syrian refugees in Egypt © Private  Joint Statement on Geneva 2 Talks   Wednesday 22 January 2014 “The Syrian Government is meeting for the first time with representatives from the Syrian Opposition in what will hopefully be the first steps towards a sustainable peace....

22/01/2014 – Following the start of negotiations between Serbia and the European Commission on 21 January 2014 on European Union (EU) membership, Amnesty International is calling for your support of a human rights agreement between Serbia and Kosovo.

The Minister of Justice and Greek representatives met Amnesty International in Brussels for a constructive meeting, and committed to work with civil society to promote human rights, specifically to combat violence against women and discrimination. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Will the Greek...