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 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU: Human rights cost of refugee deal with Turkey too high to be replicated elsewhere 14 February 2017...

This plan is just the latest, but perhaps the most callous indicator of European leaders turning their back on refugees AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU: PLANS TO ‘CLOSE’ SEA BORDER WOULD LOCK REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS IN LIBYA 2 February 2017 – Spokespeople...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU: Orwellian counter-terrorism laws stripping rights under guise of defending them – Spokespeople available for embargoed interviews – Details of Brussels press conference with report author below Sweeping new laws are driving Europe into a deep and...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Media Advisory 9 January 2017 Press Conference to launch new Amnesty International report: Dangerously disproportionate: the ever-expanding national security state in Europe Amnesty International is launching a major new report on the effect of counter terrorism measures on...

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...

These volume thresholds, that exempt companies from complying with legislation, are dangerous loopholes JOINT PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 November 2016 EU: Conflict Minerals agreement reached as exemptions added – Spokespeople available The European Union (EU) has today taken a...

There is a climate of impunity in CAR, where members of armed groups and militias alleged to have committed appalling human rights abuses and crimes under international law, move freely throughout the country and continue to fuel violence Version française ci-dessous AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY 14 November 2016 Greece: Obama must shine spotlight on Europe’s abysmal failure to protect refugees   ·         Spokespeople available in Athens US President Barack Obama should use his visit to Greece, which...

14/11/2016 – I write in advance of the 17 November donors’ Conference on the Central African Republic (CAR) in Brussels, to urge you to lead efforts of the European Union (EU) and its member states to put accountability, the consolidation of the rule of law and the reconstruction of the penal...

These refugees have been betrayed by a system which not only failed to offer them the protection to which they were entitled, but failed to consider their protection needs at all AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 28 October 2016 Greece: Evidence points to illegal forced returns of Syrian refugees...

26/10/2016 – The Afghanistan donor conference that took place on October 4 and 5 2016 brought together representatives from 75 countries and 26 international organizations. €13.6 billion was pledged – amongst other priorities – to “end violence and a political process towards lasting peace...

If these refugees were sent to Turkey without due consideration of their asylum claim, this is undoubtedly a case of refoulement AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY Greece: Reported illegal returns of Syrian refugees to Turkey ‘dangerous’ 21 October 2016 Spokespeople available for interview...