Despite the commitment made at last year’s Summit to protect and promote human rights, China continues to engage in practices that involve gross human rights violations, says Amnesty International ahead of the EU-China Summit on 9 September. In a briefing paper (available below) the...
07/09/2006 – EU-China Summit: In the lead up to the EU-China Summit that will take place on 9 September 2006 in Helsinki, Amnesty International presents in this briefing an update on the main human rights concerns in China.
As a critical pledging conference begins today in Brussels, Amnesty International urges that the current African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is reinforced so that its troops can start effectively protecting civilians in Darfur. Despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 2006, and...
18/07/2006 – Civilians in Darfur continue to be killed, raped and forcibly displaced in large numbers. Some 250,000 people have been driven from their homes and from places where they have sought safety since the beginning of 2006. Document Index AFR 54/024/2006 July 2006
07/07/2006 – Amnesty International Statement at the occasion of the Ministerial Euro-African Conference on Migration and Development – Rabat, 10-11 July 2006
07/07/2006 – Communiqué d’Amnesty International a l’occasion de la Conférence Ministérielle euro-africaine sur la Migration et le Développement – Rabat, 10-11 juillet 2006.
14/06/2006 – A new report focuses on six cases of rendition, involving seven European states and 13 victims. All involve men being bundled onto planes and transferred abroad, without due process, to places of detention where they have suffered abuse. The impact on both them and their families...
14/06/2006 – Open letter to Heads of State or Government of the European Union: the European Council must put a resolute stop to the attitude of “see no evil, hear no evil” that has prevailed so far.
12/06/2006 – China is emerging as one of the world’s major arms exporters. It is increasing its reach and influence in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and arms sales are an integral part of the trade links it is developing with countries in these and other parts of the world.
08/06/2006 – On the occasion of the EU-US Summit in Vienna on 21 June 2006, Amnesty International calls on the European Union to take effective action against human rights violations linked to US-led ‘war on terror’ detention policies and practice worldwide.