12/05/2006 – In view of the next EU-China HR Dialogue that will take place on 25-/26 May 2006 in Vienna, Amnesty International publishes two documents: a memorandum on “Re-education through labour” and other forms of punitive administrative detention in China, May 2006; a briefing...

(Brussels, 10 May 2006) The fate of those who risk their lives to promote human rights should be a prime concern of the EU-Latin America and Caribbean Summit, says Amnesty International. The government representatives meeting tomorrow in Vienna face a disturbing record: there have been more...

05/05/2006 – Amnesty International submission to the first ACP Ministerial meeting on asylum and immigration (11-13 April 2006). Amnesty International believes that sustainable development can only be based on the respect, protection and fulfilment of the human rights of all people.

(Brussels, 20 April 2006) Japan is one of the few industrialized countries which continues to practice the death penalty, says Amnesty International on the day it releases its annual analysis of the use of the death penalty worldwide. Amnesty International calls on the European Union to use the...

18/04/2006 – On the eve of a visit by a European Parliament’s delegation to India on 15-21 April 2006, Amnesty international together with other NGOs highlights the persistent problem of torture in India.

05/04/2006 – Renditions involve the transfer of people from one country to another in ways that bypass all judicial and administrative due process. In the context of the “war on terror”, this practice has usually been initiated by the USA and carried out with the collaboration, complicity or...

(Brussels, 23 February 2006) On the day that the European Parliament conducts formal hearings on suspected Member States complicity in CIA abuses, Amnesty International releases a report showing how the United Kingdom has been carrying out a sustained attack on universal human rights standards,...

(Brussels, 15 February 2006) Impunity and attacks on freedom of expression are threatening the upcoming Congressional and Presidential elections in Colombia, says Amnesty International, in the run-up to a visit by the Andean Delegation of the European Parliament. In its briefing to the delegation...

15/02/2006 – The rights of journalists, election candidates and elected officials to campaign without fear of repercussion. Summary of Amnesty International’s latest findings.

10/01/2006 – Four years after the first detainees were transferred to the US naval base of Guantánamo Bay, hundreds of people of various nationalities continue to be held there without charge or trial in what Amnesty International has previously called a legal black hole.

10/01/2006 – The testimony of Jumah al-Dossari, which he wrote in July 2005 in the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay naval base, Cuba. The hand written testimony was given to Amnesty International by Jumah al-Dossari’s civilian lawyer. At the date of publication Jumah al-Dossari remains...

14/11/2005 – Open letter by Amnesty International to the UK Presidency of the EU on the occasion of the EU-US Troika that was due to take place on 16 November 2005. The meeting was consequently cancelled and not re-scheduled (Version française également disponible). The letter makes reference...