AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Somalia: No deal without human rights   (Brussels, 16 September 2013) As leaders meet today in Brussels at the New Deal for Somalia conference, Amnesty International has urged the EU to use its discussions with Somalia to highlight continuing human...

16/09/2013 – The EU must not turn a blind eye to human rights abuses and remains accountable for the use of EU funding in Somalia. It must urge the Somali authorities to hold the security forces to account for any human rights abuses.

01/09/2013 – Joint Briefing on the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must get tough on homophobia, transphobia   (Brussels, 16 May 2013) On the eve of tomorrow’s International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia, Amnesty International has pressed the European Union to uphold the rights of lesbian, gay,...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   EU must press for Sri Lankan war crimes accountability   (Brussels, 13 May 2013) Ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Sri Lankan conflict’s conclusion, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to demand publicly an independent, impartial...

08/04/2013 – South African law enforcement officials are increasingly violating the right to life and the right not to be subjected to torture in the context of the “war against crime” and in the policing of protests over socio-economic conditions.

21/03/2013 – Ahead of the EU-Japan Summit, and following Japan’s rejection of key recommendations made in the 14th session of the Universal Periodic Review related to the death penalty, the daiyo kangoku substitute detention system, and justice for survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery...

21/03/2013 – Ahead of the EU-Japan Summit, and following Japan’s rejection of key recommendations made in the 14th session of the Universal Periodic Review related to the death penalty, the daiyo kangoku substitute detention system, and justice for survivors of Japan’s military...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU states must back robust Arms Trade Treaty (Brussels, 12 March 2013) Ahead of next week’s final negotiations on a global Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations, Amnesty International has urged EU countries to back a robust treaty. “France, Germany, Italy,...

21/02/2013 – Violence in the aftermath of the 2007 Kenyan elections, which claimed 1,300 lives, shows how vital it is for the Kenyan police to be properly prepared ahead of the polls in March.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU must hold Ukraine to its human rights pledges (Brussels, 21 February 2013) Ahead of next Monday’s EU-Ukraine summit, Amnesty International has urged the European Union to put pressure on Ukraine to meet its human rights commitments, amidst allegations of...

08/02/2013 – Amnesty International has released a new report, Cameroon: Make human rights a reality, which documents human rights violations by the Cameroonian authorities that are allowed to take place with impunity.