AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE    EU must act on Azerbaijan crackdown   (Brussels 16 November 2011) As Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, begins her visit to Azerbaijan, Amnesty International has stressed that the EU must not turn a...

20/10/2011 – The 14th EU-China Summit, to be held in Tianjin on 25 October 2011, presents an invaluable opportunity to demonstrate that human rights are genuinely at the heart of the European Union’s foreign policy.

26/09/2011 – Over the past few weeks, the EU and member states have been involved in intense negotiations regarding possible initiatives at the United Nations on Palestinian statehood. The PA may also request a resolution from the UN General Assembly. The EU must use its influence to ensure...

20/09/2011 – It is essential for EU countries to play a more active part in joining multinational efforts and sharing responsibility for refugees affected by the crisis in Libya.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Greater credit clarity: EU gets tough on exporters’ human rights record (Brussels, 13 September 2011) The European Parliament today adopted a law to make national export credit agencies (ECAs) more accountable for the impact projects they support have on people...

08/09/2011 – Amnesty International is concerned at recent statements by the NTC that, instead of cooperating with the ICC, it intends to prosecute the suspects before national courts. There has been speculation surrounding potential support within the EU for this.

03/08/2011 – Following the Polish Prosecutor General’s decision to extend for a further six months the investigation into the involvement of Polish authorities in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes, Amnesty International calls on the Prosecutor General’s office...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU must halt Europe’s last executioner (Brussels, 27 July 2011) Amnesty International has responded to the recent execution of two Belarusian men by calling for Poland’s European Union presidency to increase pressure on its eastern neighbour to...

01/07/2011 – Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the current situation of human rights lawyers in China, and urges the EU to call on the Chinese government to guarantee space for lawyers to exercise their profession. Human rights lawyers are at serious risk of being picked up and...

29/06/2011 – Human rights lawyers in China are under siege from a state bent on imposing absolute control on them. These lawyers are threatened with suspension of their licences, disbarment and criminal punishment for taking up sensitive cases. Where threats or suspension fail, lawyers are...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU must act swiftly to avert North Africa refugee tragedy (Brussels, 23 June 2011) As European Union leaders prepare to discuss their response to the refugee and migrant crisis in North Africa tomorrow, Amnesty International has urged EU governments to welcome...

23/06/2011 –  A hundred and fifty bodies were found in the sea off the Tunisian Kerkennah islands a few weeks ago. These bodies were of people who fled the violent conflict in Libya to seek safety in Europe. Their death added to the toll of refugees and migrants who die trying to reach...