Responding to a decision by the European Commission to refer Hungary’s “Stop Soros” legislation to the Court of Justice of the European Union and to launch a new infringement procedure against Hungary for denying food to people in the border area with Serbia, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty...

The European Parliament has today expressed concern about the human rights situation in Hong Kong, voting amongst other things to call for the EU and member states to work towards export control mechanisms to deny China, and in particular Hong Kong, access to technologies ‘used to violate basic...

Release, Evacuate Detained Refugees and Migrants European Union foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on 15 July 2019, should issue a clear call to Libyan authorities to close their migrant detention centres, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the European Council on Refugees and...

Judges and Amnesty International Spokespeople available in Warsaw, Gdańsk, London and Brussels Judges working to protect the independence of the Polish judiciary from government interference are being subjected to serious harassment online and at work, according to a new report published by Amnesty...

Dear Prime Minister, As the Finnish government prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), Amnesty International calls on you to ensure that human rights are at the forefront of your mandate. The Finnish Presidency comes at a key moment of institutional transition...

“My daughter asked me when I am coming home and it broke my heart” Amnesty launch global campaign to #BringAhmedHome The Cypriot government offers the last hope for a Syrian man to return to his family in Cyprus, said Amnesty International as they launched a new campaign to #BringAhmedHome. More...

EU top court condemns Poland’s law forcing Supreme Court judges to retire The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled today that Poland’s contested Law on the Supreme Court is in breach of EU law. Under an interim decision from the CJEU from November 2018, Polish authorities had already...

More than a million people in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe have come together to express their outrage at the sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to 38 years and six months in prison and 148 lashes after two grossly unfair trials, Amnesty...

by Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office First published on Euronews: https://bit.ly/2IkNebw  Despite all the challenges facing our newly elected MEPs I am hopeful that a freer, fairer Europe is in reach. In last week’s elections Europeans came...

Amnesty International welcomes the 29 May decision by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) that Azerbaijan had failed to fulfil its obligation to comply with the Court’s 2014 ruling in the case of opposition leader Ilgar Mammadov. This judgment underscores that...

The Chinese authorities must end a wave of persecution targeting those seeking to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International said ahead of the 30th anniversary of the bloodshed.  Over recent weeks,police have detained, placed under house arrest or threatened...

New abuses come after government order to “crush” armed group Military units responsible for past atrocities are committing war crimes, while deployment of additional units suggests involvement of senior generals International community is failing – ICC referral urgently needed Following a recent...