02/04/2014 – Ahead of the 4th European Union (EU)-Africa Summit on April 2-3, 2014 in Brussels, African and European civil society call on you to ensure that human rights are put at the centre of discussions aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace”.

01/04/2014 – At today’s European Union (EU)-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Amnesty International calls on African and EU decision-makers to ensure that human rights underpin all discussions and decisions on all the issues on the agenda aimed at “Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace.”

Despite some progress, living conditions in some of the reception centres in Bulgaria continue to be inadequate. © NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images Bulgarian authorities have started fixing the reception facilities and increasing the capacity to process asylum applications. But there are...

01/04/2014 – Amnesty International’s submission on France on the occasion of ECRI’s fifth country monitoring cycle mainly focuses on the discrimination, violence and harassment experienced by Roma migrants. Our research has shown that Roma in France continue to experience widespread...

27/03/2014 – 2013 was marked by some challenging setbacks on the journey to abolition of the death penalty. Four countries – Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Viet Nam – resumed executions and there was a significant rise in the number of people executed during the year compared with 2012,...

States who cling to the death penalty are growing more and more isolated. © Rajput Yasir / Demotix The long-term trend is clear – the death penalty is becoming a thing of the past. We urge all governments who still kill in the name of justice to impose a moratorium on the death penalty...

Mikhail Kosenko was arrested after he took part in a Bolotnaya Square protest in May 2012 which turned violent.© Private Mikhail Kosenko’s only transgression was to peacefully protest and speak his mind. The gross injustice done to this man must be rectified and he must be released...

© AI Switzerland AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY Amnesty Protest for President Obama’s visit to Brussels (24 March 2014) On 25 March, the eve of the EU-US Summit in Brussels, Amnesty International will hold a protest to send a firm message to the United States (US) –...

Use of the micro-blogging site Twitter increased rapidly during last summer’s Gezi Park protests. © OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images The decision to block Twitter is an unprecedented attack on internet freedom and freedom of expression in Turkey. The draconian measure, brought under...

Laurent Hini AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU GOVERNMENTS’ LEADERS MUST STOP BURYING THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND AND ENSURE PROTECTIVE MIGRATION & ASYLUM POLICIES (Brussels 20 March)The lives and rights of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are being threatened by European Union (EU)...

20/03/2014 – Since the beginning of the Euromaydan protest on 21November 2013, Amnesty International has documented numerous cases of human rights abuses, including violations of the right to peaceful assembly, repeated excessive use of force by law enforcement officers, harassment of those...

© Laurent Hini, for Amnesty International France AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY Amnesty International sandy beach protest in support of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers’ rights: Running order for 20 March (Brussels, 19 March 2013) Tomorrow, Thursday 20 March, between 13.00 and...