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EU: Now is the time to act to help end the death penalty in Belarus
EU: Now is the time to act to help end the death penalty in Belarus (Brussels, 24 March) The EU should use the new period of engagement with Belarus to press for the abolition of the death penalty, says Amnesty International in a letter addressed to Czech Foreign Minister Mr Schwarzenberg...
Letter to Schwarzenberg on death penalty in Belarus
24/03/2009 – Over the past five months, the EU has embarked on a new period of engagement with Belarus, including the suspension of travel restrictions, increased bilateral political dialogue and technical cooperation with the Belarusian authorities, and the prospect of the country’s...
How can the EU help to close Guantánamo?
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reprieve, and the Center for Constitutional Rights held a Press Conference ahead of next week’s meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers on: Closing Guantanamo: How can the EU and its Member States help end a human rights scandal...
Joint NGO letter ahead of JHA Council
24/02/2009 – Ahead of the discussions of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council next week on how to help the US close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, this is a letter from an international coalition of non-governmental organisations actively involved in advocacy and litigation on...
European Parliament Resolution on CIA renditions: Positive step after two years
European Parliament Resolution on CIA renditions: Positive step after two years (Brussels, 19 February 2009) Amnesty International welcomes the news that two long years after the European Parliament’s report on European complicity in illegal CIA renditions, the Parliament today is going to...
EU-China: frank dialogue should mark new phase of relations
(Brussels, 29 January) The construction of renewed ties with China should imply addressing human rights with renewed vigour, says Amnesty International as the President of the European Commission meets the Chinese Premier. In a letter addressed to President Barroso (available Download PDF...
Letter to Barroso regarding meeting with Wen Jiabao
28/01/2009 – Ahead of Barroso meeting with Chinese premier, Amnesty International calls for human rights to be put at the heart of the renewed EU-China relationship
GAERC: Demand accountability for human rights violations committed in Gaza conflict
(Brussels, 26 January) EU Foreign Ministers should deliver a clear call for investigation and accountability of violations of international law, including possible war crimes, committed by both parties during the conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. In a letter addressed to EU Foreign...
Europe: help close Guantánamo
Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home (Brussels, January 22, 2009) – A coalition of human rights organizations today called on EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels next week to help close the Guantánamo Bay prison by offering...
Amnesty International welcomes temporary halt of military tribunals
Amnesty International welcomes President Obama’s first act in office: the call for a temporary halt and review of all military tribunals. This is an important signal of recognition by the new US administration that trials taking place under the Military Commissions Act are deeply flawed and...
Accountability for human rights violations in Gaza
Ahead of tonight’s and Sunday’s meetings with EU Foreign Ministers and Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, Amnesty International calls on the EU to deliver a strong message that crimes committed by all parties during the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip must be investigated and those...