EU-Turkmenistan: move from words to action (Brussels, 23 June) EU delegates attending the first full Human Rights Dialogue with Turkmenistan, tomorrow, in Ashgabad should press authorities to honour their international human rights obligations. In a new report: Turkmenistan: No effective human...

16/06/2008 – AI writes to the Slovenian Presidency, ahead of the EU-South Africa Troika, drawing attention to the need for discussion of the South African government response to the violent attacks that have taken place in South Africa recently, on the basis of the victims’ perceived...

EU-Israel: Upgrade commitment to human rights (Brussels 13 June) The current level of engagement on human rights between the EU and Israel is highly deficient and any discussion on an upgrade of relations must include stronger human rights mechanisms and commitments, says Amnesty International...

13/06/2008 – Amnesty International understands that an upgrading of relations between the EU and Israel is due to be discussed at the upcoming Association Council, on 16 June 2008. We are highly concerned that the current level of engagement between the EU and Israel on human rights issues is...

EU-US Summit – Time to improve communication (Brussels, 9 June) On the eve of the EU-US Summit in Slovenia, Amnesty International urges the EU to take a clear stand with the United States on the human rights violations being committed in the name of the so-called “war on terror”....

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19/05/2008 – In view of the forthcoming EU-Nigeria Troika meeting in Brdo that you will be co-chairing, Amnesty International would like to bring to your attention some human rights concerns related to Nigeria which we hope you will be able to raise with your counterparts.

13/05/2008 – Ahead of the EU –LAC Summit in Lima on 16 May 2008, Amnesty International reaffirms the need for the EU to use this opportunity to address the human rights situation in the region.

Morocco / Western Sahara: Investigate migrants’ deaths Amnesty International today called on the Moroccan government to immediately open a comprehensive, independent and impartial investigation into claims that at least 28 migrants drowned at sea after their boat was jostled and punctured by...

Uzbekistan: EU must not forget the mass killings of Andizhan Brussels (28 April) – As EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels today to discuss the suspension of sanctions on Uzbekistan, Amnesty International says that the EU should not forget the mass killings carried out by government forces...

Barroso’s visit to China: test case for EU’s human rights rhetoric Brussels (23 April) – As European Commission president Barroso and nine other Commissioners head to China, Amnesty International warns that the success of their mission depends on real improvements in the human...

23/04/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to highlight concerns about continued impunity for war crimes in Croatia following the AI Secretary General’s High Level Mission to Croatia.