18/12/2007 – Letter to Ms Ferrero-Waldner to urge the Moroccan authorities to address freedom of expression, association and assembly, torture and ill-treatment and the rights of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers. This letter was also sent to Mr Solana and Mr Amado

(Brussels, 14 December) Amnesty International welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution on “Comfort Women” – the thousands of young women of different nationalities coerced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during the second World War. This important...

EU – Africa Summit: Fulfilling the promises on concrete outcomes (Brussels, 7 December) As the EU-Africa Summit starts, Amnesty International calls on leaders to deliver on their promises for concrete results on human rights commitments. AI stresses the need for improved cooperation between...

03/12/2007 – The EUs role on human rights in Africa – how can the EU Africa summit and the EU-Africa strategy move us forward

02/12/2007 – With less than a year to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympics, there is an urgent need for progress on a wide range of human rights violations in China.

02/12/2007 – A number of high level summits with influential actors in Asia represent key opportunities to press for an end to repression in Myanmar.

01/12/2007 – As preparations for a major international summit of the Slovenian presidency get underway, Amnesty International calls for the full spectrum of human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights to be discussed.

EU-India summit: economic development through mass displacement violates human rights (Brussels, 30 November 2007) – On the eve of the EU-India Summit in New Delhi, Amnesty International urges EU leaders to raise concerns with the Indian government that serious human rights violations are...

21 November 2007 OPEN LETTER TO EU LEADERS Major opportunities for action on Myanmar at EU-Asia summits Amnesty International calls on the EU to make the ongoing political and human rights crisis in Myanmar a central issue on the agendas of the forthcoming EU-ASEAN summit and the subsequent summits...

Amnesty International Statement for EUROMED Ministerial Conference on Migration The focus of the EUROMED Ministerial meeting will be on legal migration, migration and development as well as measures to address irregular migration. While the potential positive links between legal migration and...

EU-Russia summit: human rights require a coherent message with one EU voice (Brussels, 25 October) The EU should use tomorrow’s Summit with the Russian Federation to press for progress on a number of key human rights issues, says Amnesty International. One year since the killing of journalist...

25/10/2007 – Amnesty briefing ahead of the EU-Russia summit highlighting concerns over human rights violations perpetrated by State officials in the North Caucasus, the deterioration of freedom of expression and assembly and the reported continuing increase in racist violence in the Russian...