Amnesty International EU Office Press Release Death penalty report: Belarus executions underline the need for more EU action (Brussels 30 March) Amnesty International is urging the EU to strongly and publicly condemn the two executions in Belarus from earlier this month. In a letter to...

Amnesty International EU Office Press Release ‘Flaws in EU’s asylum policy leave refugees trapped in Greece without protection’   (Brussels, 22 March) The transfer of asylum-seekers to Greece from state parties to the EU Dublin Regulation  must stop immediately. In the...

22/03/2010 – Amnesty International is concerned that state parties to the European Union (EU) Dublin Regulation continue or have resumed the return of asylum-seekers under this Regulation to Greece despite continuing serious concerns with regard to the treatment of asylum-seekers, refugees...

25/02/2010 – In advance of the JHA Council on 25-26 February, which will include consideration of the proposed Internal Security Strategy (ISS), Amnesty International calls on the Ministers to recommit to upholding human rights in the context of countering terrorism and to seek accountability...

22/02/2010 – Ahead of the meeting of German minister Frau Dr. Schröder with the Spanish counterpart on 24 February, Directors from 21 Amnesty International sections and the EU Office, have decided to collectively express Amnesty International’s concern over Germany’s continued opposition to...

04/02/2010 – Ahead of the European Forum Beijing+15, Amnesty International takes the opportunity to remind the EU of the crucial role it has to play in the advancement of women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights. Hosted by the Spanish Presidency, this Forum is set...

21/01/2010 – All candidates in Sri Lanka’s upcoming Presidential Election should make a firm commitment to improve respect for human rights. They must pledge to put an end to the widespread human rights violations that have plagued Sri Lanka for decades and to the climate of impunity which...

21/01/2010 – On the eve of the opening conference of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion that will take place in Madrid, Amnesty International is concerned about the situation of discrimination and social exclusion that leads Romaní communities into poverty in...

30/11/2009 – The upcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 30 November-1 December 2009 is expected to agree the next multi-annual programme in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) – the so-called Stockholm Programme – and discuss the new asylum proposals published by...

24/11/2009 – EU must not ignore the human rights situation in China at the forthcoming EU China summit. Amnesty International urges the EU to raise in paritcular concerns about repression of Human Rights Defenders in the wake of President Obama’s recent visit to China.

(Brussels, 17 November) The EU must convey in the strongest possible terms its concern for the successive killings of human rights defenders in Russia and the absence of credible investigations, says Amnesty International ahead of tomorrow’s EU-Russia Summit. In a letter, the human rights...

13/11/2009 – Amnesty International welcomes the European Investment Bank (EIB) public consultation on its revised drafts (Draft II) of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Complaints Mechanism Principles, Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure and of its Transparency Policy. This review...