18/06/2007 – One year ago, Amnesty International addressed an open call to the European Council to ban the unlawful practice of rendition by which individuals have been illegally detained and secretly flown to third countries where they have been subjected to torture and disappearance.

Annual Report 2006-07 : Human Rights and the EU 1. Introduction Despite the continuing deadlock over the EU’s institutional reform, it was in many ways business as usual in most spheres of EU activity, including human rights. On the side of external relations, this presented a familiar picture...

EU: encourage Russia to improve human rights situation (Brussels, 16 May) The deterioration of the human rights situation in Russia should be a central theme of this week’s EU-Russia Summit taking place in Samara, says Amnesty International. In a letter sent to the German EU Presidency (click...

16/05/2007 – In light of the upcoming EU-Russia Summit, Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in the Russian Federation. Amnesty International already expressed its concerns before the human rights consultations with Russia that...

16/05/2007 – Briefing paper, prior to the EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations, May 2007

11/05/2007 – The second anniversary of the Andizhan killings in Uzbekistan is a grim reminder of the country’s grave human rights problems, says Amnesty International on the eve of an EU Foreign Affairs meeting that will be evaluating the current European policy towards Uzbekistan.

11/04/2007 – Sign the online petition! AI Germany, with help from all other Amnesty sections, is undertaking a range of measures to call the German government’s attention concerning human rights abuses in Russia.

27/03/2007 – In light of the EU-Central Asia Troika meeting on 27-28 March, Amnesty International welcomes the EU’s efforts to strengthen its relations with the region.

01/03/2007 – Report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): a new partnership – Plenary session 12 March 2007

EU regulation does not prevent trade in tools of torture “When I was in Guantánamo Bay, one of the things I pointed out to my lawyer was how it was ironic that these shackles were made in England, just like me and him. It was very bizarre. Those shackles would often cut into my arms […]

23/02/2007 – On 26 February 1992, over 18,000 persons were illegally removed from the Slovenian registry of permanent residents. Many of them (latest estimates put the number at around 5,000) remain “erased”. Coming close to the 15th anniversary of that fateful date, Amnesty International is...

13/02/2007 – In light of the forthcoming adoption on 14 February of the report of the Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (TDIP), Amnesty International would like to present its concerns.