MEDIA ADVISORY Activists with red kites will be in Place Luxembourg, Brussels, at 11.45 Wednesday 10 October Spokespeople available for interview New AI statement on to the situation in Afghanistan and returns of Afghans from Europe As European governments continue to endanger lives by...

01/10/2018 – Letter to EU HR/VP Federica Mogherini to share reports of human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and to call on the European Union (EU) and its member states to urge the Chinese government to take urgent and effective measures to protect Uighurs,...

01/10/2018 – Letter to H.E. Ambassador Zhang Ming to express concern about reports on human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and to call on the Chinese government to take urgent and effective measures to protect Uighurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim...

While the UN Security Council remains bogged down by politics, the Human Rights Council, with the joint leadership of the European Union and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, has stepped up to the challenge with this serious and constructive approach to pave the way for justice AMNESTY...

Ahead of a week of action across Europe, Amnesty International calls on European governments to stop forcibly sending people to deadly conditions in Afghanistan.

14/09/2018 – Since October 2016, the Myanmar security forces have driven more than 810,000 Rohingya women, men and children into Bangladesh as a result of successive operations in northern Rakhine State marked by crimes under international law. Security forces killed thousands of Rohingya...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 24 August 2018   Women human rights defenders call on EU foreign affairs ministers for support amid unprecedented crackdown on activists A day before the informal ‘Gymnich’ meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Vienna, women human rights defenders from...

17/07/2018 – We are writing to urge the European Union (EU) and its member states to ensure accountability for crimes against humanity in Myanmar, and in particular to take the lead in the creation of an international accountability mechanism during the upcoming session on Myanmar at the...

09/07/2018 – In high-level dialogues around the third anniversary of China’s ‘July 9 Crackdown’, the European Union must press the Chinese government for the release of detained activists, say human rights groups

19/06/2018 – Various organizations including Amnesty International continue to document China’s abusive campaign against human rights. The EU has taken some steps to push back against these developments. Yet the EU’s commitments to promoting human rights has not been matched in...

The UK, German, Dutch and Italian governments have been assisting in the USA’s secret global killing programme for years, providing vital intelligence and infrastructure despite mounting civilian casualties and allegations of unlawful killings, including war crimes AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS...

Last year our world was immersed in crises, with prominent leaders offering us a nightmarish vision of a society blinded by hatred and fear. This emboldened those who promote bigotry, but it inspired far more people to campaign for a more hopeful future, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE STRICTLY...