20/06/2005 – The treatment of foreign nationals detained in ‘temporary stay and assistance centres’ (CPTAs) (Versione italiana ugualmente disponibile).
20/06/2005 – The number of those detained solely under Immigration Act powers in the UK who have claimed asylum at some stage, including families with children, has increased. The vast majority of those detained under Immigration Act powers have claimed asylum in the UK at some stage.
20/06/2005 – The report describes the barriers blocking the way of many people who are fleeing persecution and serious abuses in their country of origin, and the situation which refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants encounter when they arrive at Spain’s southern border (Melilla, Ceuta, the...
20/06/2005 – This background document looks at new legislation and the treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers in a number of European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany etc, over the year 2004 (Version française disponible).
Amnesty international releases reports on UK, Spain, Italy (Brussels 20 June 2005) European Union countries are increasingly violating their international obligations on asylum according to three reports released simultaneously today by Amnesty International to mark World Refugee Day. The reports,...
(Brussels, Wednesday 6 April, 2005) Serious human rights abuses in one EU Member State should be of concern to the EU as a whole, Amnesty International said today on the release of its report detailing police brutality in France over the past decade. Amnesty International’s report:...
06/04/2005 – 30 cases of young people who were subjected, or allegedly subjected, to serious human rights violations by French police officers between 1991 and 2005. Such violations included unlawful killings, excessive use of force, torture or ill-treatment and racist abuse.
06/04/2005 – Une trentaine d’affaires de graves violations des droits humains, avérées ou présumées, commises par des policiers français, le plus souvent contre des jeunes, entre 1991 et 2005. Ces violations ont pris la forme d’homicides illégaux, de recours abusifs à la force, d’actes de...
Amnesty International calls on the European Commission to take action against Italy (Brussels, 21 March 2005) Amnesty International has today sent an urgent letter to the European Commissioner for Justice Freedom and Security, Franco Frattini calling for the Commission to break its silence...
21/03/2005 – Amnesty International has today sent an urgent letter to the European Commissioner for Justice Freedom and Security, Franco Frattini on Italy’s forcible return to Libya of people arriving by boat on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.
31/01/2005 – In view of the forthcoming EU-Uzbekistan Co-operation Council on 1 February 2005, Amnesty International urges the EU to adopt a more robust approach to Uzbekistan’s failure to take tangible steps towards the abolition of the death penalty. Read more (pdf) La lettre est...
31/01/2005 – In view of the forthcoming EU-Uzbekistan Co-operation Council on 1 February 2005, Amnesty International urges the EU to adopt a more robust approach to Uzbekistan’s failure to take tangible steps towards the abolition of the death penalty. Read more (pdf) La lettre est également...