Credit: Amnesty International Amnesty International Diary note & spokesperson availability (Brussels 02 July 2015) As the flow of migrants and refugees entering the western Balkans from Greece reaches unprecedented figures, Amnesty International will launch a new report, Europe’s...

Jonathon McIntosh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ The revelation that the UK government has been spying on Amnesty International highlights the gross inadequacies in the UK’s surveillance legislation. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 1 July 2015 In a shocking revelation, the...

30/06/2015 – The recommendations outline opportunities to advance human rights issues in relation to five thematic areas: the protection of the rights of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers; human rights within the EU; the fight against discrimination in the EU; EU external action; and the...

30/06/2015 – Amnesty International is dismayed by the actions of the Turkish authorities, who on 28 June, prevented the annual Pride march from taking place after thousands had already gathered in Taksim, central Istanbul.

Ilham Tohti, professor at Central University for Nationalities in Beijing and well-known critic of China’s ethnic and religious policies in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 2014. @Rüdiger Fandler The EU-China Summit offers a crucial...

29/06/2015 – On the day of the EU-China Summit, Amnesty International has joined forces with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Tibet to call on the EU and China to ensure human rights lead the Summit discussions.

Amnesty International’s South Caucasus team (Levan Asatiani and Natalia Nozadze) and AI UK’s press officer Naomi Westland visited Azerbaijan for research and campaigning mission in March 2015 ahead of the European Games. Credit: Amnesty International International media coverage of the...

Stop Torture – Logo © Amnesty International AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FACTS & FIGURES 26 June 2015  Amnesty International launched the Stop Torture campaign on 13 May 2014 to expose a global crisis on torture. The campaign wants greater protection from torture through a wide range...

A pair of shoes seen on a fence at the overflow camp at Kara Tepe near Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesvos, 2015. © Michael S Honegger Amnesty International Media Advisory (Brussels, 25 June 2015) European Union (EU) leaders should ensure effective solutions to meet the growing global...

Refugees and migrants off the shore of the Greek island of Lesvos, 2015. © Michael S Honegger The twin financial and refugee crises have created a perfect storm on the Aegean islands that only concerted action by both the Greek authorities and European leaders can quell. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL...

24/06/2015 – Amnesty International believes that this European Council offers a crucial opportunity for EU leaders to tackle both the Mediterranean crisis and the current global refugee crisis in a comprehensive way by offering people in need of protection legal alternatives to reach the...

Visit of an Amnesty International delegation to an informal settlement with refugees from Syria in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. © ALI ALSHEIKH KHEDR / Amnesty International Amnesty International Blog 20 June 2015 By Anna Shea, Refugee and Migrant Rights Advisor/Researcher at Amnesty...