20/02/2015 – Weeks before the European Parliament votes on a law to address the trade in conflict minerals, its International Trade Committee has just published a report that threatens to undermine attempts to clean up the trade.

We agree that a European solution is urgently needed. But extending operation Triton without increasing its assets and operational area changes nothing. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE (Brussels, 19 February 2015) Today’s announcement by the European Commission on managing the...

We agree that a European solution is urgently needed. But extending operation Triton without increasing its assets and operational area changes nothing. Amnesty International News Flash (Brussels, 19 February 2015) Today’s announcement by the European Commission on managing the crisis in the...

Maydan Square in central Kyiv, during the anti-government protests in early 2014. © Pavlo Skala The failure to address the widespread abuses during the EuroMaydan protests risks entrenching a long-standing culture of impunity for police officers. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE (Brussels,...

We urge all sides in the conflict to treat any detainees humanely according to the Geneva Conventions. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWS FLASH (Brussels, 17 February 2015) Debaltseve’s possible capture by pro-Russian separatists must not result in widespread detainee abuse, Amnesty International urged...

Italian coast guard officials responded admirably and with exceptional personal courage to the SOS call. © ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images Unless the void of Italy’s now defunct lifesaving Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation is filled, refugees and migrants will continue to die in great...

12/02/2015 – Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to its report on the lack of adequate investigation of hate crimes in Bulgaria, documenting hate crimes and revealing the reasons why victims are being denied justice.

12/02/2015 – The Greek Council for Refugees and Amnesty International welcome the announcement by Giannis Panousis, the Deputy Minister for Public Order that the authorities will cease to detain third country nationals held under return orders indefinitely.

© Amnesty International This new tragedy realises our worst fears about the end of Italy’s Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation and exposes the predictable consequences of the European Union’s failure to provide an adequate replacement. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 11 February 2015 The...

11/02/2015 – Amnesty International would like to draw your attention to our report ‘Their backs to the wall: civil society under pressure in Hungary’. The report details the orchestrated attacks on rights groups by the Hungarian authorities over the past year. These have included...

© Haydn Blackey – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Respecting human rights is essential to maintaining security and not an obstacle to keeping people safe. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 10 February 2015 Proposed amendments to the Spanish criminal code that would expand...

10/02/2015 – Following-up from its predecessors, this Parliament must continue to press in a meaningful and active way on the issue of European complicity in CIA torture and disappearance. The resolution to be adopted tomorrow (11 February) must provide a clear agenda for future action by the...