18/12/2014 – Amnesty International is concerned about reports on the arrest and detention of nine Bulgarian nationals, a Slovak and a Finnish national by the Serbian authorities, in what appears to be attempts to prevent the holding of peaceful demonstrations.

This was not the wide investigation into the hundreds of claims of human rights violations, including torture, against the British armed forces in Iraq that victims and NGOs have called for. Amnesty International News Flash 17 December 2014 Today’s conclusion in London of the Al-Sweady inquiry into...

Samira Hamidi of the Afghan Women’s Network The brave women and men who are forging the sort of Afghanistan they want to live in, need ongoing protection and support from the UK and other European countries. Amnesty International UK Press Release 17 December 2014 Amnesty International today...

Belongings of a migrant in Ciudad Ixtepec Shelter, Mexico, 2010. This photo was taken during the making of ‘The Invisibles’ a film about migrants in Mexico. © Marc Silver 18 December 2014 Is a migrant the same as an immigrant Are migrants good or bad for the economy, and can you...

Claudia Linda Zsiga and her son. Credit: Joshua Gross, Joshua Tree Photography 17 December 2014 17 December will forever be a sad day for me. It’s the day when, four years ago, 76 Roma families, including mine, were forcibly evicted from our homes on Coastei Street in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We did...

17/12/2014 – The last European Council of this year coincides with International Migrants Day on 18 December, an international day proclaimed in 2000 by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The UN invited all UN member states, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations...

Chechen women waiting for relatives to arrive at the border crossing on the Ingushetia side. Credit: Amnesty International These acts of intimidation are part of an ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression in the region. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov appears to be waging a personal campaign...

Photograph by Alison McDonnell. 10 December 2014 1. Who is a transgender person A transgender person’s sense of gender differs from the sex they were given at birth. They experience and express their gender identity in a variety of ways. Some transgender people see themselves as fully male or...

15/12/2014 – Amnesty International strongly believes that now is the time for the EU to express an uncompromising prioritisation of human rights as well as its commitment to implementing the necessary measures to finally ensure that all sides of the conflict take full responsibility for their...

15/12/2014 – Position paper from Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, and Pax Christi Flanders

12/12/2014 – The adoption in 2012 of the European Union (EU) Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy marked a new step in reinforcing EU and member states’ support of the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) through the establishment of explicit objectives and...

11 December 2014 John Jeanette is a transgender woman in Norway who wants to change her legal gender from ‘male’ to ‘female’. But the government says she can’t – unless she has compulsory medical treatment, including surgery which will leave her sterile. I met John Jeanette last year in Oslo. A...