Honduras is one of the most dangerous and difficult places for HRDs worldwide, in particular for those working on land and environmental issues. The EU faces many challenges to respond meaningfully here, including: high levels of violence and impunity; lack of easy access to HRDs in remote rural...

The European Union (EU) and its member states are falling short on their commitment to support and protect human rights defenders (HRDs) who are facing mounting deadly threats and attacks, a new Amnesty International report out today shows.  ...

Around the world, people are speaking up and working to defend human rights, frequently at risk to their safety, freedom or life. They are harassed and intimidated, unjustly prosecuted and imprisoned. Some are tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared. Many states have introduced restrictive laws to...

The severe crackdown on civil society in Saudi Arabia, especially since 2011 and more acutely since May 2018, has not been matched by a clear or resolute EU strategy to ensure the support and protection of HRDs. The policies of the EU and its member states have instead been characterized by...

Spain’s austerity measures are in direct conflict with the government’s obligation to fulfil the right to health. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 10:00 GMT/ 11:00 CEST on 24 April 2018 Spain: Cruel austerity measures leave patients suffering   Harsh austerity measures...

09/07/2015 – Amnesty International wishes to urgently draw your attention to the risk of imminent forced evictions in Nairobi, Kenya, which risks taking place under the European Union (EU) funded ‘Missing Link 15 B’ road construction project. Over 1000 families residing in the Deep Sea...

Corporación Claretiana Norman Pérez Bello -Centro Claretiano de Investigación y Educación Popular Colombia has one of the highest levels of forced displacement in the world and it is patently clear that the authorities are not doing enough to ensure that stolen lands are effectively returned to...

21/03/2013 – In a letter sent to Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary on the 8th of March, Amnesty International outlined its concerns regarding the proposed Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary (the Constitution).

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL   PRESS RELEASE    Report slams failure to prevent toxic waste dumping in West Africa    Amnesty International and Greenpeace call for criminal investigation   (Brussels, 25 September 2012) Trafigura, the multinational...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Serbia must halt forced eviction of 1,000 people from Belvil settlement   (Brussels, 25 April 2012) More than a thousand people, over 250 Roma families, who reside in Belvil settlement in Belgrade were told yesterday that they would be evicted on...

17/10/2011 – HDRN EU Working Group on Trafficking Input into Consultations on the upcoming EU Anti-trafficking Strategy September 29 2011.

05/07/2010 – Several NGOs, including Amnesty International, welcome the ongoing discussion on the Commission’s proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.