War Against “Illegal Immigration” Puts Human Rights At Risk A week away from the Seville summit, and on the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Amnesty International today releases an urgent appeal to EU leaders to step back from the brink in their so-called...

 NEW REPORT FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPAIN: TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANTS  THE EU MUST ACT ON RACISM ACROSS EUROPE  As Amnesty International launched a major report today on race-related torture and ill-treatment of minorities and immigrants in Spain, the...

On the eve of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, in Brussels for talks with EU policy-makers, issued a strong appeal for the European Union to take a global lead in efforts to protect human rights in the aftermath of the 11 September...