Press Releases

Detention of minors in Greece shows failings of EU’s immigration policy

(27/07/2010) Amnesty International is calling on the EU to examine the detention practices of Greece. In a letter to the European Commission, the organization is highlighting the poor treatment of asylum-seekers and irregular migrants in the country, with the detention of unaccompanied minors of a particular concern. Amnesty International’s report, ‘Greece: Irregular migrants and asylum-seekers routinely detained in substandard conditions’, shows that asylum-seekers and irregular migrants in Greece are detained as a matter of course, rather than as a last resort. read more

Fight Discrimination in Europe Campaign is live now!

(14/07/2010) Amnesty International has a new website featuring its work against discrimination in Europe. On Fight Discrimination in Europe (www.fightdiscrimination.eu) web users can find news, events, web actions, publications and more on discrimination targeting Roma, LGBT people, religious and ethnic minorities. Join our fight against discrimination, go to www.fightdiscrimination.eu! read more

Allow Tunisian human rights activists to speak with EU institutions!

(13/07/2010) The European Union must press Tunisia to stop the harassment of human rights activists who are trying to bring the country’s human rights record to the EU’s attention, Amnesty International said today. The organization is particularly concerned at a recent move by the Tunisian authorities to amend a law criminalizing the advocacy of foreign bodies such as EU institutions, initiated after Tunisian human rights activists visited Madrid and Brussels in May. read more