Governments in Europe are putting lives at risk by denying refugees protection, Amnesty International warned today. On World Refugee Day, the doors to Europe are closing as the rights of those seeking sanctuary are ignored.
“Refugees are risking their lives to find safety only to be turned away when they reach Europe,” said Nicola Duckworth, Europe [...]

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A coalition of human rights organizations, Amnesty International, the Centre for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, La Federation internationale des ligues droits de l’Homme (FIDH), and Reprieve today called on EU foreign ministers attending the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting on January 26, 2009, in Brussels next week to help close the Guantánamo [...]

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Some 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children who have entered Greece in 2008 without parents or caregivers struggle to survive without any state assistance. Although a member of the European Union, Greece flouts its most basic obligations when it comes to meeting the rights of these children, many of whom come [...]

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The EU and European states should show leadership and heed Portugal’s call to put the need to protect Guantánamo detainees who cannot return to their home countries high on the agenda, stated Amnesty International today as it welcomed the Portuguese Foreign Minister’s commitment to offer protection to Guantánamo detainees who cannot return to their countries [...]

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The European Union should urgently send a “bridging” force to eastern Congo to help UN peacekeepers stop further attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 30-page report, “Killings in Kiwanja: The UN’s Inability to Protect Civilians,” details the killing of an estimated 150 people [...]

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The European Union should send a strong message to Serbia that full cooperation with the Yugoslav tribunal, including the arrest and surrender of Bosnian war fugitive Ratko Mladic, remains necessary for EU membership, Human Rights Watch said in a letter issued today. On December 8 and 9, 2008, foreign ministers of EU member states will [...]

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The European Union should establish human rights criteria for moving forward with a new strategic partnership with Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. The EU and Russia are to resume negotiations on renewing their partnership agreement at a summit meeting on November 14, 2008, in Nice.
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(Berlin, November 10, 2008) — Five leading human rights groups today call on European governments to provide humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees who will not be charged with any crime but cannot be returned to their countries of origin for fear of torture or other serious human rights violations. European governments should agree to accept [...]

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5 human rights organisations have called on European governments to provide humanitarian protection to the Guantanamo detainees who wont be charged with a crime and can’t be returned to their own countries for fear of human rights violations, including torture.
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EU and Other UN Member States Should Send More Peacekeepers
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other African and international leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this weekend should take immediate action to protect civilians who are at severe risk in eastern Congo, 10 human rights and humanitarian agencies, including Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, ENOUGH and the [...]

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