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Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Sweden's candidacy for election to the UN Human Rights Council ...
16 October 2012

In this open letter, Amnesty International urges the Swedish government to further strengthen its election pledges by including the additional elements listed in ...

Open Letter       EUR 42/001/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

Story      

Amnesty International | Syria: Campaign to silence protesters ...
4 October 2011

Syrian protesters in Europe and the Americas have been systematically monitored and harassed by embassy officials and others believed to be acting on behalf of ...

Press Release      

Campaign to silence Syrian protesters overseas revealed | Amnesty ...
3 October 2011

A new Amnesty International report says that activists in Europe and the Americas highlighting abuses in Syria have been harassed and intimidated.

Report Abstract      

Sweden and Denmark forcibly return 26 Iraqis: Further information
26 January 2011

On 19 January 2011, Swedish police confirmed that Sweden had forcibly returned 20 Iraqis to Baghdad, on a charter flight organized with Danish authorities, who ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/002/2011

Current Evidence: European Complicity in the CIA Rendition and ...
25 January 2011

This submission to the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights by Amnesty International focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability ...

Report       EUR 01/001/2011

Sweden: Sweden must stop forced returns to Iraq
17 January 2011

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the Swedish authorities are planning to forcibly return several individuals whose asylum claims have been ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/001/2011

Europe: Open secret: Mounting evidence of Europe's complicity in ...
15 November 2010

European states played a shameful role in the covert programme of rendition and secret detention run by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following the attacks ...

Report       EUR 01/023/2010

Europe: Open secret: Mounting evidence of Europe's complicity in ...
15 November 2010

This document is the executive summary of a report in which Amnesty International focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability for European states ...

Document       EUR 01/024/2010

Europe: European complicity in the CIA-led rendition and secret ...
15 November 2010

This submission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe focuses on the “state-of-play” with respect to accountability for European states' complicity ...

Document       EUR 01/027/2010