This document outlines Amnesty International’s concerns in 17 countries in Western Europe. The concerns include: death penalty legislation; conscientious objection to military service; ill-treatment or torture of people held in police custody; detention of asylum-seekers; alleged forced admissions during interrogation and shootings by security forces (usually in the context of anti-terrorist operations). Amnesty International’s concerns about harmonizations of asylum policy in Europe are also described here.
Western Europe: AI Concerns May 1990 – October 1990
Topics
- Andorra
- Asylum
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Death Penalty
- Denmark
- Detention
- Discrimination
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Impunity
- International Organizations
- Ireland
- Italy
- Justice Systems
- Killings and Disappearances
- Netherlands
- Penal Institutions
- Portugal
- Prisoners of Conscience
- Racial Discrimination
- Refugees
- Religious Groups
- Report
- Research
- Sexual Violence
- Spain
- Torture and other ill-treatment
- Unfair Trials
- Unlawful Killings
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights