EU & Latin American leaders meeting at the #EU-#CELAC summit must not forget their citizens who have been arbitrarily detained & forcibly disappeared in #Venezuela. Along with 800+ Venezuelans targeted in a systematic & widespread attack on dissent. 1/9

Latin American and European leaders meet in the coming days amid mounting crises & pushback against human rights. The EU-CELAC summit will be a crucial opportunity to promote and protect human rights in both regions and worldwide. www.amnesty.eu/news/europe-...

🚨 @amnesty.org’s new report warns of the EU’s risk of complicity in refugee & migrant rights violations in Tunisia where the migration system is built on racist violence, reckless sea interceptions, arbitrary detention & unlawful collective expulsions.

🎉Good news! @europarl.europa.eu FEMM Committee supports @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social initiative on providing safe & accessible abortion for all. The real test will be the final vote in the European Parliament. We call on all MEPs to add their support in the plenary vote later this month.

🎂The European Convention on Human Rights is 75 today! #ECHR75 Hard-won rights fought for over generations, the Convention has done so much for free press, LGBTI+ people, minorities, women, people with disabilities & the environment. Here are 5 wins for human rights 👇

🚨The Latvian parliament will vote today on a proposal to leave the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty protecting women & girls from violence. Such a move would put safety & lives risk. @amnesty.org calls on Latvia to uphold the convention & work towards its full implementation.

📢 Amid reports of Rapid Support Forces attacks on civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, the EU and international actors must act swiftly to prevent further civilian suffering. All those responsible for ongoing atrocities must be held individually accountable.

@amnesty.org is appalled at Austria’s deportation of a man to Afghanistan, a country which is not safe for anyone to be forcibly returned to. International law is clear: no one can be returned to a place where their life will be in danger. Human rights apply to everyone.

‼️It has been 10 years since Gui Minhai disappeared from Thailand. EU leaders must use all tools at their disposal to press the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally, and allow him to travel home. #FreeGuiMinhai #China www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

A ceasefire doesn’t mean the end of genocide, unlawful occupation or apartheid. The EU must not backtrack on suspending the 🇪🇺🇮🇱 agreement. Diplomatic & economic pressure on Israel is needed as much as ever. Now is not the time to let up 🧵

New: China's PR offensive in Europe rings hollow China’s aggressive posturing in the region, especially re: Taiwan, “stands in stark contradiction to the peaceful rhetoric China promotes in Europe,” says @eelingchiu.bsky.social, Director of Amnesty International Taiwan. We ignore it at our peril 👇

José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba & is now in forced exile We @amnesty.org celebrate that he can reunite with his family & regain part of his freedom His situation is not an isolated incident but part of the Cuban government's systematic strategy to silence those who dissent x.com/CilanoJohann...

At a time when LGBTIQ+ rights are under severe threat, @amnesty.org welcomes @ec.europa.eu's new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy and its renewed commitment to protect and promote LGBTIQ+ rights across Europe. commission.europa.eu/strategy-and...

@amnesty.org welcomes the @coe.int decision toward torture- & death penalty-free trade. After a review of CM/Rec(2021)2 on measures against trade in goods used for the death penalty & torture, @coe.int committed to further efforts to control this trade worldwide. search.coe.int/cm/eng?i=091...

🚨 ICYMI - a new @amnesty.org report out last week On how China’s courts are used as a tool to silence journalists, activists, lawyers and citizens - often for nothing more than their peaceful expression. ⚖️ Our research on 68 cases shows systematic fair trial violations.

EU/Libya: Alarming escalation of attacks threatening the safety of humanitarian NGO rescuers and those they are rescuing in the Mediterranean🧵

On 4 October, #PécsPride🏳️‍🌈 is due to take place in #Hungary. Hungarian authorities have banned the march, exposing the organizer to prison & participants to fines & surveillance. The EU must act now to protect human rights including the right to assembly.

Greece: EU's bellwether for migration restrictions? Suspended access to asylum, mass detention, sweeping deportations - @oliviasundberg.bsky.social tells @aljazeera.com “Greece has become a testing ground for many EU measures, especially on the Greek islands." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Austria: @echr.coe.int denies vital reprieve, allowing man to be deported to Syria, setting "an extremely worrying precedent," says @shourahashemi.bsky.social "In all cases the safety of people seeking protection must come first." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

“There is no worst-case scenario left to imagine, [...] an increasing number of UN experts and Afghan women describe what they are enduring today as gender apartheid.” Yesterday @amnestysasia.bsky.social's Regional Director Smriti Singh spoke at the DROI Committee and FEMM Committee hearing.

You have to look very hard to spot human rights here. Last week's @ec.europa.eu Joint Communication on the EU-India strategic agenda has even less commitment on rights than last time in 2018. And not a mention of the profound rights crisis affecting people across India.

Last Friday, activists from MANTHOC Perú with support of Amnesty International Peru met with the European External Action Service in Brussels. They raised the alarm about river pollution and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and weak protection for environmental defenders in Peru.

@amnesty.org joins over 200 organisations in calling for rejection of the @ec.europa.eu’s ‘Return Regulation’. The new proposal on deportations would vastly expand detention, strip away rights, and trap more people in legal limbo and dangerous conditions.

Pressure works! The EU can no longer ignore the clear demand of millions to end Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Shamefully late, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu proposes EU action on Gaza after nearly 2 years of Israel’s relentless bombardment & starvation. But what's next? 🧵

Unprecedented. The United States might be on track to become the first country to fully walk away from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a regular, important human rights related review. www.amnestyusa.org/press-releas...

🎂 Happy birthday to Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan. After a brief moment of freedom, she has now spent over a year detained on vague criminal charges, awaiting an unfair trial. Illustrator: @badiucao.bsky.social

No more excuses. No more delays. Every EU failure to act is a greenlight for Israel to continue its genocide in Gaza. As EU ministers meet today in Denmark, @amnestydk.bsky.social sent them a message they can't ignore: 👉Suspend the EU–Israel Agreement NOW.

Three years ago, a UN report concluded that China was responsible for grave human rights violations in Xinjiang. It is shameful that the international community has failed to act.

Aux côtés de @sosmediterranee.fr nous demandons : ✖️ une enquête sur l'attaque inacceptable dont a été la cible l’#OceanViking ✖️ la réévaluation urgente du soutien européen aux garde-côtes libyens ✔️ le respect du droit maritime et la fin de la criminalisation des sauvetages en mer

“They said we would die” @amnesty.org new briefing exposes grave abuses in North & South Kivu, DRC. Gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army (FARDC). Many may amount to war crimes. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Slovenia: Facilitating the transfer of arms to Israel ‘alarming’ & violates intl' law According to reports, A-E Electronics, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, used a Slovenian port to transport military cargo to Israel despite Slovenia’s ban. Read our press release: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...

Greece: Disturbing statements from migration minister Thanos Plevris indicating that NGOs challenging govt migration policy before courts will be subject to audit. The seemingly punitive measures would amount to an assault on freedom of association & have a chilling effect on civil society 🧵

@amnestynorge.bsky.social welcomes Government Pension Fund divestment from some companies based in Israel, but move falls short of addressing a systemic failure of its current ethical safeguards 🧵

Amnesty International welcomes the @echr.coe.int order to temporarily suspend the deportation of a Syrian man from Austria to Syria. Austria must uphold its human rights obligations & scrap deportations to Syria entirely 🧵

📢 Last week the EU expanded its pioneering Anti-Torture Regulation, adding more equipment used for torture and other ill-treatment to the trade ban and control lists – a key move to protect detainees, protesters and human rights defenders.

It’s one year since the #AIAct became officially an EU law. As authorities prepare for its full application, we break down what’s at stake and how to protect our rights when governments use surveillance tech - especially in migration & law enforcement👇🧵

As 3 Palestine solidarity protesters go on trial in Rhodes, @amnesty.org is once again concerned for the right to protest and freedom of expression in Greece 🧵 #ProtectTheProtest

Disgraceful. Shameful. The EU can't even muster the barest minimum measures to even start to hold Israel to account. This failure comes just as Israeli human rights organizations join others in finding that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Palestinians need action, not words. Last week, the 27 EU foreign ministers failed to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Since then, statements from EU leaders ring incredibly hollow in the face of starvation in the Gaza Strip. ft.com/content/a306...

This year marks 50 years of EU-China diplomatic relations. Let’s not forget 50 brave human rights defenders silenced by Beijing. As leaders meet in Beijing this week, the EU must turn words into action 🧵

Landmark ruling in Belgium! Today, a Brussels court ruled that the Flemish government must block transit to Israel of all goods that can be used in military equipment, citing Israel's breaches of int'l law. There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide.

⚠️72 organizations including @amnesty.org call on the Greek government to immediately withdraw unlawful provisions that suspend access to asylum. @ec.europa.eu must take urgent measures end to this violation in line with its responsibilities under EU law. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

📢New @amnesty.org report on how the Venezuelan authorities commit enforced disappearances as part of a widespread & systematic attack against the civilian population, particularly those they consider dissidents. These amount to crimes against humanity. Inaction is not an option.

Today, EU ministers will decide whether to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Anything less than a suspension will be a greenlight for Israel to continue its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, unlawful occupation of OPT & apartheid.🧵 www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-isra...

Shameful vote in the #Greek Parliament today on a proposal to suspend asylum applications for three months for people arriving by boat from North Africa. Equally shameful is the @ec.europa.eu's apparent endorsement, stating that Greece is in "an exceptional situation". Let's be clear...

What a difference a day makes. On Monday, we warned the EU about deepening its migration cooperation with Libya. By Tuesday eve, the EU delegation was denied entry to Eastern Libya, declared a 'persona non grata' & ordered to leave. With 'friends' like these who needs enemies?

"The EU’s migration cooperation with Libya is morally bankrupt and amounts to complicity in horrific human rights violations," says @evegeddie.bsky.social Today @magnusbrunner.bsky.social is in Libya with ministers to discuss migration cooperation 🧵 www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-liby...

The 709 Crackdown led to the unjust prosecution & persecution some of China’s most diligent human rights lawyers & legal activists. But it was just the start of a decade-long assault on human rights & the rule of law that shows no signs of abating today. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

The EU’s return & ‘safe country’ proposals weaken access to asylum, downgrade people’s rights & increase the risk of refoulement & arbitrary detention in countries outside the EU. 50+ NGOs call on EU to reject attempts to weaken protections further. 🔗 www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-safe...

Today, Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU. With the rise of authoritarian practices & attacks on human rights across the EU and globally, @eu2025dk.bsky.social must put human rights at the forefront of its mandate. See @amnesty.org’s recommendations👇