Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/europe.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009070111229&lang=e&rss=europe There can be no stability and security for the people of the North Caucasus without an end to human rights violations and full accountability, says a new Amnesty International report. 2009-07-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062911169&lang=e&rss=europe The law would prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools and ban any reference to it in public information that can be viewed by children. 2009-06-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062911176&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International members across Europe join in a day of action as part of the organization’s solidarity campaign with independent journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan. 2009-06-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=azerbaijan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062911178&lang=e&rss=europe The Italian Senate is to decide whether or not to pass a controversial draft law that would violate the human rights of migrants and asylum-seekers and could lead to discrimination against Roma and Sinti. 2009-06-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=italy http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR680022009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International condemns the recent attack on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people which took place on the night of 25 June 2009 in Ljubljana, capital city of Slovenia 2009-06-26T00:00:00-05:00 countries=slovenia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR150032009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International today called upon the Bulgarian authorities to extradite promptly Agim Ceku to Serbia, arrested on Tuesday, 23 June 2009, at the Macedonian Bulgarian border in Gushevo, to face trial on war crimes charges 2009-06-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=bulgaria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009062511114&lang=e&rss=europe Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of three men accused of involvement in the 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. 2009-06-25T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR590062009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International is concerned that two months after the demonstrations in Chisinau - which followed the parliamentary elections on 5 April and led to rioting from 7 April 2009 - little progress has been made in investigating the hundreds of allegations of police ill-treatment and torture 2009-06-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=moldova http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR490062009&lang=e&rss=europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (the Assembly) is set to vote on the restoration of the Special Guest Status of the Belarusian Parliament on 23 June 2009-06-19T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061710969&lang=e&rss=europe The Lithuanian parliament has passed a law that prohibits the discussion of homosexuality in schools and bans any reference to it in public information that can be viewed by children. 2009-06-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061710975&lang=e&rss=europe The latest spate of racist attacks on over 100 Romanian people in Northern Ireland is part of a growing trend of discrimination against Roma people across Europe, Amnesty International has said. 2009-06-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=ireland,romania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR250062009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International reiterates it serious concerns about the detention conditions for asylum seekers in Greece and the failings of the asylum procedures following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights on the case of S 2009-06-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=greece http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061010904&lang=e&rss=europe A decade after the Kosovo conflict ended, around 1,900 families across Kosovo and Serbia still have no details about the fate or whereabouts of their missing relatives. 2009-06-10T00:00:00-05:00 issues=DISAPPEARANCES,TRIALS http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009061010914&lang=e&rss=europe The highest court in the United Kingdom has ruled that people have the right to know the information used against them to impose control orders, so that they can effectively challenge those orders. 2009-06-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=united_kingdom http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009060410827&lang=e&rss=europe The Lithuanian parliament has voted in favour of a measure that would prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools and ban any reference to it in public information that can be viewed by children. 2009-06-04T00:00:00-05:00 countries=lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009051810694&lang=e&rss=europe The first ever Baltic Pride march in Riga, Latvia passed off successfully and peacefully - but there was violence at similar events in Russia and Poland. 2009-05-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=latvia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR490052009&lang=e&rss=europe On 5 May, in an unprecedented move, Amnesty International wrote to the Prosecutor General of Belarus stating that the organization considers 11 young people, who are currently serving sentences of restricted freedom, to be prisoners of conscience 2009-05-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belarus http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR110022009&lang=e&rss=europe On the eve of National Orphans' Day, (20 May), and with national elections due at the end of June, Amnesty International calls on whichever government is elected to honour promises to improve provision for orphans 2009-05-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=albania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR250052009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International is deeply concerned about a proposed Greek Presidential Decree that would introduce extensive amendments to Presidential Decree 90/2008, which incorporates into Greek law the provisions of the EU Procedures Directive 2009-05-15T00:00:00-05:00 countries=greece http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009051410633&lang=e&rss=europe The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned. 2009-05-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=albania,latvia,lithuania http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009051310626&lang=e&rss=europe A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride march planned to take place this weekend in Riga, Latvia has been thrown into doubt after local councillors attempted to veto it. 2009-05-13T00:00:00-05:00 countries=latvia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009051210614&lang=e&rss=europe A Greek government minister has pledged to secure justice for trade unionist Konstantina Kouneva after 22,000 people signed a petition to support her. 2009-05-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=greece http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009051110614&lang=e&rss=europe A Greek government minister has pledged to secure justice for trade unionist Konstantina Kouneva after 22,000 people signed a petition to support her. 2009-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=greece http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009050810567&lang=e&rss=europe The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, has not delivered on the promises he made about human rights during his first year in power. 2009-05-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR610032009&lang=e&rss=europe Mukhametkuli Aymuradov, considered to be a possible prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was released on 2 May 2009 after his term in prison had expired 2009-05-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkmenistan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR300072009&lang=e&rss=europe Amnesty International is concerned that the lives and safety of migrants and asylum seekers have been placed at risk first by a dispute between the Italian and Maltese governments over their obligations to respond to distress calls under maritime conventions to which they are party, then by the Italian government's unprecedented decision to transfer migrants and asylum seekers rescued at sea to Tripoli, Libya 2009-05-07T00:00:00-05:00 countries=italy,malta http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009050110446&lang=e&rss=europe Trade unionists in Turkey have once again been refused permission to hold a demonstration on May Day in the central Taksim Square in Istanbul. 2009-05-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=turkey http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009050110456&lang=e&rss=europe The Roma community and civil society activists in the Czech Republic are to take part in a nationwide protest on Sunday, against the latest violent attack on a Romani family. 2009-05-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=czech_republic http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR460092009&lang=e&rss=europe One year since the inauguration of President Dmitry Medvedev, impunity prevails for human rights violations by law enforcement officials and state agents. Freedoms of assembly, expression and association are undermined and racially-motivated attacks result in death. Amnesty International is therefore calling on Dmitry Medvedev to take urgent measures to strengthen the rule of law and to ensure that the authorities of the Russian Federation respect and protect human rights, as required under both Russian legislation and international human rights treaties. 2009-05-01T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian federation http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU2009042710370&lang=e&rss=europe Yurii Samodurov and Andrei Yerofeev could face up to five years' imprisonment after they organized a contemporary art exhibition in Moscow. 2009-04-27T00:00:00-05:00 countries=russian_federation