Austerity measures adopted over the past decade continued to erode the accessibility and affordability of health care. Allegations of torture and other ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police persisted. More pushbacks of refugees and migrants at land and sea were reported. In a historic...

Opinion poll commissioned by Amnesty International and conducted in 15 countries, showed that a majority of the public, 53%, believe human rights should be a critical consideration in deciding who hosts major international sporting events.

Reacting to the tragic news that almost 80 people trying to reach Europe on Tuesday have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece, with hundreds more still missing at sea, Adriana Tidona, Amnesty International’s researcher on migration, said:  “This is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions, all...

Reacting to the violence that broke out yesterday in Dakar and other towns following the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “We condemn the restrictions on accessing social media and the...

Today, the Supreme Court of Greece will hear an appeal by a prosecutor that could result in the misdemeanours case against refugee rescue volunteers Sarah Mardini and Seán Binder back to court for a new trial. Ahead of the hearing, Adriana Tidona, Migration Researcher at Amnesty International,...

A surveillance scandal that has smouldered for almost a year erupted this week when the leader of Greece’s main opposition party filed a no-confidence motion against the government after a string of exposés revealed cases of journalists and politicians targeted with spyware and/or under state...

Reacting to the news in the trial against humanitarian rescuers Sarah Mardini and Seán Binder that the Court of Appeal of Mytilene sent the indictment back to the prosecutor due to procedural shortcomings, including a failure to translate the indictment, Nils Muižnieks, Director of Amnesty...

Ahead of the trial on 10 January of rescue workers Seán Binder and Sarah Mardini, Amnesty International is renewing its calls to the Greek authorities to drop all charges against them. Seán, a trained rescue diver, and Sarah, a Syrian refugee and activist whose story inspired the Netflix film The...

In a significant move, Amnesty International has taken steps to hold the Greek authorities to account at the Council of Europe for violating people’s rights to health and non-discrimination. A collective complaint filed today with the European Committee of Social Rights details the devastating...

Spokespeople recently returned from Samos camp available for interview  Asylum-seekers staying in a new EU-funded refugee camp on the island of Samos are being detained illegally by Greek authorities following a yet unpublished decision from the Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, based...

Greece: humanitarian workers’ lives remain on hold as trial is adjourned Spokespeople available in Lesvos Reacting to the decision of a court in Lesvos, Greece, to adjourn the case of 24 humanitarian workers, including search and rescue volunteers Sarah Mardini and Seán Binder, who risk 25 years in...

Spokespeople available in Lesvos and Athens Symbolic solidarity actions in Athens on 15 November at 12 local time (at Syntagma Square) and Brussels at 11 CET on 16 November The trial of two search and rescue volunteers, who risk 25 years in prison for helping refugees, will finally begin on 18...

Spokespeople available Responding to a new investigation by Lighthouse Reports which documents how authorities in several European Union (EU) countries have violently rounded up migrants and asylum-seekers and summarily returned them to countries outside EU borders, Jelena Sesar, Balkans Researcher...