The number of stateless individuals remained high; ethnic minorities continued to face discrimination. Legislative developments to improve LGBTI rights slowed. A government minister attempted to limit funding to NGOs working on equality and gender issues.

This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations for the 14 states – Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Palau, Paraguay, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands and Somalia – that are coming up for review in the UPR Working Group...

In this open letter, Amnesty International urges the government of Estonia to further strengthen its election pledges by including the additional elements listed in this letter. The organization also encourages the government to announce the steps it will take to fulfil its electoral pledges,...

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for example. The organization also makes wide-ranging recommendations about ESCR, violence against women, forced evictions, prison...

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between July and December 2007. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty...

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between January and June 2007. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty...

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between July and December 2006. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where Amnesty...

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Estonia has a sizeable Russian-speaking linguistic minority which constitutes approximately a third of the population. Persons belonging to this minority enjoy very limited linguistic and minority rights, and often find themselves de facto excluded from the labour market and educational system....

Amnesty International continues to document serious violations of the human rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons. As an observer at the 57th session of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...

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This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between January and June 2005. Not every country in the region is reported on; only those where there were significant developments in the period covered by the bulletin, or where AI took...