We are @Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office! We advocate towards the EU & Council of Europe for human rights for all.
Dec 18 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
How do you say genocide in the EU's 24 languages?
As EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Israel's actions in #Gaza, we sent them a message they can't ignore #EndGazaGenocide 👇
English: End Gaza Genocide 🇪🇺 🇮🇪
#EndGazaGenocide
Dec 17 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
In its disgraceful communication on the ‘weaponisation’ of migration, @EU_Commission is greenlighting disproportionate border policies used in 🇵🇱🇱🇻🇱🇹 for some time.
This is a shocking abdication of the EU's responsibility to uphold asylum🧵eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…
@EU_Commission is providing additional €170m to EU countries bordering Belarus & Russia.
It expresses its backing for measures that doubly punish asylum seekers, under the guise of national security, incl. those "that may entail serious interferences with fundamental rights."
Oct 25 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
In recent months, #German police have increasingly used violence and stigmatizing rhetoric against #Palestinian solidarity protesters.
Human rights violations must be independently investigated🧵
On 19 October, police in Berlin kettled protestors, ordered the demonstration to finish early and then used police dogs to intimidate people participating in a peaceful protest about the risk of genocide in #Gaza.
Sep 20 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Germany: Stop police violence against peaceful protesters.
#Germany has a long track record of repressing & restricting people expressing concern about & solidarity with #Palestinians. @amnesty is concerned to see this crackdown escalating 🧵
Berlin, 14 September 2024.
According to eyewitnesses & footage viewed by @amnesty researchers, deeply troubling events unfolded.
Aug 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We regret that 3 EU states (🇩🇪🇨🇿🇭🇺) submitted disingenuous legal positions in the @IntlCrimCourt case on the situation in #Palestine, seeking to deny & delay justice to victims.
As international crimes continue on a daily basis, resulting in relentless and cruel loss of civilian lives, we welcome 🇮🇪 and 🇪🇸’s principled defense of justice for everyone.
More than 400 days since the start of ethnic violence in Manipur, the #India-n government and #Manipur state government have failed to end the violence and protect human rights in the state.
#ManipurCrisis
Read @amnesty's new investigation 👇🧵 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
The state and central governments’ blatant failure to end abuses, protect people and hold suspected perpetrators to account in #Manipur have left communities terrified and devastated.
The authorities’ 14-month long course of inaction and impunity must end immediately.
Apr 29 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
We are concerned about the police crackdown on people peacefully protesting German arms transfers to Israel & the risk of complicity in crimes against #Palestinians.
rnd.de/politik/berlin…
On Friday 26 April, police dismantled a protest camp expressing solidarity with Palestinians in front of the Bundestag in #Berlin. Troubling videos show peaceful protestors being beaten by the police.
Apr 22 • 21 tweets • 5 min read
🧵Authorities in #Europe must stop violating the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and to non-discrimination of people that wish to express solidarity with #Palestinians.
The volume and frequency of bans and cancellations of public assemblies, meetings and cultural events across Europe critiquing the policies of the state of #Israel amounts to a ‘chilling effect’ on peaceful expressions of solidarity with Palestinians’ human rights.
Dec 20, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The #EU has agreed on policy proposals on #MigrationEU and asylum, setting the agenda for years to come.
This agreement will lead to a surge in suffering for #asylumseekers, #Refugees and #migrants on every step of their journeys🧵
· Weaken the rights of #asylumseekers, #refugees, and other migrants in the #EU
· Worsen existing legislation
· Fail to address urgent issues in European asylum and reception systems
May 31, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
#Greece has announced that it intends to request #EU funding to extend the border fence in the Evros region.
This is an area already riddled with pushbacks, violence and deaths.
Some thoughts 👇 on why this cannot and should not happen 🧵
nytimes.com/2022/02/02/wor…
The extended fence would be built in an already highly militarized border, with abundant border guards patrolling (including via @Frontex), thermal cameras and even a sound cannon being reportedly used.
Afghan refugee N. faces up to 10 years in prison for the death of his 6-year old son, who drowned on the journey from Turkey to Greece, while travelling with his father and 22 others in November 2020.
aljazeera.com/features/2022/…
Hasan, also from #Afghanistan, faces smuggling charges for being at the wheel of the boat, and life imprisonment for N’s son’s death & 230 years in prison for endangering the lives of the other passengers.
70+ organisations are calling for the charges against both to be dropped
