To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.
European states reject responsibility to admit or investigate complicity in US-led renditions and secret detention.
Amnesty International calls on governments in Europe to secure the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to celebrate their identity at a series of pride marches and other public events that take place each year between April and November
Mutabar Tadzhibaeva from Uzbekistan is this year's Laureate of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
Europe has taken a further step towards protecting people who have been
trafficked with the entry into force of a new convention.
Amnesty International is leading worldwide events, rallies and meetings to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo Bay.
Roma are one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority groups in Europe. They are also the most deprived.
"The freedom of the press and the freedom of journalists to do their job are in everyone's best interest," writes the President of the International Federation of Journalists for amnesty.org as Europe marks
Stand Up for Journalism day.
