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Amnesty criticises EU states for violating human rights

by Mark Beunderman, Brussels,

The Human Rights organisation Amnesty International has heavily criticised the EU today (26 May) for not doing enough to protect human rights within its own borders.

In its annual report, which documents the human rights situation in 155 countries and territories in 2003, Amnesty also reports on human rights violations in 21 of 25 EU member states.

Only Cyprus, Denmark, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are not mentioned in the Amnesty report.

However an Amnesty spokeswoman w...

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