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USA: special registration process must be reviewed
Sunday, 12 January 2003, 2:14 pm | Amnesty International
Today is the deadline for males from the second round of Arab and Muslim countries and North Korea to register with the United States immigration authorities under new security rules. Amnesty International is calling on the US authorities to ensure ... More >>
China begins 2003 with seven executions
Sunday, 12 January 2003, 2:14 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today strongly condemned the execution of seven people after a public sentencing rally in the southern city of Sanya - a popular tourist destination on Hainan island. More >>
Legal limbo of the Guantánamo detainees continues
Sunday, 12 January 2003, 2:10 pm | Amnesty International
The US government must end the legal black hole into which it has thrown hundreds of detainees in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Amnesty International said today, the first anniversary of the first prisoner transfers from Afghanistan to the US Naval Base. ... More >>
Bangladesh: politician in danger of torture
Friday, 10 January 2003, 12:31 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the safety of a senior Awami League politician, Saber Hossain Chowdhury - a prisoner of conscience. More >>
Impunity for Special Operations Group unacceptable
Wednesday, 8 January 2003, 11:24 am | Amnesty International
India - Amnesty International is disturbed by recent press reports that the government of Jammu and Kashmir is to break the promise made in its recently published Common Minimum Program to investigate all reported cases of custodial killings and violations ... More >>
Congo: 30 sentenced to death after unfair trial
Wednesday, 8 January 2003, 11:23 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is urging President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to use his prerogative to immediately commute the death sentences passed today on some 30 defendants for their alleged role in the assassination of ... More >>
Amnesty Concerned Impunity in Russia's Judiciary
Friday, 3 January 2003, 3:43 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International warned against a climate of impunity in the Russian Federation after a court relieved Colonel Yury Budanov of criminal responsibility on grounds of 'temporary insanity' and ordered that he be transferred to a psychiatric hospital. ... More >>
Amnesty Condemns Chechnya Suicide Bombing
Friday, 3 January 2003, 3:41 pm | Amnesty International
As the bereaved families mourn the victims of the suicide bomb attack in the capital of the Chechen republic Grozny, Amnesty International strongly condemns this deliberate targeting of civilians. More >>
An Urgent Appeal To Venezuelan Society - Step Back
Tuesday, 31 December 2002, 12:22 pm | Amnesty International
The next few days will be decisive for the rule of law in Venezuela, Amnesty International warned today. Amnesty insisted that the support of the international community is fundamental for the resolution of the crisis in the country in these critical hours. More >>
Detainees In Guantánamo Bay And Protection Of Law
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 10:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has today written to the US Government reiterating its deep concern in relation to the continuing detention without charge or trial of more than 600 non-US nationals in the United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. More >>
Tunisia: Violent assault on Mokhtar Yahiaoui
Thursday, 12 December 2002, 11:47 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns today's violent assault on Mokhtar Yahiaoui, President of the Centre de Tunis pour l'Indépendance de la Justice(CIJ), Tunisian Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary, and founding member of the newly created Association ... More >>
Colombia: Security Or Insecurity For All?
Wednesday, 11 December 2002, 3:29 pm | Amnesty International
Bogotá - Four months into Álvaro Uribe's presidency, it is already clear that the measures included in his "democratic security" doctrine threaten to weaken the rule of law and the human rights of all Colombians, said Javier Zúñiga, Amnesty International's ... More >>
USA: Need For Reflection On Human Rights Day
Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 12:15 am | Amnesty International
"With two executions scheduled to take place in the USA on 10 December, the 54th international Human Rights Day, US politicians should reflect on their country's selective approach to global standards of justice and decency," Amnesty International ... More >>
Chechen Presidential Envoy Arrested On UK Arrival
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 11:28 am | Amnesty International
UK/Russian Federation: Chechen presidential envoy arrested on arrival to the UK after having been released in Denmark More >>
Russian Federation: Free Grigory Pasko Now!
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 11:26 am | Amnesty International
Russian Federation: Amnesty International demands the immediate acquittal and release of journalist and environmental activist Grigory Pasko More >>
Iraq: UK Govt Dossier On Human Rights Abuses
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 8:47 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has not yet had time to study the report issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office detailing human rights abuses in Iraq. The organization has for many years documented gross human rights violations in Iraq and campaigned for ... More >>
Bolivia: Will The New Govt Defend Human Rights?
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
As President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada approaches his fourth month in office, Amnesty International today urged the new Bolivian government to make the protection of human rights defenders a priority. More >>
Egypt: Release Human Rights Defenders
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 8:45 am | Amnesty International
On 3 December 2002 the Court of Cassation is due to pronounce its decision regarding the final appeal in the case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim and other human rights defenders. More >>
Bahrain: AI Concerned About New Legislation
Monday, 2 December 2002, 10:05 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has written to His Majesty Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa, requesting information about the arrest of 'Adel Jassem Fleifel, former colonel in the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) and any court proceedings against him. More >>
No Forcible Return Of Displaced Chechens
Monday, 2 December 2002, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns any attempts to return internally displaced persons to Chechnya unless they can be guaranteed security. The human rights organization voiced its concern following reports that the Russian authorities are planning to ... More >>
