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Big Win In Campaign Against Torture
Friday, 8 November 2002, 4:05 pm | Amnesty International
A UN General Assembly committee has voted overwhelmingly for a new treaty designed to prevent torture, following a ten-year campaign in which New Zealand has played a critical role. More >>
Israeli Defence war crimes must be investigated
Friday, 8 November 2002, 2:11 pm | Amnesty International
Jerusalem -- at the launch of a report into the actions of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in Jenin and Nablus in March and April 2002, Amnesty International said today that there is clear evidence that some of the acts committed by the IDF during Operation ... More >>
2nd-Class Citizens In The Lands Of Their Ancestors
Monday, 14 October 2002, 10:06 am | Amnesty International
Ten years ago, on the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the first Europeans in the American continent, the descendants of the continent's indigenous peoples vocally reclaimed their rights and identity. Today, they remain among the most marginalised ... More >>
France Italy Spain & The UK Should Say No To US
Sunday, 13 October 2002, 12:57 pm | Amnesty International
International Criminal Court: Foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and the UK should say no to impunity agreements More >>
Local Elections Marred By State-Sponsored Violence
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 8:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns state-sponsored violence , torture, arrests and intimidation of opposition candidates and supporters during country-wide local council elections held on 28 and 29 September. More >>
Killing of children under scrutiny at UN - Report
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 8:30 am | Amnesty International
More than 250 Palestinian and 72 Israeli children have been killed in Israel and the Occupied Territories in the past 23 months. When the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child meets to consider Israel's periodic report on Tuesday October 2, Amnesty ... More >>
Killing of children under scrutiny at UN
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 10:17 am | Amnesty International
More than 250 Palestinian and 72 Israeli children have been killed in Israel and the Occupied Territories in the past 23 months. When the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child meets to consider Israel's periodic report on Wednesday October 2, Amnesty ... More >>
Tajikistan: Lethal Secrets
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 10:16 am | Amnesty International
Secret executions after unfair trials take place every year in Tajikistan. Many of those sentenced to death allege they were tortured and their relatives receive so little information about their fate, that they often don't know if they are alive ... More >>
Espírito Santo state under siege
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
The long term failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible for systematic human rights abuses has allowed deep rooted corruption to spread through all sectors of the Espírito Santo state authorities. Persistent impunity has undermined the rule ... More >>
Paramilitary Should Answer For HR Violations
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
"Colombian paramilitary leaders should be brought to justice for their role in orchestrating and carrying out appalling human rights violations against civilians in the country's long-running conflict", Amnesty International said today, following ... More >>
Human Rights In The Balance In Iraq
Friday, 27 September 2002, 11:19 am | Amnesty International
The human rights situation in Iraq is being invoked with unusual frequency by some western political leaders to justify military action. This selective attention to human rights is nothing but a cold and calculated manipulation of the work of human ... More >>
Human rights are everyone's business in Papua
Friday, 27 September 2002, 11:01 am | Amnesty International
In a new report released today, Amnesty International warned that companies conducting business in Papua cannot ignore human rights. The organization urged the Indonesian government and companies with operations in the Indonesian province to take responsibility ... More >>
International Justice For Sabra & Chatila Victims
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the massacres in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in September 1982, and on the eve of a hearing on the case before the Belgian Court of Cassation, Amnesty International today reiterates that ... More >>
USA: The Execution Of Child Offenders
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 10:00 am | Amnesty International
The USA continues to defy the United Nations and flout international law in its pursuit of the death penalty against children, Amnesty International said today, as it released two new reports on the execution of people who were under 18 at the ... More >>
UNSC Asked To Ensure Force Is The Last Resort
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 10:04 am | Amnesty International
Iraq: Secretary General asks UN Security Council to ensure that force is the last resort More >>
Greece: Misconduct in the shadow of impunity
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 9:57 am | Amnesty International
(Athens) Unlawful shootings, beatings and ill-treatment, in some cases amounting to torture, are some of the human rights violations by Greek law enforcement officials examined in a report launched today by Amnesty International and International Helsinki ... More >>
Grigory Pasko nominated for the Sakharov Prize
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 10:49 am | Amnesty International
Russian Federation: Journalist and environmental activist Grigory Pasko to be nominated for the Sakharov Prize 2002 More >>
Brazil: Where Are Human Rights?
Monday, 23 September 2002, 9:58 am | Amnesty International
Sao Paulo -- The marginality of human rights in the current political climate in Brazil has been once again demonstrated by their absence from the electoral debate, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Say "no" to US attack on international justice
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 11:40 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today launched a worldwide petition in response to US attacks against the new system of international justice. More >>
USA/Iraq : Not In The Name Of Human Rights
Friday, 13 September 2002, 10:52 am | Amnesty International
In his speech to the UN General Assembly today, President George Bush made reference to the serious human rights violations perpetrated upon the Iraqi people by their government. In the background paper distributed to the media, several references ... More >>
