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AI: Respect Detainees' Rights In Wake Of 11 Sep
Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 10:54 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for all those detained during US police investigations into the 11 September attacks in New York and Washington to be treated with full respect for their rights under US law and international standards. More >>
Amnesty: Stop Attacks On Palestinian Areas
Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 10:51 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned at recent reports of random shelling and shootings by the Israeli Defence Force in Palestinian residential areas, among them Jenin, Ramallah, Tulkarm, Bethlehem and Beit Jala, which has left at least 25 ... More >>
USA set to execute child offender tonight
Tuesday, 23 October 2001, 3:39 pm | Amnesty International
Texas executioners are preparing to carry out an internationally illegal execution tonight, Amnesty International warned hours before Gerald Mitchell is due to be killed by lethal injection for a crime committed when he was a child. More >>
Afghanistan: Position on humanitarian aid delivery
Friday, 19 October 2001, 12:07 am | Amnesty International
All necessary measures must be taken to ensure humanitarian aid is delivered to those that need it in Afghanistan. In light of reports that indicate that unless enough aid reaches the Afghan population before the onset of winter hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Refugee camps in tribal areas - a risky strategy
Friday, 19 October 2001, 12:02 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has written to President Musharraf of Pakistan expressing concerns about plans to open refugee camps in tribal areas. More >>
Uncontrolled flow of arms will lead to more misery
Wednesday, 17 October 2001, 3:41 pm | Amnesty International
The unconditional flow of weapons and other military equipment and expertise to the warring parties in Afghanistan will lead to further human rights abuses and war crimes, Amnesty International said today in a briefing on such transfers. More >>
Colombia: Stop the massacres-Stop the military aid
Friday, 12 October 2001, 11:19 am | Amnesty International
The two most recent massacres carried out in the past few days by paramilitaries in the northern department of Magdalena and south-western department of Valle del Cauca demonstrate ever more clearly why it is imperative to stop military aid from ... More >>
Highlights Of Central Asia Human Rights Document
Friday, 12 October 2001, 9:54 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International warned the international community of a possible deterioration in the human rights situation in Central Asia, as governments use the 'war against terrorism' as an excuse to further undermine respect for human rights. More >>
Uzbekistan: Briefing On Human Rights Situation
Friday, 12 October 2001, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
Republic of Uzbekistan Head of state: Islam Karimov Capital: Tashkent Population: 24.3 million Official language: Uzbek Death penalty: retentionist More >>
Central Asia: The brink of a human rights crisis
Thursday, 11 October 2001, 6:35 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is today releasing a report entitled Central Asia: No excuse for escalating human rights violations, in which it warns the international community of a possible deterioration in the human rights situation as governments use the ... More >>
Pakistan: Civilians must be spared by all sides
Thursday, 11 October 2001, 6:34 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on the Pakistani security forces and the leaders of groups organizing protests to exercise restraint and show respect for the human rights of civilians. In the last few days, violent protests have left four people ... More >>
Call for prompt investigation into civilian deaths
Thursday, 11 October 2001, 12:10 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed serious concern at the killing of civilians in the context of attacks on Afghanistan carried out by US and UK forces since 7 October 2001, and is calling for clarification as to the circumstances of civilian ... More >>
Afghanistan: Protect Afghan civilians and refugees
Wednesday, 10 October 2001, 12:02 am | Amnesty International
"My greatest wish is to be happy, to learn to read and write, to have warm shoes and eat as much as I want to. I want to return home." Ahmad Hussein, 12 year old internally displaced Afghan child. More >>
Civilians & captured combatants must be protected
Tuesday, 9 October 2001, 11:03 am | Amnesty International
Since the 11 September attacks, Amnesty International has called for justice, not revenge. "Now that the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) have launched military strikes against targets in Afghanistan, their forces ... More >>
Investigation Call Into Killing Of Demonstrators
Tuesday, 9 October 2001, 12:27 am | Amnesty International
Two demonstrators were killed in Gaza and one critically injured by Palestinian police confronting hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the United States of America's bombing of Afghanistan. More >>
Human rights under threat worldwide after 911
Friday, 5 October 2001, 9:31 am | Amnesty International
Caught in the backlash: Human rights under threat worldwide in aftermath of September 11 attacks More >>
Amnesty India: Call for restraint in Kashmir
Thursday, 4 October 2001, 1:22 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today condemned the car bomb attack by an unknown armed group in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital on 1 October. At least 36 people, including civilians, were killed. More >>
Amnesty urges investigation of Ariel Sharon
Thursday, 4 October 2001, 11:38 am | Amnesty International
A court in Brussels will today (3 October 2001) begin to consider arguments about whether Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may be investigated in Belgium for alleged war crimes committed in Lebanon in 1982 while he was Israel's Minister of Defence. More >>
One Year After The Intifada
Monday, 1 October 2001, 11:54 am | Amnesty International
One year after the intifada began on 29 September 2000 Amnesty International called on the international community to take steps to end the human rights tragedy in Israel and the Occupied Territories. More >>
Amnesty: We Must Stand Up For Human Rights
Friday, 28 September 2001, 11:16 am | Amnesty International
The attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001 amounted to an international tragedy. The victims included US citizens as well as Asians, Latin Americans and Europeans, Muslims as well as Christians and Jews. The identity of the perpetrators has yet ... More >>
