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Amnesty Urges Bush To Maintain Human Rights
Tuesday, 25 September 2001, 12:27 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges Bush administration to maintain human rights standards in response to 11 September attacks, and warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. More >>
Justice Must Not Be The Next Casualty
Friday, 21 September 2001, 3:48 pm | Amnesty International
In the aftermath of the appalling loss of human life resulting from the 11 September attacks in the USA, the world stands at a crossroads, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International warned today. More >>
AI Appalled At Devastating Attacks
Thursday, 13 September 2001, 3:51 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is outraged at the attacks carried out in the United States, involving the hijacking of civilian aircraft and resulting in thousands of men, women and children being killed, maimed or injured. More >>
AI Welcomes Court Ruling On Asylum-Seekers
Wednesday, 12 September 2001, 1:57 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes today's order by Justice North in the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne that 433 asylum-seekers, now on board the Australian Navy vessel HMAS Manoora, be brought back to Australia, if they still wish to claim asylum ... More >>
Amnesty role in the Tampa Federal court case
Wednesday, 12 September 2001, 8:59 am | Amnesty International
Tampa's asylum-seekers: Amnesty International's role in the case before the Australian Federal Court More >>
Amnesty welcomes NZ Tampa offer
Monday, 3 September 2001, 5:17 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International NZ has welcomed the New Zealand Government's willingness to take an active role in assessing the refugee claims of the Tampa asylum-seekers, but continues to condemn the Australian Government for refusing to accept its international ... More >>
Burundi: Preparing For Peace - One Year On
Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 9:28 am | Amnesty International
As Burundi prepares to start, on 1 November 2001, a period of transitional government and institutional reform, Amnesty International today, in an eight-page appeal, Burundi: Preparing for peace, highlighted measures which should be implemented now by the ... More >>
East Timor: Prioritise Justice And Human Rights
Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 12:42 am | Amnesty International
Ahead of Thursday's vote, Amnesty International is calling on all those who will be elected to East Timor's new Constituent Assembly to place justice and human rights at the forefront of the political agenda in East Timor. More >>
New president - new hope for human rights?
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:51 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today wrote to the President of Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, urging her to give high priority to the protection and promotion of human rights. More >>
Pakistan: Blasphemy Laws Should Be Abolished
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 10:28 am | Amnesty International
Following the court ruling in the case of Dr. Younus Sheikh, Amnesty International said it is appalled that yet another innocent person has been convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. More >>
Amnesty Spain: "Street children" have rights too
Friday, 17 August 2001, 6:34 pm | Amnesty International
In the run-up to the Third World Conference against Racism, Amnesty International called today for the full protection of the rights of undocumented foreign children found on Spanish territory in the North African Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. More >>
Malaysian Minister for Education draws protest
Friday, 17 August 2001, 5:25 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Malaysian Minister for Education, during his visit to NZ, to put a stop to the detention of Malaysian students for their participation in peaceful political activities. More >>
Time To Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders
Friday, 17 August 2001, 11:22 am | Amnesty International
The emergency court-issued reprieve granted to Napoleon Beazley less than four hours before his execution yesterday gives the United States the opportunity to step back and reflect upon the massive national and international condemnation that the planned ... More >>
Iraq: Stop The Torture
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 11:13 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International called on the Iraqi authorities to put an end to the systematic torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners and to introduce legislative and practical steps to improve the human rights situation in the country. More >>
Macedonia: Peace Depends On Respect
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
The Framework Agreement, signed Monday in Ohrid, represents the best opportunity to ensure greater respect for the human rights of all people in Macedonia by establishing the principle of non-discrimination and equal treatment of all under the law. It ... More >>
Amnesty - reprisal attacks banned under intl. law
Monday, 13 August 2001, 9:31 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty international condemned the bomb attack today against a Pizza restaurant in Jaffa Road in central Jerusalem which killed 11 people and wounded at least 70 others. The attack was said to have been carried out by a suicide bomber and has ... More >>
Auckland Traffic Is Not Torture - Candle Week
Sunday, 5 August 2001, 12:34 am | Amnesty International
Being beaten up in custody over hours, days or months because of who you are is. More >>
Radislav Krstic Found Guilty Of Genocide
Friday, 3 August 2001, 12:37 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes today’s verdict by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal) which finds General Radislav Krstic guilty of genocide committed after the fall of Srebrenica. He was sentenced to 46 years imprisonment, ... More >>
Israel Shows Reckless Disregard For Human Life
Thursday, 2 August 2001, 11:08 am | Amnesty International
By killing eight Palestinians in Nablus, Israel showed once again an utter disregard for human life in the Occupied Territories, Amnesty International said today. More >>
G8 Summit: AI Calls For Commission Of Inquiry
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 12:51 am | Amnesty International
In the light of continuing reports and allegations of human rights violations during the G8 policing operation in Genoa, the conduct of the Italian law enforcement and prison officers involved should be comprehensively investigated by an independent ... More >>
