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East Timor: Justice At Risk
Monday, 30 July 2001, 10:49 am | Amnesty International
With only months to go before the mandate of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) expires its job in East Timor is far from complete. Law and order is barely maintained; justice is not being administered effectively; and the ... More >>
AI Calls For Investigation & Review Of G8 Policing
Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 12:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International [AI] is very concerned by the circumstances in which -- during anti-globalization demonstrations in Genoa on 20 July -- a demonstrator was fatally shot by a 20- year-old law enforcement official performing his military service in ... More >>
Papua New Guinea: Investigate Police Killings
Thursday, 19 July 2001, 3:02 pm | Amnesty International
"I cannot permit the office of the coroner to be seen as scapegoat for police refusal to investigate its own killings" (Chief Magistrate George Manuhu) More >>
Call For International Action Against Israel
Thursday, 19 July 2001, 9:04 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International called today on the international community to act promptly to end the Israeli policy of closures in the West Bank and Gaza. More >>
Policing of the Group of Eight (G8) Summit
Wednesday, 18 July 2001, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
Policing of demonstrations during the Group of Eight (G8) Summit must respect human rights standards More >>
Indo-Pakistan Summit: Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights
Friday, 13 July 2001, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
Indo-Pakistan Summit: Plea To Put Human Rights In Jammu And Kashmir Firmly On The Agenda More >>
Iran: Stonings Should Stop
Thursday, 12 July 2001, 10:20 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International voiced its outrage today at the reported stoning to death of an Iranian woman at Evin prison in Tehran. More >>
Chile: Truth And Justice Must Not Be Hindered
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 2:56 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International regrets that -- after a very long wait for the Chilean judiciary to deliver a decision on the Caravan of death cases -- the Santiago Court of Appeals has decided to suspend all charges against Augusto Pinochet. More >>
Start of an Amnesty International research mission
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 9:03 am | Amnesty International
An Amnesty International delegation arrives today in Jerusalem at the start of a research mission in Israel and the Occupied Territories, including the areas under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. More >>
International Monitors A Must – Joint Statement
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 9:02 am | Amnesty International
(London and New York, July 6, 2001) ? Two leading independent human rights organizations today called for the urgent deployment of international observers to monitor Israeli and Palestinian human rights and humanitarian law violations. More >>
Urge President Portillo To End Impunity
Friday, 6 July 2001, 9:19 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expressed concern today at the grave and deteriorating human rights situation in Guatemala, in open letters to both US President George Bush and his Guatemalan counterpart, Alfonso Portillo, ahead of their scheduled meeting today, ... More >>
Israel’s State Assassination Policy Must Stop
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 12:15 am | Amnesty International
"The decision by Israel's security cabinet today to expand its targeting of Palestinians is a further dangerous step in its policy of state assassination," Amnesty International said. More >>
Amnesty Welcomes Milosevic's Transfer
Friday, 29 June 2001, 12:59 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed the announcement that former president Slobodan Milosevic has been transferred to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Tribunal). More >>
USA Must Obey International Court Decision
Thursday, 28 June 2001, 1:36 pm | Amnesty International
Today's ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the LaGrand Case means that the USA cannot continue ignoring its international obligations when applying the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Govt. Must Signal Concern At Increasing Repression
Monday, 25 June 2001, 7:11 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has urged the New Zealand Government to express concern about increasing human rights violations in Indonesia, during talks with visiting President Abdurrahman Wahid over the next two days. More >>
Japan: Executions - Continuing The Secret Practice
Friday, 22 June 2001, 9:58 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that the Japanese Government will carry out executions on or around 29 June 2001 when the parliament goes into recess, or before the Upper House elections scheduled for 29 July. The Japanese government has earlier carried ... More >>
Pasko -- Voice Of Conscience Must Not Be Silenced
Wednesday, 20 June 2001, 9:27 am | Amnesty International
As yet another date was set for resumption of the trial against Grigory Pasko, Amnesty International renewed its call for all charges against him to be dropped and for the journalist, environmental activist and human rights defender to be fully acquitted. More >>
Second Federal Execution In Eight Days
Wednesday, 20 June 2001, 9:26 am | Amnesty International
The US government has sacrificed fairness for finality, Amnesty International said today as the USA carried out its second federal execution in eight days. More >>
Two More Executions Due On Tuesday
Monday, 18 June 2001, 9:35 am | Amnesty International
Halting the two executions -- one federal, one state -- scheduled for next Tuesday would present an opportunity for the USA to begin to remedy the damage done to its international reputation, Amnesty International said today. More >>
First Federal Execution Since 1963 Retrograde Step
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 11:27 am | Amnesty International
By executing the first federal death row prisoner in nearly four decades, the USA has allowed vengeance to triumph over justice and distanced itself yet further from the aspirations of the international community, Amnesty International said today ... More >>
