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Indonesia: living in fear of violence in Aceh
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 1:31 pm | Amnesty International
"We are used to violence -- we have violence for breakfast" Ridwan*, who was 14-years old when his father was killed after being taken from his village by security forces in 1991. More >>
Malaysia: First executions in four years
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 1:30 pm | Amnesty International
Yesterday's executions of two men sentenced to death 12 years ago are a sad reminder that the right to life in Malaysia is still not fully respected, Amnesty International said today. It also goes against worldwide trends towards the abolition of the death ... More >>
Kosovo: Criminal justice system still on trial
Thursday, 23 November 2000, 1:29 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed concern about tomorrow's trial in Kosovo of Momcilo Trajkovic, a Kosovo Serb and former police station commander, and about the fate of Afrim Zeqiri, an ethnic Albanian accused of the murder of three Serbs, who ... More >>
Bahrain: Amnesty International's Concerns
Wednesday, 22 November 2000, 4:55 pm | Amnesty International
"While the human rights situation in Bahrain has improved in the last two years with the release of hundreds of political prisoners, the setting up of a human rights body within the Consultative Council and the ratification of the UN Convention against ... More >>
Guatemala: The Legacy Of The Disappeared
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 10:50 am | Amnesty International
On International Children's Day -- Monday 20 November -- Amnesty International is hosting the visit of Adriana Portillo, a Guatemalan mother, who is visiting Geneva to bring her case to the UN Committee against Torture. More >>
Israel/OT: Amnesty Sends Its Third Mission
Monday, 20 November 2000, 11:59 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International will send its third mission since the end of September to Israel and the Occupied Territories on 18 November. More >>
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Peace Without Justice
Monday, 20 November 2000, 11:58 am | Amnesty International
Nearly five years have passed since the Dayton Peace Agreement was signed, yet Bosnia-Herzegovina's governments and the international community have a long way to go before there is a just peace for people in the region, Amnesty International said today as the parties ... More >>
Vukovar War Crime Suspects Must Be Surrendered
Monday, 20 November 2000, 11:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on President Kostunica to arrest and transfer three indicted war crime suspects, Mile Mrksic, Veselin Sljivancanin and Miroslav Radic, to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia ... More >>
Release Of Political Prisoners In Syria
Friday, 17 November 2000, 3:02 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed the news reports that the Syrian Government has ordered the release of 600 political prisoners. More >>
Mexico: A Critical Time For Chiapas
Friday, 17 November 2000, 3:00 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on President Ernesto Zedillo and President-elect Vicente Fox to ensure that the imminent transfer of power in the state of Chiapas is free of political violence and human rights abuse. More >>
Clinton Urged To Grant Pardon To Leonard Peltier
Friday, 17 November 2000, 2:51 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is today calling on President Clinton to grant Leonard Peltier presidential pardon before leaving office. Leonard Peltier, a Native American Indian, has been in prison for 23 years for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation ... More >>
Texas set to execute mentally disabled man
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 1:20 pm | Amnesty International
Another chilling milestone in the ugly history of US judicial killing is looming, Amnesty International warned, as it released a letter sent to Governor George W. Bush yesterday. The letter calls on him to prevent the execution of a severely mentally ... More >>
Triumph Over Torture: Father Michael Lapsley
Thursday, 16 November 2000, 10:53 am | Amnesty International
Triumph Over Torture: Father Michael Lapsley To Give This Year's Michael Hirschfeld Memorial Address More >>
Amnesty Calls On Euro-Mediterranean Partners
Wednesday, 15 November 2000, 12:59 am | Amnesty International
On the eve of the Euro-Mediterranean meeting in Marseilles, Amnesty International calls upon the 27 EUROMED governments to acknowledge that durable peace and stability can only be achieved when the human rights of every man, woman and child living in ... More >>
Belarus: Crack Down On Young Protesters
Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 4:49 pm | Amnesty International
Belarus has marked the week it comes before the UN Committee against Torture as part of its four-yearly periodic review by imprisoning young people for speaking out. Police officers reportedly used considerable force to arrest around 100 young ... More >>
Pakistan Continues To Ignore Religious Violence
Tuesday, 14 November 2000, 4:48 pm | Amnesty International
Just 10 days after the murder of five members of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, another five Ahmadis, including two children, were murdered in their mosque in Sargodha district. More >>
Haiti: Government Must Act To Disband Armed Groups
Monday, 13 November 2000, 11:14 am | Amnesty International
The Haitian government must act on its words and ensure that armed groups linked to local authorities are disbanded, said Amnesty International delegates who took first-hand testimony from key witnesses to the recent shooting incident in Hinche ... More >>
Nepal: Campaign Against Torture
Monday, 13 November 2000, 11:09 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International's Secretary General, Pierre Sané today launched a campaign against torture in Nepal. He called upon the government, political parties, the police, the National Human Rights Commission and non-governmental organizations to work together ... More >>
Israel Arrests Often Followed By Police Beatings
Monday, 13 November 2000, 11:05 am | Amnesty International
"A culture of impunity around the Israeli police is resulting in police brutality, ill treatment, threats and beatings," according to a new report issued today by Amnesty International. More >>
Amnesty Fiji: Human Rights At Risk
Friday, 10 November 2000, 5:24 pm | Amnesty International
Fundamental human rights guaranteed in international law and Fiji military decrees issued after a coup in May appear to have been violated by military and prison authorities in Fiji; at least nine people were killed and 30 injured, and relatives have been ... More >>
