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Kurdish girls raped and sexually abused in custody
Sunday, 21 November 1999, 3:38 pm | Amnesty International
"A police officer asked me to 'take off my trousers and socks.' I again was scared and obeyed. I was standing. A police officer in uniform asked me to 'bend.' Afterwards he inserted something into my anus. It was something long and serrated. ... More >>
Amnesty Egypt: Concern over arrest and detention
Monday, 1 November 1999, 8:59 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has written to the Egyptian government to express its concern over the arrest and detention, earlier this month, of 20 Egyptian professionals for their alleged affiliation with the banned Muslim Brothers organization. More >>
Amnesty: 100 executed -- time to stop the killing
Monday, 1 November 1999, 8:57 am | Amnesty International
Wednesday's executions in Saudi Arabia bring the total number of people put to death by the state this year to 100, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Pinochet case: Amnesty is studying the appeal
Sunday, 24 October 1999, 2:46 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has no information as to what the "habeas corpus" says. It was filed today by the lawyers of Augusto Pinochet as an appeal against a British magistrate’s decision to allow his extradition to Spain on torture charges. More >>
Report on torture and ill-treatment of Falun Gong
Sunday, 24 October 1999, 2:45 pm | Amnesty International
Numerous reports of torture and ill-treatment of followers of the Falun Gong, banned by the Chinese authorities in July 1999, continue to be received by Amnesty International. More >>
Amnesty: Open Letter to President Wahid
Sunday, 24 October 1999, 2:43 pm | Amnesty International
I am writing to you as the Secretary General of Amnesty International -- the largest human rights organization in the world -- on the occasion of your election as President of Indonesia. Having just elected a new government and president, the Indonesian ... More >>
Amnesty: President Wahid -- a chance to break with
Sunday, 24 October 1999, 10:45 am | Amnesty International
The new Indonesian government must recognize the importance of human rights to Indonesia's political, economic and social development, Amnesty International said today in an Open Letter to the new President of Indonesia. More >>
Stop fuelling human rights abuses in Africa
Wednesday, 20 October 1999, 8:47 am | Amnesty International
On 18th October 1999, Amnesty International will launch a worldwide week of membership action pressing governments to halt those transfers of arms, security equipment, personnel and training likely to fuel human rights abuses in Africa. More >>
Pinochet case: "One law for one world"
Sunday, 10 October 1999, 4:47 pm | Amnesty International
Magistrate Ronald Bartle's words when delivering his decision on Pinochet's extradition to Spain say it all, Amnesty International said: "There will be one law for one world". More >>
Amnesty on legal proceedings against Iraqi
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 8:05 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty Internationals position concerning possible legal proceedings against a high ranking Iraqi official in Austria. More >>
Indonesia/East Timor: More threats, more violence
Monday, 9 August 1999, 12:29 am | Amnesty International
Three separate attacks by pro-integration militia groups during East Timor's final two days of voter registration make a mockery of Indonesia's assurances to improve security in the territory, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Geneva Convention :An Abdication Of Responsibility
Saturday, 17 July 1999, 2:57 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is appalled by a 10 minute meeting of High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, convened today in Geneva, which failed to consider enforcement measures to ensure that Israel respect its obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention. More >>
Return to Kosovo: not a solution for all
Wednesday, 30 June 1999, 12:48 am | Amnesty International
"No one knows that I am here. I am too old to go anywhere else, it was very difficult for me to travel here and to come to the border. I just want God to take me." (A 92-year-old refugee in a camp in Macedonia) More >>
Amnesty: Lifting Of Martial Law In Yugoslavia
Thursday, 24 June 1999, 5:38 pm | Amnesty International
PRISTINA -- Citizens rights have been severely curtailed by restrictions decreed under the state of war which effectively stifled dissenting voices in the country, Amnesty International said, as the Yugoslav federal parliament prepares to vote tomorrow ... More >>
High Level Of Human Rights Abuses Threaten Ballot
Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 6:49 am | Amnesty International
With just seven weeks to go before the UN conducts a ballot on East Timor's future, an atmosphere of fear and insecurity persists in the disputed territory, Amnesty International delegates returning from a research visit said today at the launch ... More >>
