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Amnesty Calls On Kyrgyzstan To Observe Int. Law
Monday, 27 June 2005, 10:53 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the authorities of Kyrgyzstan not to forcibly return to Uzbekistan 29 people who are seeking international protection in the country. More >>
Zimbabwe: it’s definitely not cricket
Friday, 24 June 2005, 5:37 pm | Amnesty International
A decision to play cricket must not prevent protest about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Zimbabwe: Unprecendented call for UN and AU action
Friday, 24 June 2005, 10:32 am | Amnesty International
As the human rights situation in Zimbabwe steadily deteriorates, with more than 300,000 now evicted from their homes by the government and a UN Special Envoy appointed to investigate the destruction and evictions, a coalition of more than 200 African and ... More >>
Morocco: Justice must begin with torture inquiries
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 1:50 pm | Amnesty International
With trials of Sahrawi demonstrators beginning this week in Laayoune, Amnesty International today called on the Moroccan government to ensure that all reports of torture and ill-treatment of detainees held in connection with recent disturbances in Western ... More >>
G8 arms exports fuel poverty, human rights abuse
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 1:46 pm | Amnesty International
News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International AI Index: POL 30/016/2005 (Public) More >>
USA: Reaction to plans to expand Guantánamo camp
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:04 pm | Amnesty International
Following a week of mixed signals from the US Administration about the future of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Amnesty International said that the Administration's announcement that it is to expand the prison is the wrong decision and will fuel ... More >>
Myanmar: Arrests of political activists increase
Friday, 17 June 2005, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
Myanmar: Arrests of political activists increase as Aung San Suu Kyi turns 60 under house arrest More >>
Libya: Amnesty concerned by death of journalist
Friday, 17 June 2005, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the Libyan government to provide details of the official inquiry that it says is being held into the murder of Dhaif al-Ghazzal, whose mutilated body was found on 2 June 2005 in a suburb of Benghazi. His hands ... More >>
Iran: Jailed Dissidents Denied Medical Care
Friday, 17 June 2005, 9:51 am | Amnesty International
Human Rights Groups Protest Ill-Treatment of Rights Defenders, Journalists - Human Rights Watch - Amnesty International - The International Federation for Human Rights - Reporters without Borders - Nobel Peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi More >>
Nepal: Human rights crisis fuelled by arms exports
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 8:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today revealed how irresponsible military aid and arms supplies to Nepal from countries including the United States, India and the United Kingdom, have facilitated the killing, torture and abduction or "disappearance" ... More >>
Belarus Clamps Down On Freedom Of Expression
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 8:55 am | Amnesty International
The clampdown on all forms of opposition to the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus continues. In a blatant violation of their right to freedom of expression three more opposition politicians have been imprisoned to punish them for organizing ... More >>
Palestine Executes 4 - Amnesty Calls For End
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:23 am | Amnesty International
Palestinian Authority: Amnesty International calls for halt to death penalty as four executed in Gaza More >>
Burundi: 8000 asylum seekers facing expulsion
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:21 am | Amnesty International
As thousands of Rwandese asylum-seekers are being forcibly expelled from Burundi, Amnesty International said today that their forcible return is in complete contravention of international refugee and human rights law. More >>
Sudan Court for crimes in Darfur lacks credibility
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:20 am | Amnesty International
Tomorrow's opening of a special court set up by the Sudanese Government to try alleged Darfur war criminals is "doomed to failure," Amnesty International said today, unless the country undergoes serious legal reforms ensuring independence of ... More >>
Thailand: Exploitation Of Migrant Workers Exposed
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:27 am | Amnesty International
Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are routinely paid well below the Thai minimum wage, work long hours in unhealthy conditions and are at risk of arbitrary arrest and deportation, said Amnesty International today in a new report. More >>
Egypt: Intimidation And Assault On Journalists
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expresses its support for the Egyptian NGO community in its continued call for freedom of expression and respect for human rights and the rule of law in Egypt, and calls on the authorities to investigate the recent allegations ... More >>
Trial Of Alleged “Mercenary Coup Plotters” Unfair
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 10:32 am | Amnesty International
The arrest, trial and detention of the alleged “mercenaries” accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea last year was rife with human rights violations, Amnesty International said today as it released a new report, Equatorial Guinea – A trial ... More >>
Sudanese govt. must support ICC investigation
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 10:31 am | Amnesty International
As the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it will begin investigations of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur, Amnesty International said today that the ICC investigation must take priority over ... More >>
ICT for former Yugoslavia: Don't close the doors
Wednesday, 8 June 2005, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
There cannot be reconciliation and sustainable peace in former Yugoslavia without justice for the victims of the wars in the 1990s, Amnesty International said today. The organization calls on the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the International ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Thousands of forced evictions, arrests
Friday, 3 June 2005, 10:13 am | Amnesty International
I arrived, I wept. They were all outside of their broken houses...children screaming, sick people in agony. - Eyewitness account of the scene following one mass eviction in Zimbabwe More >>
