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Amnesty International Mission to Algeria Begins
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:09 am | Amnesty International
A delegation from Amnesty International will be visiting Algeria from 6 May to 28 May. Two members of the delegation will arrive on 6 May and, during the first two weeks of the mission, plan to conduct meetings with non-governmenal organizations, ... More >>
India: AI calls for repeal of Armed Forces Act
Friday, 6 May 2005, 10:58 am | Amnesty International
Today Amnesty International wrote to a committee convened by the government of India to review the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFPSA) to recommend that the government of India repeal this Act and to ensure that any future legislation complies fully ... More >>
Nepal: Rights must be restored
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 12:32 am | Amnesty International
(London, 3 May 2005) Following the lifting of the State of Emergency in Nepal by King Gyanendra, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI), and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) call for the restoration of all fundamental rights formally ... More >>
Europe and Asia: Human rights activists harassed
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 10:28 am | Amnesty International
"Everyone has the right, individually and in association with others, to promote and to strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels." - UN Declaration on Human ... More >>
Ethiopia: Human rights should be election agenda
Monday, 2 May 2005, 9:41 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for the 15 May 2005 elections to be a new start for respect and protection of human rights in Ethiopia More >>
Abuses Without Accountability Yr. After Abu Ghraib
Friday, 29 April 2005, 11:29 am | Amnesty International
One year after the Abu Ghraib photographs shocked the world, those tortured by US soldiers have still to receive redress and evidence of abuse of Iraqis by their own authorities continues. More >>
Tunisia: Trial Of Lawyer Raises Concerns
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 5:04 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Tunisian lawyer and human rights defender Mohammed Abbou, on the eve of a court hearing on Thursday, 28 April. More >>
Turkey: Justice denied to tortured teenage girls
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 2:04 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called for Turkey's Court of Appeal to urgently re-examine the case of four police officers acquitted of the torture and rape of two teenage girls after a massively delayed and grossly inadequate investigation and trial. More >>
Afghanistan: Stoning to death scandal
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 11:16 am | Amnesty International
Discrimination against women in Afghanistan will continue to have grave consequences until the government takes concrete steps to end it, said Amnesty International following the killing by stoning of a 29 year-old woman accused of adultery. More >>
Colombia: impunity for human rights abusers
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 11:14 am | Amnesty International
If the Justice and Peace Bill is approved, victims of human rights abuses and their relatives may never know the truth about the crimes committed against them or see the perpetrators of these abuses brought to justice, Amnesty International said today ... More >>
Nepal: Human rights abuses escalate
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:39 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed serious concern at the growing catalogue of human rights abuses committed by the Nepali security forces and Maoist rebels since King Gyanendra declared a state of emergency on 1 February 2005. More >>
Colombia: Amnesty International condemns attacks
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:38 am | Amnesty International
"From the school we could see how little by little they were destroying our small town." Testimony given by Leader of the indigenous peace community of Toribió More >>
Turkey: Protecting the torturers?
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:37 am | Amnesty International
A trial of police officers in Turkey accused of the torture and rape of two teenagers is to resume on Friday 22 April. The two young women have still not received justice six years after the judicial process first began. Amnesty International has serious ... More >>
Ecuador: Respect for human rights
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:35 am | Amnesty International
President Alfredo Palacios must take this historic opportunity to place human rights very firmly at the top of the country’s political agenda, and demonstrate that the government is truly committed to tackle the deep political crisis the country is ... More >>
Lebanon: Stop attacks on Syrian workers
Friday, 22 April 2005, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is very concerned at reports that tens of Syrian workers have been killed and scores of others beaten, shot, threatened or robbed in Lebanon since the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri on 14 February ... More >>
South Korea: Death penalty abolition
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:14 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee (LJC) in the 17th National Assembly to pass the Special Bill on Abolishing the Death Penalty (Special Bill) which calls for the abolition of the death penalty in the Republic ... More >>
Guatemala: Government must improve human rights
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
The Guatemalan authorities must take concrete steps to end impunity and improve respect for human rights in the country, said Amnesty International today. More >>
Call for end to violence in Khuzestan
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 10:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is today urging Iran's security forces to exercise restraint in its policing of demonstrations in the province of Khuzestan in order to bring a peaceful end to the disturbances which have left at least 31 dead, hundreds reportedly ... More >>
Israel: Restrictions Imposed On Mordechai Vanunu
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:37 am | Amnesty International
Israel: Amnesty International condemns renewal of restrictions imposed on Mordechai Vanunu, calls for restrictions to be lifted More >>
Kuwait: Time to release remaining 1991 prisoners
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today reiterates its request to the government of Kuwait for clarification regarding the total number and identities of those still arbitrarily detained following the 1991 Martial Law Court and State Security Court trials. More >>
