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UK must act immediately on Law Lords ruling
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is relieved at today's ruling of a panel Law Lords that legislation, adopted in the United Kingdom (UK) in the aftermath of the attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001, was in breach of the human rights of the people detained under ... More >>
Laos: 2 prisoners freed after 14 years
Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:50 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is delighted by the safe arrival in France today of two Lao former prisoners of conscience, Feng Sakchittaphong and Latsami Khamphoui. The pair were released from prison in October this year having served a 14-year sentence for ... More >>
Time running out for 2million affected in Darfur
Friday, 17 December 2004, 9:13 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for the rapid implementation of the enhanced African Union Mission in Darfur (AMIS). The mission's speedy deployment throughout Darfur will enable it to act more effectively in fulfilling its mandate to protect civilians ... More >>
UK: Three years too late for internees
Friday, 17 December 2004, 9:12 am | Amnesty International
Today, a panel of nine Law Lords ruled that the legislation, adopted in the United Kingdom (UK) in the aftermath of the attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001, was unlawful. A number of people have been detained for nearly three years under this ... More >>
Albania: 17 Year Old Killed While Detained
Friday, 17 December 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
The Albanian authorities must establish how a 17-year-old received fatal injuries while in pre-trial detention and bring to justice those responsible for his death. Amnesty International today expressed its grave concern at the failure of the Albanian ... More >>
Liberia: Thousands Raped - No One Prosecuted
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 10:29 am | Amnesty International
I was pregnant and running away from the camp near St. Paul bridge. Three government soldiers caught me and raped me. They beat me and my unborn baby died. All my belongings were stolen. Testimony given to Amnesty International by a 29-year-old woman from ... More >>
Morocco/Western Sahara AI Welcomes Public Hearings
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 10:28 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the opening tomorrow of hearings intended to give victims and relatives of victims the opportunity to present, for the first time before the Moroccan public, testimonies of "disappearance" and arbitrary detention. The ... More >>
Croatia: Impunity for War Crimes Must End
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 12:49 am | Amnesty International
Almost ten years after the end of the 1991-1995 armed conflict in Croatia, the Croatian authorities have failed to address fully war-related human rights violations and to bring those responsible to justice. There continues to be widespread impunity ... More >>
Greece: Petromelidis's Promethean trials
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 12:49 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expresses serious concern about the continuing prosecutions in Greece against the conscientious objector Lazaros Petromelidis. He is facing trial again on 16 December on 2 insubordination charges in the Naval Court of Piraeus. More >>
Stop violence against women - It's in our hands!
Monday, 13 December 2004, 5:32 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes an Inaugural Human Rights Parliamentary Dinner in the Grand Hall of the Parliament Buildings on Tuesday 14 December which will highlight the issue of violence against women. More >>
Stop violence against women - It's in our hands!
Monday, 13 December 2004, 5:32 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes an Inaugural Human Rights Parliamentary Dinner in the Grand Hall of the Parliament Buildings on Tuesday 14 December which will highlight the issue of violence against women. More >>
Amnesty Seeks Inquiry Carmichael Detention Centre
Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:48 am | Amnesty International
The Bahamas: Amnesty International calls for a commission of inquiry into conditions at the Carmichael Detention Centre More >>
West Africa: Senegal abolishes the death penalty
Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:47 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the adoption today by the Senegalese Parliament of the bill abolishing the death penalty. Senegal becomes the fourth member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to outlaw recourse to capital ... More >>
Zimbabwe: NGO Act an outrageous attack on rights
Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is outraged at the enactment, yesterday, of a new law, which bans foreign human rights organizations from working in Zimbabwe and could be used to close down local human rights groups. More >>
Brazil: The endless wait for justice
Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:42 am | Amnesty International
The trial of the four military police officers accused of murdering Josenildo João de Freitas Junior in Caruaru in 1999, which was set to be heard in Recife on 16 November, has been postponed for the second time. More >>
Amnesty’s Global Round-Up: Human Rights News
Monday, 13 December 2004, 10:25 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the NZ Supreme Court this afternoon to grant bail to Algerian refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, and urged the Government to move to restore the credibility of its stated commitment to "create and sustain a ... More >>
Pakistan: Death penalty for juveniles reintroduced
Friday, 10 December 2004, 12:17 am | Amnesty International
The recent decision by the Lahore High Court that the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO) be revoked so that children can once again be sentenced to death, is a retrograde step which flies in the face of the worldwide movement towards the abolition of the ... More >>
Zaoui Decision: Security Based On Human Rights
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 4:39 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the NZ Supreme Court this afternoon to grant bail to Algerian refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, and urged the Government to move to restore the credibility of its stated commitment to “create and sustain a world-leading ... More >>
Women's lives & bodies unrecognized war casualties
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 8:58 am | Amnesty International
Women and girls bear the brunt of armed conflicts fought today both as direct targets and as unrecognized "collateral damage". Lives Blown Apart - a new report in Amnesty International's campaign, Stop Violence Against Women, calls for global ... More >>
Syria: End persecution of human rights defenders
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 8:44 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is urging the Syrian authorities to cease the on-going harassment, arrests, unfair trials, imprisonment and prevention from travelling of human rights defenders and human rights activists. More >>
