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Jeddah Armed group condemned for civilian killings
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International unreservedly condemns the killings and hostage taking carried out by an armed group following its attack on the US Consulate in Jeddah on 6 December 2004. More >>
Myanmar Urged To Release Political Prisoners
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today issued a document detailing hundreds of the more than 1,350 political prisoners in Myanmar. It provides details of individuals imprisoned solely for their peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of association, expression ... More >>
China: More activists stand up for human rights
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 8:51 am | Amnesty International
As Chinese and EU leaders meet in the Hague this week, Amnesty International is releasing a report (full report online at http://amnesty-news.c.topica.com/maacWdyabch41bb0hPub/ ) examining the growing numbers of human rights activists in China, and the great ... More >>
Europe: Human Rights of Trafficked Persons
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
Council of Europe: One more chance to enhance the protection of human rights of trafficked persons More >>
Cambodia unionist's murder shows up judicial flaws
Monday, 6 December 2004, 8:28 am | Amnesty International
Next week Cambodia's donors will once again meet to decide on the international aid budget to the country. Part of this funding will be for the judicial sector. The Cambodian authorities have not been able to meet even one of the benchmarks set ... More >>
Amnesty's Global Round-Up Latest Human Rights News
Monday, 6 December 2004, 12:01 am | Amnesty International
USA: Freedom to dissent denied: According to the administration of the United States, "moral clarity" was central to the reasons for going to war with Iraq. Saddam Hussein's regime was bad and had to be changed - it was the right thing to do. Tony Blair echoed ... More >>
Equatorial Guinea Alleged Coup PlotterTrial Flawed
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:24 am | Amnesty International
Eleven foreign nationals and nine Equatorial Guineans were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and hefty fines in Equatorial Guinea after a grossly unfair trial ending on 26 November 2004. They were convicted of (an attempt to commit) crimes against ... More >>
Somaliland: Amnesty concerned about girl’s trial
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:23 am | Amnesty International
Somaliland: Amnesty International concerned about 16-year old girl’s trial and rape allegations, and summary imprisonment of her defence lawyers More >>
Sudan: No peace without justice
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:21 am | Amnesty International
I reported the murder of my brother to the police but they told me to go and see the armed forces. So I went to the Security who told me to report to the armed forces. Both asked me to pay and I paid in total 35 million [Sudanese pounds]. Then, after ... More >>
Bolivia: Justice is the only way out of the crisis
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 9:29 am | Amnesty International
"I can’t go on any more; for me, there is no justice" Vicenta de Colque, mother of Ana Colque, a nurse who died of gunshot wounds in La Paz, Bolivia, on 13 February. More >>
Amnesty Urges USA/Canada To Suspend Taser Gun Use
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 9:28 am | Amnesty International
More than 70 people in the USA and Canada have died since 2001, after being electro-shocked with taser guns. While coroners have generally attributed cause of death to factors such as drug intoxication, in at least five cases they have found the taser played ... More >>
Wave Of Racist Violence Sweeps Corsica (France)
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 10:10 am | Amnesty International
Corsica (France): Perpetrators of new wave of racist violence must be brought promptly to justice More >>
India: Bhopal - human rights in toxic shock
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 10:09 am | Amnesty International
Twenty years on the Bhopal plant continues to ruin the lives of the surrounding communities. More >>
UK Urged Not To Use 'Evidence' Obtained By Torture
Monday, 29 November 2004, 10:05 am | Amnesty International
The United Kingdom Government should make a formal undertaking that it will not rely on, or present "evidence" obtained through torture in any proceedings, the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) recommended today. More >>
Jamaica Protecting right to defend human rights
Monday, 29 November 2004, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
The Government of Jamaica should publicly reiterate its commitment to protecting and promoting the legitimate work of human rights defenders in Jamaica, said Amnesty International today, following a call by a member of Jamaica's Police Federation ... More >>
Amnesty Global Round-Up: Latest Human Rights News
Monday, 29 November 2004, 12:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International Welcomes Supreme Court Zaoui Decision Amnesty International has welcomed the Supreme Court's conclusion that further delays in deciding whether Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui should be transferred from prison or granted bail would ... More >>
Amnesty Welcomes Supreme Court Zaoui Decision
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 3:15 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has welcomed the Supreme Court’s conclusion that further delays in deciding whether Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui should be transferred from prison or granted bail would be “oppressive”. “Amnesty International has been calling for ... More >>
Amnesty Urges EU To Address Chechnya Rights
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:39 am | Amnesty International
EU-Russia Summit: Amnesty International calls on EU to address growing persecution of human rights defenders in Chechnya More >>
Violence against women fuels spread of HIV/Aids
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:37 am | Amnesty International
Significantly more young women than men are now being infected by HIV/Aids as violence against women and girls fuels the spread of the virus. HIV/Aids is a human rights catastrophe which increasingly affects women, said Amnesty International in the report ... More >>
Mexico: Violence against indigenous women
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:36 am | Amnesty International
(Mexico City) 22 March 2002. Community of Barranca Tecuani, Guerrero, México. A 27-year-old Tlapaneca indigenous woman was in her kitchen with her children when three soldiers came into her home and interrogated her about some food outside on ... More >>
