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Ukraine: Authorities must protect right to freedom
Thursday, 25 November 2004, 10:34 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today urged the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that the rights to freedom of expression and assembly and the principle of proportionality of force is respected by law enforcement officers at all times and that demonstrators are ... More >>
Violence against women fuels spread of HIV/Aids
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 2:08 pm | Amnesty International
Significantly more young women than men are now being infected by HIV/Aids as violence against women and girls fuel the spread of the virus. HIV/Aids is a human rights catastrophe which increasingly affects women, said Amnesty International in the report ... More >>
Violence against women fuels spread of HIV/Aids
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 1:35 pm | Amnesty International
Significantly more young women than men are now being infected by HIV/Aids as violence against women and girls fuel the spread of the virus. HIV/Aids is a human rights catastrophe which increasingly affects women, said Amnesty International in the report ... More >>
Sri Lanka: reactivation of death penalty
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:06 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned at the recent announcement that the death penalty will be reactivated in Sri Lanka. More >>
Bahrain: Release of Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja Welcomed
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:04 am | Amnesty International
On 21 November human rights activist 'Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja was given a one-year prison sentence on charges which included "inciting hatred" and accusing the authorities of corruption, under provisions prescribed by the 1976 Penal Code. ... More >>
Indonesia: Death threat to campaigner's family
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 10:49 am | Amnesty International
The family of the deceased human rights campaigner Munir must be protected, said Amnesty International after his wife received a death threat at their family home. More >>
Brazil: Violence again unleashed over land
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
An attack on an MST (Landless Rural Workers' Movement) campsite in Minas, Gerais state, on Saturday left five people dead and many more injured. Reports state that the attack was carried out by a large group of gunmen who wore hoods to protect their ... More >>
Burundi: Imminent resumption of executions
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the National Assembly of Burundi to reject draft legislation which was adopted by the Council of Ministers on 16 November 2004. The bill, presented as a response to rising violent crime, will reportedly be submitted ... More >>
Rwanda: Government Must Honour Press Freedom
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 9:05 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is urging the Government of Rwanda to do its utmost to foster the independence of the press and to refrain from interfering in judicial decisions by using the law to repress journalistic activities. More >>
Amnesty's Global Round Up Latest Human Rights News
Monday, 22 November 2004, 2:09 pm | Amnesty International
The helicopter pilots deliberately and indiscriminately attacked the informal internally displaced persons' settlement knowing very well that there were innocent civilians. African Union Commission Ceasefire Violation report on the attack in Hashaba and ... More >>
Myanmar: Prisoners of conscience freed
Monday, 22 November 2004, 9:21 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the release from prison today of at least 20 political prisoners in Myanmar. The Burmese authorities announced yesterday that they would release 3,937 prisoners, after finding that "improper deeds" were used ... More >>
Sudan: Briefing for the UN Security Council
Monday, 22 November 2004, 9:20 am | Amnesty International
This year has already seen two resolutions from the Security Council threatening action. Armed conflict is spreading in Darfur and the Council must at a minimum impose an arms embargo as a signal that it can not accept a deteriorating situation. More >>
Ecuador: Police courts permit impunity
Friday, 19 November 2004, 8:47 am | Amnesty International
"I’m in the courtyard of the Judicial Police [Policia Judicial] inside a red car, come here and go right to the back, they’re going to kill me". These were the last words that Jhonny Gómez Balda managed to say to his wife. More >>
Brazil: The world has not forgotten
Friday, 19 November 2004, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
Though it is eight years since the cold blooded massacre of 19 MST activists in Eldorado dos Carajás, in the state of Pará, the world continues to be baffled as to how nobody has yet been imprisoned for these crimes. The latest appeal hearings, ... More >>
Arms trade fuelling human rights abuse in Darfur
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 5:01 pm | Amnesty International
The helicopter pilots deliberately and indiscriminately attacked the informal internally displaced persons' settlement knowing very well that there were innocent civilians. African Union Commission Ceasefire Violation report on the attack in Hashaba and ... More >>
Child Soldiers: Governments Failing Generations
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 9:40 am | Amnesty International
Child Soldiers: Governments failing generations of children New global report finds child soldiers in over 20 conflicts worldwide More >>
Uganda: Cannot Prevent ICC Investigations
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned about reported statements by government officials suggesting that crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Northern Uganda would be addressed in traditional reconciliation procedures, rather than in fair ... More >>
Ukraine: Arrested for requesting election results
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 8:44 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that the authorities in Ukraine continue to arrest people who exercise their right to peacefully protest, following the sentencing of six people in the town of Sumy for demanding to know the results of presidential ... More >>
Iraq: Urgent action needed to prevent war crimes
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 8:44 am | Amnesty International
Recent reports from Falluja raise serious concerns that grave violations of the laws of war protecting both civilians and combatants who are no longer taking part in hostilities (hors de combat) are taking place. According to the US television ... More >>
Turkey: moves against torturers killers inadequate
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 8:43 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned by recent developments in the trials of police officers charged in connection with the torture, and subsequent death in custody, of trade unionist Suleyman Yeter. While the Turkish government has declared a policy ... More >>
