Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Amnesty International for InfoPages here.
Amnesty International - Latest News [Page 67]
Human Beings Trafficking Laws Must Be Strengthened
Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 9:30 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International and Anti-Slavery International are among 70 NGOs from Europe and beyond who are calling on the 45 Council of Europe Member states to enhance the protection of the human rights of trafficked persons. The call comes as the Ad Hoc ... More >>
UK: An inquiry into Finucane - but what kind?
Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
Today, the UK authorities have finally announced that an inquiry into the 1989 killing of Patrick Finucane in Northern Ireland will be established. However, instead of announcing a public judicial inquiry under the Tribunal of Inquiry (Evidence) Act ... More >>
Amnesty Int’s Global Round-Up: Latest Human Rights
Monday, 27 September 2004, 10:35 am | Amnesty International
The UK authorities have finally announced that an inquiry into the 1989 killing of Patrick Finucane in Northern Ireland will be established. However, instead of announcing a public judicial inquiry under the Tribunal of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921, the ... More >>
Syria Signs to UN Convention Against Torture
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes Syria's accession to the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) as a significant step forward for the promotion and protection of human rights in Syria. More >>
Zimbabwe !0 dead following police tear gas misuse
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:10 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for a full and independent inquiry into the deaths of at least ten people, since 2 September 2004, at Porta Farm, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare. More >>
Iraq Hostage-taking & killing must end immediately
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 9:42 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns the beheading of two American hostages and appeals for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. More >>
Amnesty To Intervene in Charles Taylor's Asylum
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 9:40 am | Amnesty International
Nigeria: Amnesty International seeks to intervene in case reviewing asylum granted to former Liberian President Charles Taylor More >>
Greece: Soldier Monastiriotis Must Be Released
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
On 13 September 2004 conscientious objector Giorgos Monastiriotis, 24, was arrested and brought directly to the Naval Court of Piraeus for trial. He was sentenced on the same day to three years and four months imprisonment for desertion, and was taken ... More >>
Sudan: Distress denial disappointment in Darfur
Wednesday, 22 September 2004, 9:35 am | Amnesty International
The picture in Darfur is one of distress, denial and disappointment. Distress of people whose lives and livelihood have been destroyed, denial of responsibility by the Sudanese government and disappointment at the slow progress to resolve this crisis, ... More >>
Amnesty International’s Global Round-Up
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:59 am | Amnesty International
Far from vindicating the Government's position on the imprisonment of Algerian refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, today's Court of Appeal decision finding that his imprisonment is legal emphasizes the duty of the Government to ensure he receives a fair hearing of the ... More >>
Anti-death penalty activists speak out
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 8:41 am | Amnesty International
"From the day we learned that the police were looking for Iskandar, the life of our whole family was turned upside down." Dilobar Khudoberganova, whose brother Iskandar Khudoberganov is on death row. More >>
NZ Govt Wins On Zaoui – But Where Is The Justice
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 12:02 am | Amnesty International
Far from vindicating the Government's position on the imprisonment of Algerian refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, today's Court of Appeal decision finding that his imprisonment is legal emphasizes the duty of the Government to ensure he receives a fair hearing of the ... More >>
Iraq: Urgent inquiry needed into civilian killings
Monday, 20 September 2004, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling for an inquiry into recent attacks in which civilians were killed in Iraq in circumstances which may have violated international law. More >>
Indonesia: Editor's jail sentence threatens press
Monday, 20 September 2004, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
Handing down a jail sentence for a libel case has serious implications for press freedom in Indonesia, said Natalie Hill, deputy Asia director at Amnesty International, commenting on the jail sentence imposed on the chief editor of leading news magazine, ... More >>
Where Is The Justice?
Friday, 17 September 2004, 6:03 pm | Amnesty International
Far from vindicating the Government's position on the imprisonment of Algerian refugee, Ahmed Zaoui, today?s Court of Appeal decision finding that his imprisonment is legal emphasizes the duty of the Government to ensure he receives a fair hearing of the ... More >>
UK Public inquiry into Finucane killing must occur
Friday, 17 September 2004, 8:39 am | Amnesty International
Joint Statement from Amnesty International, British Irish Rights Watch, the Committee on the Administration of Justice and Human Rights First More >>
World: Child executions on the way out
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 9:12 am | Amnesty International
The US Supreme Court has the opportunity to consign the execution of child offenders to history and bring the USA into line with the vast majority of countries that have already done so, said Amnesty International today as it published a new report on ... More >>
Laos: Atrocities Against Children Are War Crimes
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 8:41 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is horrified by recent reports, including video evidence and witness testimony, of an attack by Lao soldiers against a group of five children, four of them girls, in the Xaisomboune military zone on 19 May 2004. More >>
Amnesty International’s Global Round-Up
Monday, 13 September 2004, 10:11 am | Amnesty International
International protection for indigenous peoples' human rights long overdue - Chile: The terrible legacy of Augusto Pinochet - Sudan: Amnesty International's Secretary General starts visit - Indonesia: Amnesty International condemns Jakarta bomb attack... More >>
Belarus: Imprisoned for publishing a poem
Monday, 13 September 2004, 8:18 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the conviction on 7 September of two opposition activists for publicly insulting President Lukashenka in a satirical leaflet. More >>
