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Cambodia: Opposition party activists under threat
Friday, 30 July 2004, 9:50 am | Amnesty International
(New York and London, July 28, 2004) - Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, is trying to silence his political opponents by accusing them of forming an illegal rebel force, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. Following the allegations, ... More >>
Somalia Urgent Human Rights Message To Peace Talks
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 8:39 am | Amnesty International
As the Somali National Reconciliation Conference in Mbagathi, Nairobi draws nearer to establishing a Transitional Federal Government after 13 years of unique state collapse and horrific factional violence, Amnesty International is calling for human ... More >>
Colombia: Bishop must be released immediately
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
Kidnapping and hostage-taking are flagrant breaches of international humanitarian law, said Amnesty International as the Bishop of Yopal was kidnapped this weekend in Morcote, on the border of Boyacá and Casanare departments. More >>
Portugal: Prison officers beat inmate
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
Albino Libanio was beaten while detained in Lisbon Prison. He suffered multiple injuries and was unable to walk steadily. He received no medical assistance following the attack by prison officers. In its latest report Portugal: Attack on a prisoner ... More >>
Syria: Imprisonment of internet users a violation
Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 9:08 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of three Syrians sentenced to prison terms of up to four years for their legitimate use of the internet. More >>
Appeals Will Launch 'Stop Violence Against Women'
Monday, 26 July 2004, 4:26 pm | Amnesty International
Kavira Muraulu is a farmer in her fifties who lives near a military camp in Mangangu, near the town of Beni, North-Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On the night of 16 May 2003, a soldier broke into Kavira's home and raped ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Human rights groups must not be banned
Monday, 26 July 2004, 10:18 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed grave concern at reports that the Zimbabwe government plans to ban international human rights groups as well as the foreign funding of local organizations promoting rights in the country. More >>
Thailand: Rights must be central to govt actions
Friday, 23 July 2004, 4:56 pm | Amnesty International
At the end of her visit to Thailand, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan, acknowledged progress on human rights in the country over the past decade but also pointed to major deficiencies that must be addressed urgently. More >>
Israel: Knesset's discriminatory law unacceptable
Friday, 23 July 2004, 4:55 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the extension by the Israeli Knesset of a law (Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law) which denies thousands of Israeli Arab citizens the right to live as a family. More >>
Syria: Release Of 5 Prisoners Of Conscience Urged
Friday, 23 July 2004, 4:53 pm | Amnesty International
Syria: Amnesty International repeats its call for the immediate release of five prisoners of conscience and for the dropping of all charges against them More >>
Iran: Trial of Mohammad Reza Aghdam
Monday, 19 July 2004, 11:37 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has delegated the Syrian lawyer and human rights defender, Khalil Matouk to observe the trial of Mohammad Reza Aghdam. More >>
Viet Nam: Another elderly dissident to trial
Monday, 19 July 2004, 11:31 am | Amnesty International
Yet another elderly dissident, an Amnesty International member, is to be brought to trial next week in Ho Chi Minh City. Dr Nguyen Dan Que, 62, a distinguished doctor, former hospital director and long-standing human rights activist, will be tried on ... More >>
Harry Potter joins the fight to end "cage bed" use
Monday, 19 July 2004, 11:29 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International and Mental Disability Advocacy Center together with Czech non-governmental organizations: The Center for Mental Health Care Development, Czech Helsinki Committee, Fokus - Association for Mental Health Care, Inclusion Czech Republic, User and Ex-user ... More >>
Iraq resolution: human rights issues unaddressed
Friday, 16 July 2004, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes that the Security Council, in its resolution just unanimously adopted on the transfer of power in Iraq, includes a commitment by all forces in the country to act in accordance with international law, including their ... More >>
Vietnam: Leading elderly dissident to be freed
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is relieved at news of the imminent release of yet another leading dissident and prisoner of conscience, Colonel Pham Que Duong. He was sentenced at a hearing today in Ho Chi Minh City to 19 months imprisonment after having been ... More >>
Sudan: Security Council must assume responsibility
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
Country members of the UN Security Council must urgently adopt concrete measures to alleviate the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Darfur, western Sudan. More >>
Israel/Occupied Territories: Families torn apart
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:11 am | Amnesty International
"After 14 years of marriage, my husband and the father of my children has no right to sleep in our home, he has no right to kiss his daughters goodnight, no right to be there if they get sick at night...What logic is there for forcing families ... More >>
China: Amnesty condemns execution of "separatist"
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 10:10 am | Amnesty International
Reports have emerged of the execution an alleged Uighur "separatist" in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. According to the Xinjiang Legal News, reported today by Reuters, Kuerban Tudaji was sentenced to death on 30 ... More >>
Bosnia: EU Force Must Learn From NATO Shortcomings
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 8:59 am | Amnesty International
EU Foreign Ministers Today: NEW EU force in Bosnia-Herzegovina must not make the same mistakes as "SFOR" More >>
International Gun Destruction Day Marked
Monday, 12 July 2004, 10:59 am | Amnesty International
Guns are being destroyed around the world today by victims of gun violence marking International Gun Destruction Day. The grass-roots action comes as the Control Arms Campaign (Oxfam, Amnesty International and IANSA -- the International Action Network ... More >>
