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Amnesty: Fight against torture must be reinforced
Tuesday, 29 June 2004, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
There can be no justification for the use of torture no matter what the circumstances, Amnesty International said today, 26 June, United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. More >>
Viet Nam: Buddhist Dissident Leaves for Exile
Monday, 28 June 2004, 8:19 am | Amnesty International
(New York and London, June 23, 2004) - Thich Tri Luc, a Vietnamese Buddhist dissident who was kidnapped from Cambodia and forcibly returned to Viet Nam in 2002, was permitted to leave Viet Nam for a Scandinavian country, arriving today, Amnesty International ... More >>
Gongo: ICC Investigation Major Step Forward
Monday, 28 June 2004, 8:17 am | Amnesty International
DR Congo: International Criminal Court's investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity a major step forward More >>
Amnesty Concerned US Continues To Oppose ICC
Monday, 28 June 2004, 8:15 am | Amnesty International
US withdrawal: determination of international community is "victory for international justice and the rule of law," says AI More >>
China: Execution spree looms on UN anti-drugs day
Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:34 am | Amnesty International
China will execute dozens and perhaps hundreds of people this week as it marks UN Anti-Drugs Day on 26 June. Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese government to halt these executions and to review all future use of the death penalty. More >>
Cuba: Releases of prisoners should continue
Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:28 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) welcomes the release of two further prisoners of conscience by the Cuban authorities, but calls for more to be released. Manuel Vázquez Portal and Juan Roberto de Miranda Hernández were granted medical parole, both having received ... More >>
Haiti: Air France Chief Executive Killed
Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:23 am | Amnesty International
Didier Mortet, Air France chief executive in Haiti is the latest victim of the high levels of violence which have cost the lives of hundreds of civilians since the uprising in February. Didier Mortet, was shot dead by three men on a motorcycle as he approached ... More >>
Thailand: Human rights defenders must be protected
Friday, 25 June 2004, 9:51 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the recent killing of Charoen Wat-aksorn, a well-known human rights defender, and is calling on Thai authorities to take immediate action to investigate his killing and to protect other human rights defenders. More >>
Reported Beheading of Taleban Prisoners
Friday, 25 June 2004, 9:50 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today condemned the reported extrajudicial beheading of Taleban prisoners by government soldiers in southern Afghanistan this week. The organization stated it was appalled at the grotesque and retaliatory nature of the incident which ... More >>
Russia: Coordinated attacks in Ingushetia
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:13 am | Amnesty International
Yesterday's coordinated violent attacks reportedly by armed Chechen fighters in Ingushetia - the largest to have taken place there to date - have heightened Amnesty International's concerns that the disregard for human rights which characterize the ... More >>
Russian Federation: The case of Kheda Kungaeva
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:11 am | Amnesty International
On the night of 26 March 2000, Colonel Yuri Budanov, together with soldiers from his Russian Federal forces unit, went to Kheda Kungaeva's house in the village of Tangi-Chu in Chechnya and abducted her. Colonel Budanov stated that he suspected ... More >>
Russia: Brutal Killing of Nikolai Girenko
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:10 am | Amnesty International
Nikolai Girenko -- prominent human rights defender, Professor of Ethnology and expert on racism and discrimination in the Russian Federation -- was shot dead on 19 June 2004 in his home in St Petersburg. He was aged 64. According to reports, Nikolai ... More >>
Mbeki Should BeActive In Resolving Zimbabwe Crisis
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:08 am | Amnesty International
Zimbabwe/South Africa: President Mbeki should be more publicly active in resolving the Zimbabwean crisis More >>
Russia/Chechnya: human rights crisis
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 12:07 am | Amnesty International
"If my son committed a crime, bring him to justice, but tell me where he is." More >>
Families of detainees fall victim to war on terror
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula: Families of detainees fall victim to "war on terror" More >>
Haiti: Last chance to end cycle of violence
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 12:08 am | Amnesty International
The deployment of a new United Nations mission to Haiti this month represents a major opportunity, and perhaps a last chance, to break the cycle of violence and impunity that has plagued the Caribbean republic for so many years, Amnesty International ... More >>
Syria: Call to release 5 prisoners of conscience
Monday, 21 June 2004, 11:07 am | Amnesty International
Syria: Amnesty International repeats its call for the release of five prisoners of conscience held for their peaceful use of the Internet More >>
Afghanistan: Lawlessness Highlights Int. Aid Need
Monday, 21 June 2004, 11:04 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urgently calls on the donor community to deliver promised funds and honour commitments to assist in the efforts to rebuild Afghanistan. More >>
Iraq: Clarification on Status of Prisoners Needed
Monday, 21 June 2004, 11:01 am | Amnesty International
Open letter to the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations More >>
Africa: unending plight of child soldiers
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 9:51 am | Amnesty International
As Africa observes the Day of the African Child, as many as 120,000 children under 18 years old, some as young as eight, may be compelled to spend the day as child soldiers across the continent, Amnesty International said today. More >>
