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El Salvador: Unconstitutional law Needs Repealing
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 9:49 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls on the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador to annul current legislation and abandon any attempt to pass further Anti-Maras legislation that contravenes the Constitution and international human rights standards. More >>
Myanmar: Sports journalist Zaw Thet Htwe sentenced
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 9:32 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders are calling on sports journalists to give their support to imprisoned Burmese sports editor Zaw Thet Htwe and seven law students during the European Football Championships in Portugal. More >>
Viet Nam: Release of cyber-dissident Le Chi Quang
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International learnt today of the early release of cyber-dissident and prisoner of conscience Le Chi Quang who was serving a four-year prison sentence for the peaceful exercise of his fundamental rights to freedom of expression and association. More >>
Spain: Opportunity for fresh start on human rights
Monday, 14 June 2004, 9:12 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International submits proposal for human rights action plan Commitments on foreign policy must be matched with commitments domestically More >>
Jamaica: Amnesty mourn human rights defender death
Monday, 14 June 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today mourns the loss of Brian Williamson, brutally murdered on 9 June 2004, and urges that a thorough investigation be conducted into his death. More >>
Rwanda: slams door on political life civil society
Friday, 11 June 2004, 10:26 am | Amnesty International
The sentencing of former Rwandese president Pasteur Bizimungu and seven co-defendants is further proof of the government's willingness to subvert the Rwandese criminal justice system in an attempt to eliminate all potential political opposition. More >>
Turkey: Released prisoners should face no trial
Friday, 11 June 2004, 10:25 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes today's decision of Turkey's appeal court to release from jail prisoners of conscience Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Selim Sadak and Orhan Dogan. The ruling follows a request by the country's chief prosecutor to overturn ... More >>
Belarus: No Freedom of Expression
Friday, 11 June 2004, 10:23 am | Amnesty International
The conviction of Oksana Novikova for distributing leaflets critical of president Lukashenko is a further proof of Belarus's total disregard for international human rights standards and legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty ... More >>
Sudan: The hidden side of the Darfur conflict
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
Sudan: Incommunicado detentions, unfair trials, torture and ill-treatment - the hidden side of the Darfur conflict More >>
Convention of Belém do Pará 10th Anniversary
Wednesday, 9 June 2004, 9:05 am | Amnesty International
On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women "Convention of Belém do Pará" -- the only international treaty in the world specifically on violence ... More >>
Killing of civilians by group in Khober condemned
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 10:34 am | Amnesty International
Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International condemns the killing of civilians by armed group in al-Khober More >>
Afghanistan: killings of aid workers condemned
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 10:32 am | Amnesty International
"Unless a secure and stable environment is created, the reconstruction of Afghanistan will be completely undermined" said Amnesty International in its condemnation of the recent killings of five MSF staff. More >>
Sudan: Death and devastation continue in Darfur
Friday, 4 June 2004, 10:04 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International delegates, who recently returned from a research mission among Sudanese refugees in Chad, are calling on the international donors' conference on Darfur, meeting in Geneva on 3 June, to ensure that the protection of civilians is ... More >>
Sudan: Victims of the war in Darfur speak out
Friday, 4 June 2004, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
"The attack took place in at dawn on September 2003 when many Janjawid arrived on camels, horses and by cars. Some Arab women, on donkeys and on camels, accompanied them. The women took part in the looting. I was sleeping when the attack took place. ... More >>
China: 15 years after Tiananmen, arrests go on
Friday, 4 June 2004, 10:01 am | Amnesty International
People are still imprisoned, and are being arrested and harassed for their links with the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square fifteen years ago. Scores of people remain in prison for their part in the protests, Amnesty International ... More >>
Amnesty Public meeting on Zaoui Wellington Tonight
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 1:23 pm | Amnesty International
Ahmed Zaoui: Denial Of Due Process In The “War Against Terror “creating and sustaining a world-leading human rights environment”? More >>
Turkey: Violence originating in the family
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 9:55 am | Amnesty International
"Generally, we live in fear. Fear of our fathers, brothers, and husbands. We are frightened because we experience violence from them… From now on, we don't want to be exchanged. We don't want to marry someone whose face we've never seen. We don't ... More >>
Haiti: Protection of human rights essential
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Last week's devastating flooding in Haiti is another compelling reason for the international community to take action to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti, said Amnesty International today. More >>
Drafting a European Convention against Trafficking
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 10:32 am | Amnesty International
o Publish, without delay, and disseminate the current draft text of the European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings, so as to enable non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other experts to provide the Ad Hoc Committee on Action ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Mrs Kidd's life and safety threatened
Monday, 31 May 2004, 9:48 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned for the safety and life of Mrs. Birgit Kidd, a Finnish citizen living in Zimbabwe. More >>
