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Amnesty Makes Recommendation to UN Over Haiti
Monday, 5 April 2004, 10:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has written to the United Nations (Head of Department of peace Keeping Operations), and to all members of the Security Council to make recommendations for the establishment of the future United Nations field presence in Haiti. In letters ... More >>
Palestine:Israel must facilitate not hinder relief
Monday, 5 April 2004, 10:05 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed deep concern for the health and well-being of some 600,000 refugees in the Gaza Strip, and called on Israel to immediately lift unlawful and disproportionate restrictions on movement which are hampering relief ... More >>
Palestine: Armed Groups Must Not Use Children
Friday, 2 April 2004, 9:50 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned about reports that earlier today a 16-year-old Palestinian child was found to be carrying explosives when attempting to pass through the Israeli army checkpoint at Huwara, at the entrance of the West Bank town of Nablus. More >>
China: Detention of Tiananmen Mothers
Friday, 2 April 2004, 9:47 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the detention of three "Tiananmen Mothers" Ding Zilin, Zhang Xianling and Huang Jinping on 28 March and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The "Tiananmen Mothers" have for years peacefully ... More >>
Myanmar: human rights situation serious
Friday, 2 April 2004, 9:46 am | Amnesty International
The human rights situation in Myanmar remains serious, a new report published by Amnesty International today reveals. There are an estimated 1300 -- 1400 political prisoners, many of them prisoners of conscience; and political arrests continue in ... More >>
UK: Rights groups call for public inquiries
Thursday, 1 April 2004, 9:43 am | Amnesty International
Joint Statement from Amnesty International, British Irish Rights Watch, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, Human Rights First and Human Rights Watch More >>
Ahmed Zaoui: Justice Must Be Seen To Be Done
Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 4:24 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today repeated its demand for justice to be seen to be done in the wake of the High Court's decision to disqualify the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security from reviewing the security risk certificate issued against imprisoned ... More >>
Belarus: Stifling the promotion of human rights
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 9:22 am | Amnesty International
(Geneva) Human rights defenders are subject to a deliberate pattern of obstruction, harassment and intimidation by the Belarusian authorities to ultimately silence them, Amnesty International said today publishing its report Belarus: Stifling the promotion ... More >>
Afghanistan: Int. Community Must Uphold Rights
Monday, 29 March 2004, 9:35 am | Amnesty International
Afghanistan is facing a critical moment in its ongoing reconstruction efforts and its future will remain unchanged unless the international community takes human rights issues seriously, said Amnesty International in a letter sent today to the countries ... More >>
Nigeria: Another death by stoning sentence quashed
Friday, 26 March 2004, 9:52 am | Amnesty International
Nigeria: Another sentence to death by stoning under new Sharia penal law quashed on appeal More >>
India: Use of excessive force against demonstrator
Friday, 26 March 2004, 9:50 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned about the use of excessive force by police officials on 20 March 2004, during a march held by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The demonstrators were planning to ... More >>
Colombia to reject human rights violators charter
Friday, 26 March 2004, 9:45 am | Amnesty International
As the Colombian Congress begins to discuss new anti-terrorist legislation Amnesty International warned that the proposed measures could seriously undermine human rights and the rule of law in Colombia. More >>
Nepal: Amnesty calls for release of hostages
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned about the sharp rise in reports of possible hostage taking and abductions by the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) in a number of separate incidents. More >>
Burundi: Demobilise and reintegrate child soldiers
Thursday, 25 March 2004, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the government of Burundi and the leaders of all current and former armed political groups to immediately cease the use and recruitment of child soldiers and genuinely engage in the demobilisation and reintegration of ... More >>
Middle East Campaign stop violence against women
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 9:55 am | Amnesty International
(Amman) Amnesty International today (22 March 2004) called on people in the Middle East and North Africa to support its worldwide campaign to Stop Violence Against Women. More >>
Suriname should support the Int. Criminal Court
Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 9:51 am | Amnesty International
Suriname should support the International Criminal Court by acceding to it as soon as possible and refusing to enter into unlawful US impunity agreement More >>
Equatorial Guinea: activists risk torture & death
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 10:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned about the safety of at least 14 foreign nationals who have been detained incommunicado for 10 days at Black Beach prison in the capital Malabo. Amnesty International is also concerned about the safety of a leading opposition ... More >>
China: moratorium on the death penalty is urgent
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 10:44 am | Amnesty International
The Chinese government routinely abuses national laws and international standards in the course of executing thousands of people each year, says a new report by Amnesty International. The report Executed "according to law"? – the death penalty ... More >>
Amnesty condemns the assassination of Sheikh Yasin
Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 8:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the extrajudicial execution, by the Israeli army, of Hamas' leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin this morning in the Gaza Strip. The attack also resulted in the unlawful killing of seven other Palestinians and the injury of many ... More >>
Immunities of the International Criminal Court
Monday, 22 March 2004, 10:52 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges all states to sign the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court before the deadline expires More >>
