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Sierra Leone: amnesty rejected for horrific crimes
Friday, 19 March 2004, 1:39 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the historic decision by the Special Court for Sierra Leone dated 13 March 2004 to refuse to recognize the applicability of a national amnesty for crimes against humanity and war crimes. More >>
UK: Court of Appeal puts an end to M's persecution
Friday, 19 March 2004, 1:36 pm | Amnesty International
Today the Court of Appeal of England and Wales refused the UK authorities permission to appeal against last week's decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) which had held that the case for detaining a Libyan man, known as M, as a ... More >>
Restraint called on Kosovo and Serbia reprisals
Friday, 19 March 2004, 1:34 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls for restraint on all sides after attacks in Kosovo and reprisals in Serbia More >>
Sudan: Darfur - attacks against civilians ongoing
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 8:49 am | Amnesty International
"The government of Sudan has made no progress to ensure the protection of civilians caught up in the conflict in Darfur," Amnesty International said today. Scores of civilians have reportedly been killed and dozens of villages burnt by the government-backed ... More >>
Cuba: Prisoners of conscience must be released
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 11:40 am | Amnesty International
A new report by Amnesty International reveals the current state of 75 prisoners of conscience arrested during the March 2003 crackdown when scores of dissidents were detained in a series of targeted sweeps. Some were subsequently released, but ... More >>
Syria: Mass arrests of Syrian Kurds
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 11:38 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed serious concerns about reports that at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds of Syrian Kurds arrested by security forces in Syria since 12 March 2004. More >>
Jamaica: will lacking to end police killings
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 12:15 am | Amnesty International
Jamaican authorities continue to lack the political will required to end extrajudicial killings by police, said Amnesty International after the collapse yesterday of the trial of the police officer charged with the murder of 13-year-old Janice Allen. More >>
China: Constitutional amendment on human rights
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed the recent announcement by China's National People's Congress that it would enshrine human rights in the Constitution, but cautioned that these steps must be backed up by legal and institutional reforms to ensure the ... More >>
Malaysia: Detained Islamists' hunger strike
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 9:10 am | Amnesty International
As 16 detainees held without trial since 2001 under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) entered their third week of hunger strike, Amnesty International again called for all ISA detainees to be charged and given a fair trial, or else to be ... More >>
Syria: Punished for using the internet
Monday, 15 March 2004, 10:00 am | Amnesty International
Syria: Punished for using the internet - Amnesty International calls for an end to the suppression of the right to freedom of expression More >>
Spain: Scale of killings crime against humanity
Monday, 15 March 2004, 9:59 am | Amnesty International
The massacre in Madrid yesterday, which caused at least 198 deaths and injured over 1460 people, could constitute a crime against humanity under international law, the Amnesty International confirmed today. The organization expressed its outrage at ... More >>
Spain: Amnesty condemns massacre in Madrid
Friday, 12 March 2004, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns in the strongest possible terms the multiple bombings that have so far claimed the lives of more than 175 people and injured over 400 at three different Madrid railway stations today. More >>
Algeria: "Disappearances" must be on agenda
Friday, 12 March 2004, 12:41 am | Amnesty International
Six months on from the establishment of an ad hoc mechanism to look into the issue of "disappearances", Amnesty International urges all candidates in the presidential elections scheduled for 8 April to pledge their commitment to guaranteeing ... More >>
UN Commission on Human Rights must reform
Thursday, 11 March 2004, 8:47 am | Amnesty International
(Geneva) By failing to act promptly and effectively, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights risks becoming irrelevant, said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the eve of the 60th session of the Commission, which begins ... More >>
Challenges Remain for for Sierra Leone's New Court
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 10:55 am | Amnesty International
On the eve of the official opening of the new court-house of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Amnesty International is reminding the international community of the major challenges that remain in bringing to justice the perpetrators of crimes against ... More >>
UK Authorities Judgment Non-acceptance Persecution
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 10:54 am | Amnesty International
The decision by the UK authorities to challenge yesterday's judgment by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) that the case for detaining a Libyan man, known as M, as a "suspected international terrorist" was "not established" ... More >>
Nepal: Amnesty Seeks Security Forces Safety
Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 10:51 am | Amnesty International
Nepal: Amnesty International seeks guarantees for the safety of security forces personnel captured by the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) More >>
Syria: 41 years of the State of Emergency
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:26 am | Amnesty International
Syria: 41 years of the State of Emergency - Amnesty International reiterates its concerns over a catalogue of human rights violations More >>
Amnesty Campaign To Stop Violence Against Women
Monday, 8 March 2004, 9:47 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International launches global campaign to stop violence against women - A cancer and human rights atrocity More >>
Serbia & Montenegro human rights commitments urged
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 10:09 am | Amnesty International
On the occasion of Serbia and Montenegro's ratification of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Amnesty International today released a ... More >>
