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UN appoints new High Commissioner for Human Rights
Monday, 23 February 2004, 10:54 am | Amnesty International
UN appoints new High Commissioner for Human Rights - Time for an ambitious human rights agenda More >>
Syria: Release three prisoners of conscience
Monday, 23 February 2004, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Syrian authorities to immediately release and drop all charges against two men due to stand trial on 22 February, and a third who has been detained for a year. All three are being held for expressing their opinion ... More >>
Israel fence/wall violates international law
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:44 pm | Amnesty International
On the eve of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) opening hearing on the construction of the fence/wall by Israel, Amnesty International calls on the Israeli authorities to immediately dismantle the sections already built inside the West Bank ... More >>
Albania: Inhuman conditions in police stations
Friday, 20 February 2004, 1:43 pm | Amnesty International
Conditions of pre-trial detention in Albania are in need of urgent reform, Amnesty International said, voicing its concern about the inhuman and degrading conditions in which many detainees are held in police stations, sometimes for prolonged periods ... More >>
Zaoui Info. Raises More Questions Than Answers
Friday, 20 February 2004, 12:22 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has renewed its call for Ahmed Zaoui to be freed unless the Government is prepared to ensure he is given a fair hearing, following the release this morning of an SIS "summary of allegations" against the imprisoned Algerian refugee. More >>
Russia: Anti-Chechen sentiment Out of control
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 10:14 am | Amnesty International
The Russian authorities are responsible for the safety and security of all their citizens, including Chechens, Amnesty International said today as it called on the authorities to take immediate and decisive steps to prevent the incitement of racial ... More >>
Sudan: Int. community must protect civilians
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 9:27 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is reiterating its call for international monitors with a clear human rights component to be sent to Darfur immediately. More >>
Haiti: preparations for possible refugee exodus
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
Haiti: preparations for possible refugee outflows underway as human rights abusers lead armed rebel forces More >>
Chávez must respect legitimate human rights
Thursday, 19 February 2004, 9:22 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International said today that President Hugo Chávez must respect the right of non-governmental human rights organizations to carry out their legitimate work, such work is underpinned by international human rights treaties which the Venezuelan ... More >>
Nepal: Amnesty condemns killing of Ganesh Chiluwal
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International has condemned the killing of Ganesh Chiluwal, head of the Maoist Victims' Association (MVA), in Kathmandu on 15 February. More >>
Haiti: Perpetrators of past abuses re-emerge
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:35 am | Amnesty International
The emergence of former paramilitary leaders convicted of past human rights violations as leaders of the armed opposition force is fuelling a conflict that has already taken too many lives, said Amnesty International as the crisis in Haiti continues ... More >>
Nepal: Extra-judicial killings inquiry urgent
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:34 am | Amnesty International
In a letter to Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Colonel Nilendra Aryal, Head of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) human rights cell, Amnesty International demanded an immediate inquiry into the reports that 14 suspected Maoist activists and two civilians ... More >>
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 8:32 am | Amnesty International
The effectiveness and efficiency of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights will depend on the appointment of highly qualified judges with a strong commitment to human rights, Amnesty International said today in a document outlining a checklist ... More >>
1000s against death penalty for child offenders
Tuesday, 17 February 2004, 8:39 am | Amnesty International
International Week of Student Action: Adding thousands of voices against the death penalty for child offenders More >>
Uganda: Freedom of the press upheld
Monday, 16 February 2004, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the Supreme Court judgment which ruled the offence of "publication of false news" as void and unconstitutional. More >>
Turkey: Rejecting old practices, abiding by new
Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:08 am | Amnesty International
(Ankara) Turkey's legal reforms to date have been encouraging, but genuine change will only come with their full and sustained implementation, accompanied by further legal changes, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International concluded following ... More >>
Brazil: Extra Judicial and Summary Executions
Friday, 13 February 2004, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
Brazil: Amnesty International's statement on the latest public report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial and Summary Executions. More >>
Algeria: Mass grave investigations needed
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
At the start of the first official week of campaigning ahead of the presidential elections on 8 April, Amnesty International urges all candidates to commit to taking seriously discoveries of mass graves containing presumed victims of gross human rights ... More >>
Haiti: Rule of law must be protected
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 9:04 am | Amnesty International
The precarious rule of law in Haiti and the Haitian institutions meant to be responsible for protecting human rights were further weakened this weekend, said Amnesty International after armed gangs attacked police stations, prisons and court houses in a number ... More >>
Nigeria: The death penalty and women
Wednesday, 11 February 2004, 9:03 am | Amnesty International
The death penalty as applied in Nigeria violates fundamental human rights and is sometimes used in a discriminatory way against women, Amnesty International said today in a new and its first report on women and the death penalty entitled: "Nigeria: ... More >>
