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Turkey: Human rights defenders still targeted
Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 8:33 am | Amnesty International
Despite recent legal and constitutional reforms in Turkey, human rights defenders in that country continue to be targeted for harassment and intimidation by state officials, and their activities are still restricted through a huge number of laws ... More >>
Pakistan Arbitrary detentions violate human rights
Monday, 9 February 2004, 10:11 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned at reports that several groups of people, including Pakistani and non-Pakistani nationals, have been arbitrarily detained in the last few weeks. Most of the arrests are connected with issues relating to national security ... More >>
Guyana: death squad killings inquiry needed
Monday, 9 February 2004, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today urged the President of Guyana to open an immediate inquiry into allegations that a 'death squad' has tortured, "disappeared" and killed dozens of individuals since 2002. More >>
Liberia: Human rights must be priority
Monday, 9 February 2004, 10:07 am | Amnesty International
As the international community meets in New York on 5 and 6 February to discuss post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia, Amnesty International urges that good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights are given the highest priority. More >>
Amnesty International Criticises Zaoui Decisions
Thursday, 5 February 2004, 4:20 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today strongly criticised recent Government decisions in the case of Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui, calling for him to be moved from Auckland Remand Prison, and for the Government to reconsider appealing against a High Court decision ... More >>
Sudan: Massive abuses of human rights in Darfur
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 9:08 am | Amnesty International
As fighting and displacement of civilians intensifies in Darfur, western Sudan, Amnesty International is requesting all parties to the conflict to respect international human rights and humanitarian law at all times. Massive abuses of human rights in ... More >>
Mexico: V-DAY and Amnesty February 14 Juarez March
Wednesday, 4 February 2004, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
On Saturday, February 14, 2004, V-Day and Amnesty International are organizing a march to honour the over 300 missing and murdered women of Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua , their families, and all groups that have worked tirelessly on their behalf. More >>
UK Combat Terrorism Measures Erode Human Rights
Tuesday, 3 February 2004, 9:18 am | Amnesty International
United Kingdom: Home Secretary's reported proposals -- an aberration of justice, the rule of law and human rights More >>
Mexico: March on Ciudad Juárez
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
(Ciudad Juárez) On Saturday, February 14, 2004, V-Day and Amnesty International are organizing a march to honor all the women of Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua , their families and all groups that have worked tirelessly on their behalf. More >>
Iran: Amnesty Calls Halt Child Offender Executions
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:34 am | Amnesty International
The organization expressed dismay at the reported execution in Ilam, western Iran, on 25 January 2004, of Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, 21, who is said to have murdered an individual four years ago, while a child offender, a person under the age of 18 at ... More >>
Uganda First investigative steps must end impunity
Monday, 2 February 2004, 9:32 am | Amnesty International
Uganda: First steps to investigate crimes must be part of comprehensive plan to end impunity More >>
Israel/Territories: Killing of civilians must stop
Friday, 30 January 2004, 8:28 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns the suicide attack in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of at least ten people and injured scores of others when a man blew himself up in a bus on Thursday morning. More >>
Cuba: Four new prisoners of conscience
Friday, 30 January 2004, 8:26 am | Amnesty International
"Harassment, intimidation and bans on freedom of expression against dissidents must end in Cuba," Amnesty International said in a new report with details of cases of four new prisoners of conscience. More >>
Maldives: Release conscience prisoners immediately
Friday, 30 January 2004, 8:25 am | Amnesty International
Five prisoners of conscience continue to be held in the Maldives in gross violation of their fundamental rights to freedom of expression despite developments in recent months promising to improve the human rights situation in the country, Amnesty International ... More >>
China: Controls Tighten As Internet Activism Grows
Thursday, 29 January 2004, 8:18 am | Amnesty International
Since November 2002 there has been a dramatic rise in the number of people detained or sentenced for expressing their opinions online or for downloading information from the Internet in China. According to Amnesty International's records, by January ... More >>
Georgia: Put Human Rights At Heart Of Policies
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 11:08 am | Amnesty International
Having won around 96 percent of the vote in the presidential election Mikhail Saakashvili has an overwhelming mandate from the people of Georgia. Amnesty International is calling on President Saakashvili on the occasion of his inauguration today, to put ... More >>
Establishing an African Court on Human Rights
Monday, 26 January 2004, 9:47 am | Amnesty International
African Union: Entry into force of the Protocol Establishing an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights - a significant development More >>
North Korea: Denial Of Right To Food
Friday, 23 January 2004, 11:21 am | Amnesty International
"Public executions were highest between 1996 and 1998 when the famine was at its peak. People were stealing the infrastructure of society such as electric lines and copper wires and selling it." (Interview by Amnesty International with Lee ... More >>
Guatemala: Pending Trial Of Human Rights Defender
Friday, 23 January 2004, 11:19 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed alarm that criminal proceedings in relation to allegations of defamation are being brought against human rights defender Bruce Harris, Director of the renowned and respected children's rights organization, Casa ... More >>
Time To End Execution Of Child Offenders
Thursday, 22 January 2004, 10:31 am | Amnesty International
The execution of people for crimes committed when they were children must finally be consigned to history, Amnesty International said today as it launched a two-year action aimed at stopping such executions by the end of 2005. More >>
