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Report Shows Child Soldier Use Continues Unabated
Wednesday, 21 January 2004, 10:41 am | Amnesty International
New York, 19 January 2004 - Children continued to be used as soldiers, sexual slaves, labourers, porters and spies throughout 2003 in both newly-erupting and longstanding conflicts, according to a report released on the eve of the United Nations Security ... More >>
Haiti: Political Will To End The Cycle Of Violence
Wednesday, 21 January 2004, 10:40 am | Amnesty International
It is imperative that the Haitian authorities show clearly to the Haitian and the international community that they will no longer tolerate human rights abuses, said Amnesty International in a letter addressed to the president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, ... More >>
Thailand/Cambodia: Sok Yoeun Will Be Released
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 11:24 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed news from the Thai Foreign Ministry that prisoner of conscience Sok Yoeun will be released and permitted to rejoin his family in Finland. More >>
WSF: Corporate Actors Must Be Held Accountable
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 11:21 am | Amnesty International
(Mumbai, India) Amnesty International's Secretary General has called for greater corporate accountability in the struggle to make ''another world possible''. More >>
USA: Where Is The Compassion?
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 11:20 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International members worldwide are seeking clemency for Scott Panetti, a mentally ill man facing execution in Texas on 5 February. More >>
Sierra Leone: Commitments to the Special Court
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 11:18 am | Amnesty International
Two years after the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations (UN) signed an agreement to establish the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Amnesty International is calling on the international community not to waver in its support for the Special ... More >>
Intl. day of solidarity with the Haitian people
Friday, 16 January 2004, 10:31 am | Amnesty International
Numerous Haitian non-governmental organizations will be mobilizing today to draw attention to the Haitian people's struggle for respect of their fundamental human rights. The organizations will be also calling on the international community to ... More >>
Singapore: High Execution Rate Shrouded In Secrecy
Friday, 16 January 2004, 10:30 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International exposed today the shockingly high, hidden toll of executions in Singapore as it launched a new report about the death penalty in that country. More >>
Germany: Police Ill-Treatment And Use Of Force
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 10:15 am | Amnesty International
There is a persistent pattern of alleged ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police officers in Germany according to a new report by Amnesty International. The human rights organization is calling on the German government to establish without ... More >>
Burundi: Donors must fund human rights protection
Wednesday, 14 January 2004, 10:40 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on all states participating at the donor conference for Burundi today, to make sure that there are sufficient funds for human rights promotion and protection. More >>
Cuba: Further bans on freedom of expression
Wednesday, 14 January 2004, 10:38 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today expressed concern at the impact on freedom of expression and information of Cuba's new law restricting internet access. More >>
Human rights make another world possible
Wednesday, 14 January 2004, 10:37 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International will be attending the World Social Forum between 16-21 January. A delegation including Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, will participate in several panels, launch two reports and hold a number of meetings with ... More >>
Syria must release Kurdish prisoners of conscience
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 11:13 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International urges the Syrian authorities to immediately release eight Syrian Kurdish activists who will be tried on Sunday for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Amnesty International appeals to the authorities to equally ... More >>
UK/USA: Clarify fate of Britons held in Guantánamo
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 11:11 am | Amnesty International
The UK authorities must contact the relatives of Britons held in Guantánamo bay and not leave it for media speculation to keep the relatives informed, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Special Summit of the Americas Must Act
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 11:09 am | Amnesty International
The rhetoric of Development, Growth and Governance must result in concrete action for the region, said Amnesty International on the occasion of the Special Summit of the Americas, to be held in Mexico on 12 and 13 January next. More >>
United Nations: A new step towards justice
Tuesday, 13 January 2004, 11:08 am | Amnesty International
Relatives of the "disappeared" have renewed hope that other families will not have to endure their suffering, Amnesty International said as a UN working group is meeting in Geneva between 12 and 23 January to draft a new treaty on enforced ... More >>
Sudan: Killings, abductions of children in Darfur
Sunday, 11 January 2004, 2:14 pm | Amnesty International
As the government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) sign an agreement on sharing oil and other revenues, civilians are caught up in the continuing conflict in Darfur between the government and its supporters and two armed opposition ... More >>
Morocco/Sahara: Political Prisoners Pardoned
Sunday, 11 January 2004, 2:12 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomes the royal pardon given today to around 25 political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, and several others who were being tried on political charges. More >>
Viet Nam: Death penalty - a dirty secret
Thursday, 8 January 2004, 10:17 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is shocked by the news that the Vietnamese government, in a decision signed by the Prime Minister on 5 January, has made the reporting and dissemination of statistics on the use of the death penalty a state secret. More >>
USA/Guantanamo: holding human rights hostage
Thursday, 8 January 2004, 10:16 am | Amnesty International
Two years after the first inmates arrived in the US military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp X-Ray and its successor, Camp Delta, have become synonymous with a government's pursuit of unfettered executive power and disregard for the rule of ... More >>
