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Amnesty’s Position on Nauru as at 6 January 2004
Wednesday, 7 January 2004, 9:21 am | Amnesty International
Conditions in the camps on Nauru are dire. First hand reports have been received by Amnesty International from Nauru detainees that there is fresh water for only two hours a day, limited access to health care, children have been denied access ... More >>
Morocco: Ali Lmrabet must be immediately released
Wednesday, 7 January 2004, 12:31 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet, jailed solely for the legitimate and peaceful expression of his beliefs. Amnesty International is renewing its appeal for his release on the ... More >>
Afghanistan: Freedom of expression essential
Monday, 5 January 2004, 11:25 am | Amnesty International
It is absolutely essential that freedom of expression is ensured in Afghanistan, said Amnesty International as the Constitutional Loya Jirga (CLJ) draws to a close in Kabul and debate around key issues intensifies. More >>
Vietnam: Protest Trial of Dissident
Sunday, 4 January 2004, 12:41 am | Amnesty International
New York -- The international community should protest the trial of a Vietnamese dissident on spying charges scheduled for December 31, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. More >>
Bhutan Observers Need Access to Indo-Bhutan Border
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 8:56 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is seriously concerned about reports that civilians have been caught up in a military offensive by the Royal Bhutanese Army (RBA) targeting camps belonging to the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), the National Democratic ... More >>
Myanmar: Amnesty calls for Actions not words
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 8:50 am | Amnesty International
Bangkok: 22 December 2003. Following a 17 day visit to Myanmar, an Amnesty International delegation called on the government to release all prisoners of conscience and stop arresting people for their peaceful dissent. More >>
Russia: Foreign students victims of discrimination
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 8:49 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that the response of the emergency services to the recent fire at the Russian People's Friendship University in Moscow may have been hampered by racial prejudice. Amnesty International is urging the Russian government ... More >>
Syria: 14 prisoners of conscience must be released
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 8:47 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 14 men detained solely for expressing their opinion in a peaceful manner, on the eve of their trial on December 20. More >>
Zambia: Forty-four soldiers to be executed
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 8:46 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is strongly urging President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia to use his constitutional prerogative to immediately commute the death sentences confirmed by the Supreme Court of Zambia on 44 soldiers for their role in a failed 1997 coup. More >>
China: brands peaceful activists as terrorists
Monday, 22 December 2003, 9:26 am | Amnesty International
China's publication earlier this week of a wanted list of ethnic Uighur "terrorists" abroad and its call for their arrest and extradition appears to be a renewed attempt to curb the political activities of Uighur activists outside China and garner international ... More >>
Governments fail to protect human right defenders
Monday, 22 December 2003, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
>From Europe to the Americas, from Asia to Africa, human rights activists have been subjected to threats, persecution, ill-treatment, unfair trials, torture and even extra-judicial executions, only for defending human rights. More >>
AI welcomes outcomes of judicial review of Zaoui
Friday, 19 December 2003, 8:09 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International welcomed today's High Court decision in the judicial review of Ahmed Zaoui's case, but is not surprised by it. The High Court found that human rights must be considered in the Inspector-General's review of the Security Risk ... More >>
Liberia: Urgent human rights challenges
Friday, 19 December 2003, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
The United Nations (UN) Security Council should insist in the strongest possible terms that the signatories of Liberia's peace agreement fulfil their obligations under that agreement to respect international human rights and humanitarian law, ... More >>
Sudan: Peace Agreement must ensure justice
Friday, 19 December 2003, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
As peace talks between the Sudan government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) enter a crucial phase in Naivasha, Kenya, Amnesty International has stressed that a lasting peace must be inclusive and bring justice to all. More >>
United Kingdom: Publish Cory reports now
Friday, 19 December 2003, 10:01 am | Amnesty International
Five leading human rights organisations today called upon the British government to publish without delay the reports by Judge Peter Cory, a retired Canadian Supreme Court Judge, into the deaths of Patrick Finucane, Robert Hamill, Billy Wright and ... More >>
United Kingdom: Repeal emergency powers
Friday, 19 December 2003, 9:59 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International notes the Privy Counsellor Review Committee's report on the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ATCSA) presented today to the United Kingdom Parliament. More >>
Guatemala: Time to end the backlash against rights
Friday, 19 December 2003, 9:57 am | Amnesty International
The killing of Father José Maria Ruiz Furlán last Sunday is just one of many examples that illustrate the magnitude and urgency of the human rights challenges facing the new administration next year, Amnesty International said on the eve of the final ... More >>
Madagascar: Former PM's trial must be fair
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 8:59 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that the trial of Tantely Andrianaivo, ex-Prime Minister of Madagascar, due to be held on 22 December 2003 in Antananarivo, may be unfair. More >>
Expulsion Threats Loya Jirga delegate unacceptable
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 8:58 am | Amnesty International
Following threats of violence and expulsion of an outspoken delegate, Amnesty International called today on the Chairman of the Constitutional Loya Jirga - Sebghatollah Mojadedi, and his Deputies to ensure that all delegates to the body are able to freely express ... More >>
Haiti: 10 steps towards human rights
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 8:54 am | Amnesty International
Two hundred years after Haitians overthrew slavery and colonialism, human rights abuses are on the rise. Political division and violence, impunity and the reduction in international support worsen this situation, Amnesty International said while ... More >>
