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Nepal: National Human Rights Commission's findings
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 1:31 pm | Amnesty International
It is imperative that the findings of three investigations conducted by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into alleged human rights abuses in Ramechhap, Siraha and Panchthar districts is published as soon as possible, Amnesty International said ... More >>
Japan: Secret execution of 42 yr-old Mentally Ill
Sunday, 14 September 2003, 1:30 pm | Amnesty International
Japan: Secret execution of a 42 year-old mentally-ill man - perpetuating a harsh, and arbitrary practice More >>
Security for everybody at the WTO Cancun Meeting
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 9:23 pm | Amnesty International
In the run-up to the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting -- scheduled to take place in Cancun, Mexico between 10 and 14 September 2003 -- and the planned demonstrations and protests, Amnesty International has urged the Mexican government to ensure that ... More >>
Amnesty stands by its findings on West Kingston
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
In a letter sent today to A. J. Nicholson, Attorney General of Jamaica, Amnesty International welcomed the fact that the Government of Jamaica had responded to Amnesty International's report on the West Kingston Commission of Inquiry: "Until their ... More >>
Democratic Republic of Congo: Children at war
Wednesday, 10 September 2003, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
Although the Transitional Government of National Unity of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been established, thousands of children in the DRC continue to compelled to sacrifice their childhood for the political and military advancement ... More >>
Israel must end its policy of closures
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 8:28 am | Amnesty International
"Israel must put an end to the imposition of disproportionate and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians' movement in the Occupied Territories which have crippled the Palestinian economy and caused widespread poverty, unemployment and increasing ... More >>
Nepal: Stop indiscriminate bombings
Tuesday, 9 September 2003, 8:14 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today condemned the indiscriminate bombings at several locations in Kathmandu valley in which one ten-year-old schoolboy was killed and several other people injured. More >>
The Polisario must release remaining POWs
Monday, 8 September 2003, 10:29 am | Amnesty International
On the 12th anniversary of the day on which the Moroccan authorities and the Polisario Front formally ended 16 years of armed hostilities, Amnesty International reiterated its call today for the immediate release and repatriation of the more than 900 remaining ... More >>
Viet Nam: Prisoners of conscience must be released
Monday, 8 September 2003, 9:55 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today wrote to the Vietnamese government expressing its concerns about prisoners of conscience Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Vu Viet and Nguyen Truc Cuong. The three are the nephews and niece of imprisoned Catholic priest and prisoner of ... More >>
Malaysia: Deporting Asylum Seekers
Monday, 8 September 2003, 9:54 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned for the safety of more than 200 asylum seekers from the war-torn Indonesian Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) who have been detained since their arrests on 19 and 26 August 2003. Recent reports indicate ... More >>
Nepal: Mass arrests of peaceful demonstrators
Monday, 8 September 2003, 9:53 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemned yesterday's arrest of hundreds of political party leaders, party members and students while on their way to a protest rally in Kathmandu. More >>
Canada: The police killing of Dudley George
Friday, 5 September 2003, 8:49 am | Amnesty International
In a new report released today: "Canada: Why there must be a public inquiry into the police killing of Dudley George", Amnesty International renewed its call for a full public inquiry into the 1995 police killing of Canadian Indigenous ... More >>
Serbia: Torture allegations must be investigated
Friday, 5 September 2003, 8:48 am | Amnesty International
"I have never seen a man beaten up so badly in my entire life. There is not a single spot on his body without haematomas." Momir Vuuu lawyer to one of the victims of Police torture More >>
Chile: After 30 years no more excuses for impunity
Friday, 5 September 2003, 8:45 am | Amnesty International
"This year's anniversary of the military coup should mark the full commitment of the Chilean authorities to achieve truth, justice and reconciliation in Chile by taking all the necessary steps to recognize and respect the rights of the victims ... More >>
Russian Fed: Media award competition extended
Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 8:41 am | Amnesty International
The Union of Russian Journalists in cooperation with Amnesty International is extending by two months their competition for best print, broadcasting and multimedia material in Russian and English to Russia promoting "Human Rights and the strengthening ... More >>
Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed immediately
Tuesday, 2 September 2003, 8:49 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is gravely concerned by yesterday's US State Department report that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) is on a hunger strike in protest at her three month detention. The organization calls on ... More >>
Serbia and Kosovo: Day of the Missing
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:05 am | Amnesty International
Four years after the ending of the war in Kosovo, and the establishment of the UN interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Amnesty International is gravely concerned that more than 3,000 ethnic Albanians and an estimated 1,200, Serbs, Roma and other minorities ... More >>
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Don't Forget The "Disappeared"
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International called for cooperation between entities and states of the former Yugoslavia in apprehending and bringing to trial individuals suspected of involvement with "disappearances" ... More >>
Timore-Leste: Justice for crimes against humanity
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
On the fourth anniversary of the vote for independence by the people of Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor), Amnesty International is launching a new campaign to ensure that the victims of the 1999 violence do not have to wait another four years for ... More >>
Sudan: Immediate steps to protect civilians
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:01 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today called on all parties responsible for intensifying attacks in Darfur, western Sudan, to immediately halt all deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects. Hundreds of civilians, mainly from sedentary groups ... More >>
