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Guatemala: Human rights must underpin elections
Monday, 4 August 2003, 11:25 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the escalating political violence and the increasing threat to the rule of law which are marring the run-up to the November 2003 elections in Guatemala and undermining the possibility of a free and ... More >>
Monitoring Of Raw Diamond Trade Remains Poor
Monday, 4 August 2003, 10:07 am | Amnesty International
A global coalition of non governmental organizations working with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for rough diamonds has welcomed the publication of a new list of participating countries. The list excludes those countries that failed ... More >>
Congo: Urgent Int Intervention To Avert Abuse
Monday, 4 August 2003, 10:04 am | Amnesty International
Democratic Republic of Congo: Continuing and urgent need for effective international intervention to avert human rights abuses More >>
Iran: Independent Body Only One To Serve Justice
Monday, 4 August 2003, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today urged Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to facilitate the establishment of a permanent independent and impartial investigative body to examine all facets of the suspicious death in custody of Zahra Kazemi, a ... More >>
Refugee ? Not "Suspected Terrorist"
Monday, 4 August 2003, 9:43 am | Amnesty International
The New Zealand Section of Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of Ahmed Zaoui, the Algerian detained since December last year as a "suspected terrorist", following a finding by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority that ... More >>
Alberto Fujimori must be brought to justice
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 11:59 am | Amnesty International
Today the Peruvian government is submitting an extradition request to the Japanese authorities for former President Alberto Fujimori. Amnesty International is calling upon the Japanese government to stop turning a blind eye to Fumitori's responsibility ... More >>
El Salvador: Where are the "disappeared" children?
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 11:58 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is today launching a new report on the children who "disappeared" in El Salvador during the armed conflict that took place in the country from 1980 to 1991 (full report online at http://amnesty-news.c.tclk.net/maabiWbaaZvJAbb0hPub/ ... More >>
Sierra Leone: Foday Sankoh's death
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:09 am | Amnesty International
Sierra Leone: Foday Sankoh's death will not diminish the Special Court's role in ending impunity More >>
Myanmar: Justice on trial
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 12:01 am | Amnesty International
In a major report released today Amnesty International strongly urges the Myanmar Government to bring to justice those found responsible for the 30 May violent attack on National League for Democracy (NLD) members. The report also calls for the immediate ... More >>
The Knesset should reject discriminatory law
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 10:29 am | Amnesty International
"The draft law barring family reunification for Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens is profoundly discriminatory and Knesset members should reject it ," Amnesty International urged today. More >>
Solomons Is. Force Must Uphold Human Rights - NGOs
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 3:36 pm | Amnesty International
Australia and New Zealand must ensure that the Solomon Islands intervention force upholds human rights, Pacific non-governmental organisations meeting in Auckland said today. More >>
Slovakia: Illegal sterilization of Romani women
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 8:36 am | Amnesty International
In January 2003, the Slovak Government Office of Human Rights and Minorities filed a criminal complaint to investigate illegal sterilization practices against Romani women. The complaint was in response to the testimonies contained in the report Body ... More >>
USA: It is time for the legal limbo to end
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 9:05 am | Amnesty International
The possibility of the US administration suspending legal proceedings against UK nationals held in Guantánamo Bay raises more questions than it answers, Amnesty International said today, while reiterating its absolute opposition to the USA's proposals for ... More >>
African Union: Rights of Women Protocol Adopted
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 9:04 am | Amnesty International
African Union: Adoption of the Protocol on the Rights of Women - positive step towards combating discrimination and violence against women More >>
Burundi: summit should prioritise Human Rights
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is appealing to regional Heads of State or their representatives meeting on 20 July 2003 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to inject a renewed momentum to ending the armed conflict in Burundi and to give protection of human rights priority ... More >>
US leads worldwide execution of child offenders
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:31 am | Amnesty International
The USA's willingness to execute prisoners for crimes committed when they were children puts it in a world of its own, Amnesty International said today, as it published a new report on global adherence to the ban on the death penalty against child offenders ... More >>
Guatemala: Steps further towards its dark past
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:30 am | Amnesty International
"Guatemala's government appears condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past, instead of seeking to confront the structures and individuals responsible for gross human rights violations carried out during the armed conflict." Amnesty International ... More >>
Somalia: legitimate role of human rights defenders
Friday, 18 July 2003, 9:44 am | Amnesty International
Somali human rights defenders in all areas must be given a central role in the difficult struggle ahead for sustained peace, democracy and human rights, Amnesty International urged today, as the Somalia peace and reconciliation conference in Kenya moves, within ... More >>
Iraq: courts trying past crimes must be fair
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 9:08 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today stressed the need for ensuring fairness in any trial proceedings against members of the former Iraqi government, in reaction to the reported announcement today by the Provisional Governing Council of Iraq that it intended ... More >>
Sudan: human rights violations in govt-areas
Thursday, 17 July 2003, 9:06 am | Amnesty International
As Sudanese mark the first anniversary of the signing of the Machakos Protocol, which paved the way for the current peace process, Amnesty International is calling for human rights to be made a full component of any forthcoming peace agreement. More >>
