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Sudan: Curbing press freedom is unacceptable
Thursday, 3 July 2003, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today condemned the confiscation of the 28 June edition and parts of the 29 June edition of the Sudanese independent daily Al-Sahafa by the country's security forces. More >>
UK Armed Forces: Rape Of Hundreds Of Kenyan Women?
Thursday, 3 July 2003, 10:07 am | Amnesty International
Six hundred and fifty allegations of rape have so far been made against members of the UK army posted to Kenya for training over a period of more than 30 years, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International said today. More >>
Laos: 15 Yr Prison -- Following A Two Hour Trial
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 12:12 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expressed deep shock today at the 15 year prison sentences handed out to two journalists and their US interpreter, arrested 4 June whilst reporting on the on-going internal armed conflict in Laos. Two of the four Lao nationals who ... More >>
Entry into force of the Migrants Rights Convention
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 12:11 am | Amnesty International
1 July 2003 marks the entry into force of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (the Migrants Rights Convention). This is the first international human rights treaty to come into force since 1990 ... More >>
ICC: U.S. Campaign Fails To Derail Intl. Justice
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 12:10 am | Amnesty International
Recent history records the murder and suffering of millions of victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Shamefully, the enormous scale of such crimes has been fuelled by impunity, where people are allowed to plan and commit these acts ... More >>
Police Not Yet Capable Of Maintaining Law & Order
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 12:09 am | Amnesty International
Timor-Leste (East Timor): New police not yet capable of maintaining law and order and protecting human rights More >>
Sad fact fight against torture must continue
Friday, 27 June 2003, 9:10 am | Amnesty International
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 5. Adopted in 1948. More >>
Torture and ill-treatment -- scourge of Cambodia
Friday, 27 June 2003, 9:09 am | Amnesty International
"No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 5. Adopted 1948 More >>
USA/Malawi: Unlawful transfer to US custody?
Thursday, 26 June 2003, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
The reported secret transfer yesterday to US custody of five men arrested in Malawi on suspicion of being members of al-Qa'ida heightens concern about the United States of America's (US) attitude to the human rights of people detained in the so-called ... More >>
Jamaica: Is an end to police impunity in sight?
Thursday, 26 June 2003, 10:01 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today welcomed the recent actions and undertaking by the Jamaican government to strengthen the investigation of police officers involved in fatal shootings. More >>
Liberian refugees caught between two conflicts
Wednesday, 25 June 2003, 9:11 am | Amnesty International
Côte d'Ivoire: Liberian refugees caught between two conflicts: a solution is urgently needed More >>
Afghanistan: Still not safe enough
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 9:24 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today reiterated its concerns that the situation in Afghanistan is not conducive to the promotion of voluntary repatriation of refugees and asylum seekers and urged that countries should not rush to return people to an unsustainable ... More >>
Iraq: Human rights must be foundation
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 9:23 am | Amnesty International
Amman - On the eve of a major conference being organised by the World Economic Forum, where the future and reconstruction of Iraq will be discussed, Amnesty International today expressed concern over the current human rights situation in Iraq, saying: ... More >>
Sudan: let people/parties talk freely about peace
Monday, 23 June 2003, 10:03 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is calling on the Sudanese government and security forces to immediately stop harassing, detaining incommunicado and impeding Sudanese civil society activists from discussing issues related to the peace talks on Sudan. More >>
Myanmar: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi must be released
Monday, 23 June 2003, 10:02 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expressed its concerns at the news that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is being held in Insein Prison under the 1975 State Protection Law, Section 10(a). More >>
Nepal: Bhutanese Refugees Rendered Stateless
Monday, 23 June 2003, 10:01 am | Amnesty International
The announcement by the governments of Bhutan and Nepal that only a handful of Bhutanese refugees will be allowed to return to their country with full citizenship rights could render tens of thousands of refugees stateless, six international humanitarian ... More >>
Greece: Conscientious objectors living under sword
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 8:17 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International strongly condemns the decision of the Military Court of Appeal in Athens which sentenced conscientious objector Lazaros Petromelidis to 20 months of imprisonment, suspended for three years on 12 June 2003. Lazaros Petromelidis ... More >>
Viet Nam: dissident sentenced for "espionage"
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 8:16 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International expressed profound shock and dismay at today's sentencing of dissident Dr Pham Hong Son to 13 years imprisonment after a closed trial lasting only one day. Diplomats who had formally requested to attend the hearing were refused ... More >>
UK: Armed Forces -- Families deserve justice
Thursday, 19 June 2003, 8:14 am | Amnesty International
"We feel that the only way to address the mishandling is to have those people come before an independent board of inquiry. We need to find out who and what is behind the deaths of our children and who is conspiring to hide the evidence of their ... More >>
Whereabouts of detained Laotians must be public
Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 8:33 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is increasingly concerned for the safety of four Lao nationals arrested by local security officials on 4 June 2003 in Xieng Khouang province. The four were accompanying three foreigners - two European journalists and an ethnic ... More >>
