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USA: should show inter-American human rights body
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:38 am | Amnesty International
The USA could begin to demonstrate its stated support for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by complying with its recommendations in death penalty cases and on the question of the Guantánamo detainees, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Uganda: President should reject US ICC impunity
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:36 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that President Yoweri Museveni is considering signing an illegal impunity agreement with the United States of America. More >>
Somalia: human rights-committed interim parliament
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:34 am | Amnesty International
As delegates to the Somalia Peace and Reconciliation Conference begin, in the coming days, to choose an interim parliament, Amnesty International calls on them to ensure that the new members of parliament, and of the interim government it will subsequently ... More >>
Malaysia: Two more Prisoners of Conscience Release
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:32 am | Amnesty International
Two more activists have been released from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Malaysia. Badrulamin Bahron and Lokman Noor Adam were released from Kamunting Detention Centre today upon the expiry of their two year detention orders. More >>
African governments must respect children's rights
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:31 am | Amnesty International
On the Day of the African Child, Amnesty International is calling on African governments to ratify the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child*, where they have not done so already, and for all governments to rapidly put into practice the ... More >>
Thailand: US impunity ICC agreement wrong
Tuesday, 17 June 2003, 9:30 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is disappointed by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's signature on 3 June 2003 of an illegal impunity agreement with the United States, which goes against the country's obligations as a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International ... More >>
International Labour Conference: Time for action
Monday, 16 June 2003, 10:39 am | Amnesty International
(Geneva) Amnesty International today called on the International Labour Conference (ILC) to take concrete action on a number of countries currently on its agenda. During the 91st ILC session, the organization is highlighting the human rights situation ... More >>
Mexico/Argentina/Spain: Justice one step closer
Monday, 16 June 2003, 12:30 am | Amnesty International
The Mexican Supreme Court's decision to confirm the extradition to Spain of a former Argentine naval captain, accused of serious human rights violations is a welcome example of international cooperation to bring justice one step closer, Amnesty International ... More >>
Bangladesh: Harassment of news editors must stop
Monday, 16 June 2003, 12:29 am | Amnesty International
In yet another attack on press freedom in Bangladesh, warrants of arrests were issued on 11 June against Mahfuz Anam, the editor and publisher of The Daily Star, Matiur Rahman, the editor of the Daily Prothom Alo, and Abdul Jalil, the Secretary General ... More >>
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Human Rights Chamber Abolished
Monday, 16 June 2003, 12:28 am | Amnesty International
The proposal to disband Bosnia-Herzegovina's Human Rights Chamber and transfer its caseload to the Constitutional Court would be a serious blow to human rights protection in that country, Amnesty International declared today. More >>
Albania: Justice must be delivered to victims
Friday, 13 June 2003, 2:39 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International today urged the Albanian authorities to ensure that prosecution witnesses at the trial in Elbasan of two former police officers charged with torturing a detainee are protected from intimidation, and that the victim is granted compensation ... More >>
Myanmar: Authorities must stop crackdown
Friday, 13 June 2003, 8:18 am | Amnesty International
Take action! Sign Amnesty International's online petition: http://amnesty-news.c.tclk.net/maaa9XoaaYx92bb0hPub/ More >>
Guatemala: Dismantle the Estado Mayor Presidencial
Friday, 13 June 2003, 8:10 am | Amnesty International
Guatemala: Amnesty International Targets Guatemalan Intelligence Agency with Blood on Its Hands Flash Animation is First on Portillo's de facto Death Squad More >>
USA: One year in detention without charge
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 10:51 am | Amnesty International
Today marks a full year in which Jose Padilla, a US citizen, has been held incommunicado in military custody in the USA as "enemy combatant" without charge, trial or access to his lawyer or family. More >>
Tunisia: End the cycle of injustice
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 10:50 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International released a report on Tunisia today in which it called on Tunisian authorities to stop widespread human rights violations in the country and to bring their practices into line with Tunisian law and international human rights treaties ... More >>
Switzerland/G8: Allegations of rights violations
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:07 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned by emerging allegations of instances of unwarranted and excessive use of force by police officers against peaceful protestors and bystanders in the aftermath of the G8 Summit. There are also claims of arbitrary arrests and ... More >>
Russian Federation: Violation of international law
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 9:05 am | Amnesty International
Russian Federation: Preventing the emergence of truth and reparations for victims is a violation of international law More >>
Serbia Montenegro: sex trafficking case collapses
Friday, 6 June 2003, 8:37 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International is concerned that victims of forced trafficking are being failed by the judicial system in Montenegro. Recently a high profile trial collapsed after the Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, halted criminal ... More >>
Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman set for execution
Friday, 6 June 2003, 8:35 am | Amnesty International
The Governor of Tennessee must stop an execution scheduled for 18 June in his state because he cannot rely on the jury's original sentencing decision, Amnesty International said today, releasing a report on the case of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman. "Having ... More >>
Post 911 detainees were deprived of rights
Friday, 6 June 2003, 8:33 am | Amnesty International
A report released on 2 June by the US Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirms many of Amnesty International's findings that hundreds of non-nationals picked up in the post 11 September sweeps in the USA were deprived ... More >>
