Press releases in 1999

ìMartial law is likely to exacerbate East Timor's problems not solve them,î said Amnesty International today. ìThis is a clear case of the complaint and the cure being one and the same.î

The UK Government should issue an immediate moratorium on the sale and supply of military equipment and training to Indonesia that could be used to commit human rights violations, Amnesty...

East Timorese%link% refugees in West Timor and other parts of Indonesia continue to be harassed, threatened and attacked by pro-integration militia, Amnesty International said in a new report released...

East Timor has been left with virtually no one to monitor the worsening human rights situation, Amnesty International said today.

Amnesty International today urged all Guatemalans to make human rights an issue when deciding how to cast their votes in the presidential elections on 7 November.

Amnesty International is deeply concerned that the continuing bombing in Chechnya carried out by the Russian military over the past week has resulted in civilian deaths and thousands of displaced...

At a time when the people of East Timor could be celebrating a new start and looking forward to a peaceful future, they are instead left fearing for their lives in a critical situation which is...

Twenty years on from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, all states that have armed, trained and financed warring factions in Afghanistan have a special responsibility for ending the human rights...

Uighur businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer was charged on 2 September 1999 with 'illegally offering state secrets across the border'. On the same day her family and work unit were issued notification of...

Any prosecution of journalist%link% Ed Moloney for refusing to hand over to police confidential interview notes could lead to him becoming an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience%link% , the...