Press releases in 1999

Last week was National Non-Violence Week in the USA. This week, five men are scheduled to be executed in five states -- bringing the year's total to 86. 'These two approaches to confronting violence...

The consideration of Cameroon's third periodic report by the United Nations%link% (UN) Human Rights Committee (HRC) on 27 and 28 October in Geneva provides an important opportunity for serious...

On the occasion of the referendum on 26 September 1999 confirming President Hosni Mubarak in office for the fourth time, Amnesty International calls for the implementation of effective safeguards...

As the international peace-keeping force arrives in East Timor%link% , tens of thousands of forcibly displaced East Timorese are at risk of serious human rights violations throughout Indonesia...

Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Tsering Dorjee, a 26 year-old Tibetan who was detained in Haixi prefecture, Qinghai province on 15 August.

Open Letter to all Members of the Commission on Human Rights from Amnesty International's Secretary General, Pierre Sane.

In the past two years the Government has ìmade genuine and active commitment to human rights in a number of areasî according to Amnesty International UKís second annual audit of the Governmentís...

'The right to life of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights in Pakistan is conditional on their obeying social norms and traditions.' Hina Jilani, Pakistani lawyer and human...

'This week has demonstrated that there is grave public concern at Chinaís appalling human rights record. Tony Blairís failure this week to make a firm public statement on human rights is a slap in...

The new Indonesian government must recognise the importance of human rights to Indonesia's political, economic and social development, Amnesty International said today in an Open Letter to the new...