Press releases in 1999

As hundreds of East Timorese lie dead or wounded and over a hundred thousand flee, stories of European weapons - such as British-made Hawk jets - being used highlight the need to make the fledgling EU...

The release yesterday of 56 political prisoners%link% has been welcomed by Amnesty International, but the organisation expressed concern that over 190 other political prisoners remain behind bars...

Rebiya Kadeer, a well known Uighur businesswoman detained last week in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is being held for ìproviding information to foreignersîor ìpeople outside the...

Dear Ministers,

The reported presence of 'legitimate' military targets in the Puthukkudiyiruppu area of Sri Lanka, where 21 civilians were reportedly killed in a bombing raid on 15 September, does not absolve the Air...

The verdicts in the Xam·n case represent a milestone in bringing to justice for the first time members of the military responsible for committing serious human rights violations, Amnesty International...

'There is no doubt that bodies have been discovered on the shores of Benin, at least one hundred of them out at sea'... -- The League for Human Rights Defence of Benin

Governments throughout the world are failing in their commitments to protect Children's rights%link% from human rights abuses, Amnesty International said today, marking the forthcoming tenth...

The imprisonment of Ghanian journalist Eben Quarcoo for alleged defamation against the wife of President J.J. Rawlings has serious implications for freedom of expression in Ghana, Amnesty...

Belarus opposition groups should not be subjected to ill-treatment or detention during this Sunday's peaceful March of Freedom protest in Minsk, Amnesty International said today in an appeal to the...