Press releases in 1999

With the security situation in East Timor at a critical level there must be no delay in deploying a United Nations%link% peacekeeping force following acceptance of such a force by the Indonesian...

Amnesty International is appalled by yesterday's US Supreme Court rejection of an appeal by an indigent, learning disabled, death row inmate who was forced -- through poverty -- to appear at an...

'Human rights protection must not be ignored by those in control of the country during this current political crisis,' Amnesty International said today following the dismissal of Prime Minister Nawaz...

'The premeditated killing of defenceless people should not be condoned by any society. This year's summit is an opportunity for the Commonwealth to fulfil its potential as a force for human rights...

Burundi is on the verge of a humanitarian and human rights crisis Amnesty International warned today, in response to the escalation of the internal conflict over the past few weeks.

The imprisonment of Murray Hiebert, the Canadian journalist released today after four weeks in jail, highlights the Malaysian judiciary's failure to uphold and defend the right to freedom of...

Today the EU Council of Ministers will publish a Consolidated Report on the First Annual Review of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports%link% . The UK Working Group on Arms1 welcomes this move but...

I am writing to you now in the light of the serious human rights crisis facing the people of East Timor today. The United Nations%link% í(UN) responsibility for the well-being of the East Timorese...

Systematic, widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law

East Timorese%link% pro-independence supporters who have been forced into relocation camps are