Press releases in 1999

The Commonwealth should reinforce the recent recommendations of the United Nations%link% Human Rights Committee and give a clear signal to Cameroon that it must comply with its international human...

Candidates in Guatemalas presidential elections have within their reach a unique opportunity to address the wrongs of the past and strengthen democracy, Amnesty International said today.

Today's announcement by Roland Bartle, Deputy Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, that Augusto Pinochet can be extradited to Spain is the right outcome by human rights principles and by law, Amnesty...

The trial of three people sentenced to life imprisonment -- and some 30 others sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years -- before a military tribunal in YaoundJ was fundamentally flawed, Amnesty...

As airlifts to Dili begin, Amnesty International warned today that refugees%link% in West Timor indicating their desire to return to East Timor%link% could face intimidation and attacks by militia...

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.