Press releases in 2000

'This is yet another example of harassment of {human rights defenders} by the authorities in Kenya,' said Amnesty International. The 11 activists included three members of the Kenya Human Rights...

'It comes as no surprise that the government does not accept scrutiny of its record - not a single UN committee criticism has been seriously considered by the current administration.' Australia's own...

In its report, 'Short term detention and harassment of dissidents,' Amnesty International details these and other punitive measures against the exercise of fundamental freedoms, including orchestrated...

Members of an opposition party reported that they were attacked by a group of armed men as they handed out pamphlets in Port-au-Prince on 29 March. On 28 March, outside the capital, a candidate from...

'We hope that the visit will take place in the year 2000 and that the Special Rapporteur will report to the 2001 session of the UN Commission on Human Rights.' Amnesty International said. Saudi Arabia...

'I lost consciousness two times during the interrogation. When I recovered they continued to apply two electric wires to different parts of my body. The guards found a box of painkillers in my pocket...

'This clumsy attempt to silence local and foreign journalists adds to the Belarusian government's already embarassing record on human rights ', Amnesty International added. The Russian embassy in...

Ankara State Prosecutor today rejected Akin Birdal's lawyer's application for his sentence to be postponed again on medical grounds. A medical report issued by Ankara State Hospital on 22 March 2000...

Every day, terror and injustice are suffered by people in Saudi Arabia but the world's governments appear indifferent to their plight, Amnesty International said today as it launched its first...

Sunday's decision by Kuwait's Misdemeanours Appeal Court upheld charges of breaching public decency and using profane and impious language made against Laila al-Othman, but converted the two-month...