Press releases in 2000

The Committee highlighted areas of concern including torture and ill-treatment by police and prison guards - much of it racially motivated; the sexual abuse of female prisoners by guards; prisoner...

UN troops must be adequate to fulfil their mandate to protect civilians. This requires the diplomatic commitment of the international community, in which the UK's role is crucial. That commitment must...

{UN} troops must be adequate to fulfil their mandate to protect civilians. This requires the diplomatic commitment of the international community, in which the UK's role is crucial. That commitment...

{UN} troops must be adequate to fulfil their mandate to protect civilians. This requires the diplomatic commitment of the international community, in which the UK's role is crucial. That commitment...

'The comments of the Attorney General, as reported in the press, are grossly inaccurate and misleading,' the organisation's Secretary General, Pierre Sané, added. 'This appears to be an attempt to...

This follows recent public comments by the Minister for National Security, K D Knight, and the Reverend Irving Townsend who misrepresented those defending human rights , claiming they care little for...

Amnesty International noted that 'Despite repeated assurances by the authorities that the accused are being given a fair trial, proceedings in this closed trial fall far short of international...

'Any peace initiative will be judged by its effectiveness in stopping the daily killings, ' disappearances ', torture and arbitrary arrest of ordinary people in Aceh for which both sides have been...

Many of the recommendations reflect current debate among legal reformers in China and have been made previously by the Committee. Amnesty International welcomes the Committee's call for the Chinese...

Research conducted this year in Sierra Leone by Amnesty International showed a reduction in mutilations, rapes and killings in areas where UN troops were deployed, although such abuses continued...