Press releases in 2000

Since March a flawed justice system has continued to lead to human rights abuse. Executions have risen by 12 to a total of 25. Amputations have increased by four to a total of nine. Defects in the...

'Since the United States ratified the Convention against Torture in October 1994, its increasingly punitive approach towards offenders has continued to lead to practices which facilitate torture or...

In the context of Israel's proclaimed intention to withdraw by July 2000 from the Israeli-occupied zone of south Lebanon Amnesty International has called on all governments and armed groups in the...

' Torture and ill-treatment are not only carried out behind closed doors. It is inflicted in public as a deliberate humiliation and a warning to others. In recent years officials have even resorted to...

Those recently released were among 25 leaders of the APHC detained last September and October under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act(PSA). Amnesty International has regarded the APHC leaders as...

As the OAU July Summit to be held in Togo approaches, the government's pledge to human rights remains rhetorical as long as attacks against human rights activists and independent media continue...

'Governments around the world are continuing to control and suppress information by violating the human rights of the individuals whose job it is to report it. In some cases authorities are literally...

'The civilian population living in oil fields and surrounding areas has been deliberately targeted for massive human rights abuses - forced displacement, aerial bombardments, strafing villages from...

'These people are fleeing a very volatile situation, where they may potentially be exposed to persecution. It is the responsibility of the authorities of Bahamas to make sure that this is not the case...

'Taking innocent civilians hostage is an appalling abuse of human rights. The actions of the Abu Sayyaf only serve to exacerbate escalating violence in the south of the country,' Amnesty International...