Press releases in 2000

The state's juvenile detention system, Foundation for the Well-Being of Minors (FEBEM), collapsed into crisis last October when years of overcrowding and ill-treatment led to a series of violent riots...

In its comments to the Human Rights Committee, Amnesty International raises the cases of John Morris, Ronan MacLochlainn, and John Carthy. In the wake of their killings by the Garda [police] Emergency...

Donatella Rovera, Hassina Giraud and Patrick Baudoin were informed that they were prohibited from entering Tunisian territory on the morning of 11 July at Tunis-Carthage airport, as they arrived from...

'We have frequently received allegations that international fair trial standards were violated in the trials of people sentenced to death,' Amnesty International said 'In particular, victims have...

Describing the scale of the atrocities, the UN Secretary General's report (November 1999) said; '... not since the horrors of World War II had Europe witnessed massacres on this scale... ' The...

In the wake of yet another massacre against inhabitants of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, municipality of Apartadó (northern department of Antioquia), Amnesty International urged the...

'Everyone was dying. You saw the legs or hands of your friends lying in front of you. It was so horrifying, you couldn't make sense of it. It was hell! Boys lay on the ground for three or four days...

In April this year, the Chief Executive promised 'the creation of an environment in which each Pakistani can find an opportunity to lead his life with dignity and freedom'. 'The arbitrary arrests of...

With the resumption of hostilities between government and rebel forces in May, human rights abuses against civilians have increased. A year on from the Lomé peace agreement, Sierra Leoneans still...

The campaign has been carried out intermittently for at least the last two years. The current campaign began in April 2000 with the government announcement widely disseminated in the media, calling on...