Press releases in 2000

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...

'Angola has failed to meet its commitments to uphold press freedom and other human rights - it has lacked the political will to implement this commitment.' In addition, there is a pattern of impunity...

'On the evidence available, Amnesty International believes that this treatment amounts to torture and that this prisoner is being singled out by the authorities,' Amnesty International said. 'The...