Press releases in 2000

'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...

On 7 June 2000 the United Nations and the OAU jointly announced the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of hundreds of extrajudicial killings in Togo in 1998. Amnesty...

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...

'The problem of excessive use of force by police appears to be particularly serious in Belize City and in the areas near the Guatemalan border,' the organisation added. In 1999 local human rights...

'In human rights terms, there is nothing to celebrate about the Australian Constitution. When passed, it deliberately excluded Asians on racist grounds and ignored even the existence of Aborigines...

The President-to-be must at the very earliest opportunity make clear to all Mexicans and the international community that the unrestricted protection of human rights will be a cornerstone of his...

The human rights organisation is concerned at reports that Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim is accused, among other charges, of receiving funds from and collaborating with foreign parties on projects aimed at...

Mr Chell, a psychiatric nurse, was today reportedly convicted of heroin trafficking and sentenced to death by hanging, despite numerous alleged inconsistencies in the prosecution's case against him...

A draft resolution now being considered by the Security Council would ban the export of all rough diamonds from Sierra Leone until the government of Sierra Leone can establish a proper certification...