Press releases in 2000

'The large-scale arbitrary arrests and police ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators during the Freedom March 1999 should be avoided at all costs, during which there were reportedly over 200 arrests'...

This is a significant advance on the Government's 1998 White Paper proposals, and a sign that the British Government are listening to the evidence of agencies who witness on a day-to-day basis the...

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'The police and military continue to commit serious human rights violations in Papua and the authorities have failed to make a credible effort to bring those responsible to justice. Until the security...

The Law of Defence sets out the premises for military service in Macedonia and Amnesty International is concerned about its lack of compatibility with existing international recommendations...

'The international community is labouring under the illusion that some areas in Afghanistan are safe for the return of Afghan refugees This ignores the reality that frontlines change quickly and...

'Failing to do so in this last sitting before parliamentary elections which are scheduled for November 2000 would represent a broken commitment to the people of Romania to ensure that their rights and...

'The international community is labouring under the illusion that some areas in Afghanistan are safe for the return of Afghan refugees . This ignores the reality that frontlines change quickly and...

'Abductions, torture, and unlawful killings are taking place on a daily basis throughout Aceh. Civilian authority has all but collapsed, and no one in Jakarta seems to be paying serious attention to...

Kamal al-Batal was first summoned by the police for interrogation in July 2000 concerning a call for urgent action Mirsad had issued by e-mail in April 2000. The communique expressed concern about a...