Press releases in 2000

The organisation demands that those responsible for the security forces protect the human rights of the whole population, including foreign nationals who have been taken to task by other civilians or...

On 17 September 2000 on the road between Cali and Buenaventura, department of Valle del Cauca, the ELN abducted over 60 people. Many were subsequently released, whilst 25 remained captive. Carlos...

The organisation welcomed this positive step by Spain, which on 25 October 2000 deposited instruments of ratification with the office of the United Nations Secretary-General. It is the 22nd country to...

Police and army personnel deployed at the rehabilitation camp failed to protect the inmates from villagers armed with machetes and clubs. There are further allegations that some of them may have been...

'Human life is being cheapened by a mindset which seems to regard the killing of more than 130 Palestinians, including nearly 40 Children's rights, and the killing of two detained Israeli soldiers as...

'Laws such as the 1995 Amnesty Laws, which halt investigations and judicial proceedings into cases of human rights violations, are in breach of international law as well as an affront to the victims...

Israeli forces have used US-supplied helicopter gunships to violate the human rights of Palestinians in punitive attacks – on civilians, including Children's rights - where there was no imminent...

'This case highlights the urgent need for international action on torture. Abdulhelil Abdumijit, a 31-year old street trader from Gulja city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was accused of...

'Any recruitment of Children's rights under the age of 15 is a crime under international law,' the organisation said.' It is therefore unacceptable to include only abduction and forced recruitment of...

In its new report entitled 'Cuba: Prisoners of conscience: New convictions overshadow releases.' , Amnesty International highlighted its concern about prisoners of conscience in Cuba. In July, Nestor...