Press releases in 2000

The arrest and suspension from duty without pay of six members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) East Rand Dog Unit and the clear statement by the Safety and Security Minister, Steve Tswete...

The organisation is calling on the Indonesian authorities to exercise restraint and respect human rights in policing the rally, which is being held to mark the first anniversary of a pro-referendum...

There has been a sharp increase in the annual recruitment of under-18s into the UK armed forces, and between March 1998 and March 1999 there were 9,466 under-18s recruited - more than a third of the...

Several people have been injured and one woman has died after security forces used tear gas and batons to break up opposition demonstrations in the past week in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania...

'Attacks deliberately targeting civilians can never be justified under any circumstances', Amnesty International said today. 'We call on Islamic Jihad and other armed groups, Palestinian or Jewish, to...

Amnesty International has today published a new report on torture and ill-treatment across Europe 'This landmark event in modern European history provided the cornerstone for the Council of Europe...

On Tuesday October 31, Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, announced a judicial probe into the massacre of 35 Sikhs at Chittisinghpora on 20 March 2000 and the subsequent killing...

Ten other Kosovar Albanian prisoners, who had been held without charge or trial for over 15 months were also released last weekend. Amnesty International identified Flora Brovina as a prisoner of...

On 30 October, five members of the Ahmadiyya community were killed by several unidentified gunmen as they left their mosque after early morning prayers in Ghatialian village, near Sialkot, Punjab...