Press releases in 2000

'If the law in its present form is enacted it will place South Africa in breach of its international and regional obligations and may lead to human rights violations', the organization said. It will...

As the European Union (EU) considers the first steps towards integration of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) into the EU, Amnesty International's report seeks to remind the international community...

Amnesty International Secretary General, Pierre Sané, raises a number of specific concerns in the open letter, notably the practice of torture which is 'still widespread in Turkey.' He goes on to...

The long overdue move to update British arms controls dating back to the beginning of the Second World War follows a change in the historic reluctance of the Department of Trade and Industry to impose...

'The discovery of this mass grave heightens the fears about the fate of large numbers of people who have ' disappeared ' during the last eight months after being detained by security forces,' Amnesty...

In light of the increasingly grave human rights situation in Haiti, Amnesty International is deeply concerned by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's recommendation to discontinue the International...

'Prisoners in Japan are executed at a moment's notice, and are not even allowed to say goodbye to their families. It is an affront to the dignity of the human being. The death penalty must be...

'Any moves by the security forces to use excessive force, including bullets and beatings, to break up protests tomorrow risks inflaming an already tense situation,' Amnesty International said....