Press releases in 2000

In preliminary conclusions from Amnesty International's delegation in Israel and the Occupied Territories the human rights organisation reiterated its condemnation of the excessive use of force by law...

Mr Prangnell and Mr Yore were arrested in Montenegro on 1-2 August 2000 and subsequently held on 'terrorism' and 'espionage' charges in Belgrade. They had been working in Kosovo for the Organisation...

The soldiers reportedly recovered weapons and a grenade from a cabinet inside the mosque, in Alat. However, in an interview in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, a local religious leader has said that...

The humans rights organisation also highlighted the need to bring former President Slobodan Milosevic, (and the four other government officials indicted by the United Nations International Criminal...

Despite an official denial by the armed forces, a wide range of unofficial sources in Bujumbura insist that the armed forces were responsible for the {extrajudicial execution} of these unarmed...

Despite an official denial by the armed forces, a wide range of unofficial sources in Bujumbura insist that the armed forces were responsible for the extrajudicial execution of these unarmed civilians...

The organisation has been concerned about reports indicating that former state security officer Edin Garaplija will not be permitted to be present at the hearing of his appeal at the Supreme Court on...

Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: 'Locking people up is not going to improve the asylum system. Detention will risk adding to the misery of those escaping from human rights...

Bhutan and Nepal started negotiations to solve the problem of the people in the refugee camps in November 1992. Since then, nine ministerial-level meetings between both countries have taken place. At...

'This trial is a crucial step towards addressing human rights violations committed under the military dictatorship' the organisation continued. 'The Haitian authorities should make full use of this...