Press releases in 2000

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...

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...