Press releases in 2001

'Thematic experts were introduced to tackle grave human rights violations such as torture, 'disappearances', and violence against Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, yet they...

'The Liberian authorities have a track record of silencing critics. Journalists and human rights defenders are frequently arrested, ill-treated, charged with criminal offences, threatened or forced...

'While all eyes are turned towards Jakarta, the Indonesian security forces are intensifying their repressive approach in Aceh, and peaceful political activists in Papua are being silenced behind...

Around 50 defenders working on a wide spectrum of rights, from civil and political rights to economic, social and cultural rights, are expected to attend the workshop. While the groups involved in the...

The last two months have seen extraordinary developments in the human rights field, including the release of all political prisoners and detainees, the abolition of the 1974 Decree on State Security...

'The findings of the investigations are illustrative of a pattern of police abuses reported in previous years by the organization when law enforcement officers violated the rights of those engaged in...

Without prejudging the mandate and terms of reference of this national commission, Amnesty International calls on the Togolese authorities to ensure that any such judicial investigation is conducted...

Responding to reports of this afternoon's ruling by the Chilean Appeals Court that Augusto Pinochet must stand trial on human rights charges, Amnesty International offered a cautious welcome. Amnesty...

Mr Sané will be leading a delegation of Amnesty International representatives visiting Mexico City between 13 and 16 March. The delegation has requested to meet with President Vicente Fox Quesada and...

Convicted in 1982 for the murder of David Kinnamon in Las Vegas in 1980, Thomas Nevius has been on death row in Nevada for nearly two decades. Amnesty International's report highlights several...