Press releases in 2001

The four were reportedly among eight farmers' representatives from Gaoyang, who planned to go to Beijing in early March to present a petition to the government, complaining that local officials had...

Since the last Amnesty International mission to the country in June 1998, a number of positive steps have been taken by the authorities, including the release of 28 political prisoners, among them...

Since the last Amnesty International mission to the country in June 1998, a number of positive steps have been taken by the authorities, including the release of 28 {political prisoners,} among them...

'The repeated accusations brought against the Mauritian authorities by individuals who claim that their right to be free from torture and ill-treatment and their right to be given a fair trial have...

The Presidential Decree issued on 23 April 2001 followed a recommendation from Indonesia's parliament to establish ad hoc Human Rights Courts on East Timor and on the 1984 Tanjung Priok case in which...

Amnesty International emphasizes that the right to a fair trial is a basic human right as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nation (UN) in 1948 and reaffirmed...

After examining a report from its observer in Québec City, the organization expressed concern about: • the excessive use of tear gas on protesters not involved in violent behaviour or posing any...

'Whether consensual or not, executions simply serve to reiterate the cruelty and brutalizing futility of a government policy which toys with human life and responds to killing with further killing,'...

'Amnesty International calls on the authorities to end abuses in the prisons and ensure that prisoners be allowed to associate widely with each other for at least several hours each day' added the...

'The challenge to address the region's outstanding human rights concerns remains a pressing need,' the organization added. Amnesty International welcomed the commitment to democracy at the centre of...