Press releases in 2001

'Although the human rights situation in Burma remains grave, recent signs that international pressure may be having some effect give us an opportunity to step up the campaign for human rights in the...

'A recent surge of worldwide demonstrations around international intergovernmental meetings has been met with a brutal response by police forces in many countries - most recently at Davos, Switzerland...

The activists, leading members of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional (National Justice Party), are being held incommunicado at Bukit Aman police headquarters, Kuala Lumpur where they are at risk...

Those arrested on 7 April in different cities throughout Iran included journalists, academics and political activists. They, like many of those arrested earlier, have been denied access to family and...

'Like the other 'strike-hard' campaigns before it, this latest crackdown is unlikely to solve the crime problem. The Chinese government only has to look to the USA to see that executing people has no...

'Reprisal measures against inmates testifying to the abuses they are routinely subjected to are totally unacceptable,' the organization added. On 6 April the cases of Jorge Herebia, Rafael Pereira...

'The Gambian authorities' decision not to prosecute in the interests of 'national reconciliation' is short-sighted, particularly given the findings of its own Commission of Inquiry, and will not...

'We share all the Committee's concerns and we believe that its recommendations must be acted upon for Syria to improve its human rights record,' Amnesty International said. Concerns expressed by the...

The execution-style killing of eight police officers who were among 28 who surrendered to members of the CPN (Maoist) at Toli, Dailekh district, early Saturday morning is in clear violation of minimum...

A report published today, details Amnesty International's long-held concerns about police brutality, torture and killings in Jamaica. These include chronic inadequate or lacking investigations into...