Press releases in 2001

A meeting to be held in London, United Kingdom (UK), from 11 to 13 September, is the seventh meeting of the so-called 'Kimberley process' which aims to develop proposals for an international diamond...

The agreement provides for redress of past human rights abuses and the institutionalised discrimination against ethnic minorities which has contributed in the past months to political instability and...

'Applying to the court to intervene in this case is consistent with our organisation's mandate to promote respect for human rights recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly...

The human rights organisation considers Riad al-Turk and Mamun al-Humsi prisoners of conscience , arrested solely for their peaceful expression of their political opinions. The organization is also...

'The election trail should have been regarded as a window of opportunity for free and fair debate and to place Belarus' failing human rights record back on the country's political agenda, not to...

'Around 1,000 political prisoners, mostly prisoners of conscience, languish in Tunisian prisons where they suffer cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The repression is directed at the full range...

'The release of dozens of political prisoners in Libya is a very positive step,' Amnesty International said. 'However, we remain concerned about the hundreds of remaining political prisoners, many of...