Press releases in 2001

During the last month in Constantine, members of the security forces have, on several occasions, prevented families of the 'disappeared' from holding peaceful protests to call on the Algerian...

In particular, it calls on them to refrain from reprisal killings and other serious abuses. Amnesty International calls on those who have supplied arms, training and other support to take all possible...

Amnesty International today concluded that the geographic spread of torture allegations, the range of potential victims and the number of testimonies the organization received, point to torture being...

'What is being planned for this evening in New Mexico and Georgia flies in the face of standards of justice recognized in large parts of the world,' the organisation added, hours ahead of the...

On 5 November Turkish police forces conducted a raid on Küçükarmutlu, which has been the centre of hunger strikes against the new 'F-Type' prison system. As a result of the operation four...

The bombing of Afghanistan is causing thousands of people to flee their homes. Some cross the border to Pakistan, others are internally displaced within Afghanistan. Amnesty International challenges...

On 1 November 2001, the Court of Appeal denied all grounds of the appeal against conviction and sentencing by Samar Alami, a Lebanese-Palestinian, and Jawad Botmeh, a Palestinian, both of whom are UK...

On 2 November, following its consideration on 19 October of Switzerland's second periodic report on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Committee...

The staging camp is located merely a few hundred meters from the border area - extremely worrying given UN standards that refugee camps should be placed a reasonable distance from any conflict area...

As the constitutional referendum approaches, Amnesty International is increasingly concerned about the excessive use of force and other human rights violations by the Guinean security forces...