Press releases in 2001

'The current crisis, after the events of September 11th, cannot be used as an excuse to silence the voices of dissent', says Alex Neve, Secretary General of the English Branch of Amnesty International...

The release of Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera, who were imprisoned in Iguala in Guerrero State, was ordered yesterday by President Fox for 'humanitarian reasons', under article 75 of the Federal...

'Fear must not win,' Irene Khan said, speaking to journalists in Brussels this morning. 'The security debate is in overdrive, but in the current atmosphere of global crisis, this single-minded drive...

'Two weeks into the new transitional government and the key players in the Burundi conflict are showing little sign of strengthening their commitment to the protection of human rights,' Amnesty...

'The rapid advance of the Northern Alliance into Kabul without any international arrangements to safeguard civilians is a clear indication that the military agenda has overtaken human rights concerns'...

The letter expresses concern that ministers from both the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office have played down the seriousness of allegations of the human rights violations committed by leaders...

Amnesty International's new report 'Broken lives: a year of intifada', measures events of one year of the intifada against the universal human rights standards which should govern the actions of those...

Theys Eluay was abducted on his way to his home to Sentani Kota after attending an event organized by the Special Forces Command (Kopassus) in the Papuan capital of Jayapura late in the evening of 10...

Amnesty International warned that the measures risk leading to the imprisonment of innocent people without charge or trial. Amnesty International UK Director of Communications Richard Bunting said:...

'Amnesty International believes that the majority, if not all, of these men are facing imprisonment merely in connection with their alleged sexual orientation. If convicted solely on these grounds the...