Press releases in 2001

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...

While the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) have maintained overwhelming parliamentary majorities since independence in 1965, its leaders have launched a series of civil defamation suits against...

Twenty-five men were allegedly arrested yesterday when Taleban forces were searching for tribal leader Hamid Karzai in Uruzgan province. The Taleban haven't stated what the charges are or whether...

'The urgency to better protect and promote human rights is underlined by new reports of human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions by members of the government armed forces,' Amnesty...

'The international community has an opportunity at this critical moment to put the human rights of the Afghan people first, to learn from the past to build the future. The UN Secretary-General's...

The suicide bomber, believed to be a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was apprehended by plain clothes policemen in Chitra Lane, in the Narahenpita area of the city, when he blew...

'Unlawful killings, demolitions of homes, denial - for a population of more than three million - of the right to freedom of movement are gross violations of human rights obligations which the Israeli...

'The prohibition of murder is a fundamental principle of international law,' Amnesty International said. 'All those taken prisoner in the fighting currently taking place in Afghanistan must be treated...