Press releases in 2002

'The US is placing these people in a legal limbo. They deny that they are Prisoners of War (POWs), while at the same time failing to provide them with the most basic protections of any person deprived...

'This constitutes the most serious failure of the Accords since the issue of human rights was central to the peace process,' the organisation added. Amnesty International stressed that - although many...

One person was killed and scores were injured on Saturday 12 January 2002, when uniformed police officers opened fire, using live ammunition, to disperse a crowd which had gathered in front of Uganda...

'Sectarian violence has troubled Pakistanis, particularly those belonging to minorities, for a long time and we have repeatedly called on the government to protect the safety and security of the...

After four Israeli soldiers were killed on 9 January 2002 in an attack by Hamas on a military post on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) entered Rafah with...

'The time has come for SADC to send a strong and consistent message that the situation in Zimbabwe has grown worse, that the Zimbabwean authorities should not allow human rights to be violated with...

Most at risk are the people living in the demilitarized zone, an area compromising five municipalities of the departments of Caquetá and Meta which the government had conceded to Colombia's main...

According to international standards restraints may be used when strictly necessary as a precaution against escape, damage or injury. However, if restraints are necessary, they must be applied...

The two governments' decision reverses progress made since the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty outlawed the use of land mines in 1997. The treaty has been ratified by 122 countries around the world; neither...

The situation has rapidly deteriorated over the past week with the number of refugees unable to access the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Killi Faizo transit camp increasing...