Press releases in 2003

Following the failure of the Jamaican government to deliver justice in the case, the organisation will be helping relatives of those killed by the police to take their case to the Inter-American...

The human rights organisation is calling for the detainees to be given the right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention. Amnesty International said: 'It is a basic principle of international...

The 47-page report, launched today in Kabul, details widespread instances of torture, arbitrary detention and extortion by police officers - including the use of electric shocks, and severe and...

'The Sudanese government's imposition of 'red lines' prohibiting the reporting of politically sensitive issues is a clear violation of the internationally recognised right to freedom of opinion and...

The public call for a prompt and impartial investigation comes as the Spanish government announced legal action against four directors of the Euskaldunon Egunkaria newspaper for 'falsely' accusing...

Supporters and officials of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the independent media, church leaders and human rights defenders continue to be subjected to harassment, arbitrary...

Speaking after an audience with His Majesty King Abdullah bin Hussein, Ms Khan welcomed his call for greater attention to be given to the humanitarian situation inside Iraq in case of war. King...

With recent press reports of alleged deaths in custody after torture and beatings at the US airbase at Bagram, of a Spanish newspaper editor being tortured in Spain and a senior German police officer...

Dr Pradit Chareonthaitawee has received death threats this week from an anonymous telephone caller to his private residence and was told by the caller to stop talking to the United Nations (UN) or he...

The executions confirm fears expressed by Amnesty International, following the execution of two other UPDF soldiers in March 2002, that the Ugandan Army has adopted the use of the death penalty as an...