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Press releases in 2003

Iraq: UK use of cluster bombs condemned

An Amnesty International spokesperson said: 'We have asked the UK and US governments to confirm that they would not use such indiscriminate weapons because of the threat they pose to civilians. Now we...

Defence trade union joins Oxfam and Amnesty International in call for tighter control of arms exports

The call comes as Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for the Department of Trade and Industry, today goes in front of a parliamentary committee to defend the government's new controls on arms exports...

Cuba: Biggest crackdown on dissent in a decade

'In what appears to have been the biggest crackdown in a decade, independent journalists, members of human rights groups, political activists and other perceived dissidents across the country have...

Cuba/USA: Ferry hijack - brutal response must be avoided

About 50 people are believed to be aboard the ferry, now drifting in international waters north of the Cuban coast. The hijackers are reportedly demanding extra fuel to continue to the United States...

USA: More double standards as child offender set to be executed

The execution, which is scheduled for 6pm evening (midnight GMT) on 3 April in Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, is prohibited by international law which forbids the use of the death penalty...