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Press releases in 2003

Flawed EU-USA extradition agreement threatens human rights

Ahead of tomorrow's (Thursday 5 June 2003) meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers where the EU-US Agreements on Extradition and on Mutual Legal Assistance is due to be approved, Amnesty...

Cuba: New report charts 'unprecendented' clampdown and calls for release of scores of dissidents

In a new 60-page report, 'Essential measures'? Human rights crackdown in the name of security , Amnesty International charts a pattern of arrests, summary and unfair trials, and long prison terms of...

Burma (Burma): Crackdown on political opposition a massive step backwards for human rights

The human rights organisation is calling for the detainees to be granted access to relatives, lawyers and medical care, and for those who are being held for nothing more than exercising their right to...

DR Congo: G8 must act to stop flow of arms to Congo

The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is perhaps the most horrifying example of the impact on human rights of wars fuelled by a scramble for resources and enabled by the easy flow...