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Press releases in 2004

Nepal: Armed forces strategy of 'disappearances' and executions must stop

Hundreds of people have 'disappeared' in Nepal since the collapse of a cease-fire last August and are in unacknowledged detention or have been extra-judicially executed. Relatives of victims have...

Sudan: 'Too many people being killed for no reason'

Darfur: Too many people killed for no reason reports that the Sudanese government's air force has indiscriminately bombed villages in Darfur, in an attempt to put down rebel armed groups. The...

United Kingdom: Anti-terror proposals an aberration of justice, the rule of law and human rights

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'The existing measures under the Anti Terrorism Crime and Security Act (2001) have already created a small-scale Guantanamo Bay in the UK by allowing...

Colombia: Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights's campaigner has feet scalded and head shaved in savage attack

As 22-year-old Ines Pena was driven around the city by the two men, who are thought to be army-backed paramilitaries, her feet were reportedly scalded with boiling water and her head shaved. As she...