Press releases in 2004

Amnesty International has urged the UN Security Council and all UN member states to take more effective action to end the massive human rights violations in Darfur, including to: increase the number...

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Director Stephen Bowen said: “Armed groups must set free all hostages and refrain from kidnapping people or attacking civilians. “Attacks on civilians are a...

The report, Portugal: Attack on a prisoner in Lisbon Prison , raises serious concerns about ill-treatment with impunity in Lisbon prison. Albino Libanio was isolated from other prisoners so that...

Press reports claim that the guerrilla group, the Ejército the Liberación Nacional (ELN), National Liberation Army, was responsible for the kidnapping of Monsignor Misael Vacca Ramírez, as well as...

Anannyo Azad was abducted by three unknown men at about 4:15pm on 24 July in a street near his home in the capital Dhaka. He was forced into a nearby alley and, according to a press report in the...

The measures are reportedly contained in a draft bill governing the operation of non-governmental organisations(NGOs). Amnesty International said: “These reports indicate that as with other...

Irene Khan said: “The adoption of a progressive Constitution, the ratification of human rights treaties, the creation of national institutions and other measures to protect human rights are...

Key issues include: detention without trial; allegations of ill-treatment and torture, including being assaulted, forced to strip, deprived of sleep, food and water, detainees being told that their...

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On 13 July the Czech Minister of Health Jozef Kubinyi issued a press statement stating that he had instructed directors of all health institutions to immediately cease use of 'cage beds', calling for...