Press releases in 2004

Govinda Damai, 18, was seen by his prison guard being taken away by a group of security personnel on Sunday evening, 26 September 2004. A court had found he was being detained illegally and ordered...

Amnesty International’s 24-page document puts forward a wide range of policy proposals on human rights observance in the areas of asylum, immigration, and judicial and police cooperation within the...

Amnesty International Jamaica researcher Piers Bannister said: 'In a meeting in March 2003, the Chief of Staff of the Jamaican Defence Force assured an Amnesty International delegation that human...

On 2 September, riot police, 'war veterans' and members of the youth 'militia' reportedly went to Porta Farm to forcibly evict some 10,000 people, many of whom have been living there since 1991. The...

Amnesty International views this announcement with great suspicion. It states that the Finucane inquiry will require the introduction of new legislation to take account of 'the requirements of...

On 13 September 2004 conscientious objector Monastiriotis, 24, was arrested and brought directly to the Naval Court of Piraeus for trial. He was sentenced on the same day to three years and four...

Amnesty International said: “The kidnapping and killing of civilians are recognised international crimes and violate people’s most basic rights. There can be no justification for these acts.”...

The organisation is calling for a massive increase in monitors and for them to be deployed in every region of Darfur because the government’s so-called 'safe areas' provide no real security. Amnesty...

Amnesty International said: “There are worrying reports about the mounting casualties amongst civilians who find themselves caught in the battle between American troops and insurgents. “It is time...

The conviction and sentencing today of Kenneth Barrett, a former loyalist paramilitary, for the murder of Patrick Finucane has removed any purported justification on the part of the authorities to...