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Archive for: 11/2005

  • Serbia and Montenegro: Stop attacks on human rights activists

    Human rights activists and independent journalists in Serbia are increasingly threatened and even physically attacked in an attempt to silence debate about past atrocities, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Their premises are covered with offensive graffiti and they are threatened with legal action or the opening of what appear to be malicious prosecutions.

  • Sierra Leone Government urged to implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commi

    Amnesty International, WITNESS, Campaign for Good Governance (CGG), Conflict Management and Development Associates (CMDA), Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CDHR) and the Sierra Leone Bar Association wish to use the occasion of the CG meeting to highlight issues of mutual and urgent concern around the Government's lack of progress in implementing the recommendations of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

  • Timor-Leste: Denial of Justice?

    Amnesty International is deeply concerned at President Xanana Gusmaos lack of political will to disseminate immediately to the public the recently completed final report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (Comissao de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliacao de Timor Leste, CAVR) and at his apparent reluctance to support the reportҒs recommendations pertaining to justice and reparations.

  • Morocco/Western Sahara: Human rights defenders on trial

    Amnesty International announced today that it is sending a delegate to observe the trial this week of seven human rights defenders from Western Sahara who the organization believes may be prisoners of conscience. They are standing trial together with seven other accused who are being prosecuted for participating in demonstrations against Moroccan rule.

  • Slovenia: The ‘erased’ - UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights urges the authorities

    Amnesty International today called on the Slovenian authorities to immediately implement the recommendations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Committee) which were issued on 25 November 2005, after the Committee considered Slovenia's initial report on measures to give effect to the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

  • USA: 1,000th execution looms as lottery of death reaches shameful milestone

    As the 1,000th execution in the US approaches, Amnesty International, along with a broad spectrum of human rights organizations, social justice groups, and concerned individuals, is calling on US State and Federal authorities to put an immediate end to all executions.

  • Australians stand united in silent vigils

    The campaign to save the life of Australian Van Tuong Nguyen will culminate with 3,000 Candles of Hope to be lit at Federation Mall in Canberra at 7.00 pm on Wednesday night.

  • Singapore: Only leadership can save Van Tuong Nguyen

    Amnesty International is appealing directly to the Singapore Government to show leadership on human rights and commute the death sentence against Van Tuong Nguyen.

  • Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi must be released

    The Burmese authorities must not extend the house arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi beyond the expiry of the current detention order this Sunday, Amnesty International said today.

  • Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment two years after the “Rose Revolution”

    Amnesty International continues to receive reports about torture and ill-treatment in Georgia. Many cases still do not come to light because police cover up their crimes and detainees are often afraid to complain or identify the perpetrators for fear of repercussions. Amnesty International voiced its concerns as it launched its report, Georgia: Torture and ill-treatment - still a concern after the "Rose Revolution", on the second anniversary of the events which brought a new government to power.

  • Uganda: Attack on the Independence of the Courts

    Intervention by heavily armed security agents on the premises of the High Court in Kampala on 16 November 2005, led to the return to jail of 14 suspects of an armed group despite the ruling by the High Court Judge to grant bail. This was an attack on the rule of law and international human rights standards, Amnesty International and the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) said today.

  • Australians keep up the fight to save the life of Van Tuong Nguyen

    The fight to save the life of Australian Van Tuong Nguyen, who is scheduled for execution on 2 December, is escalating further with events and gatherings across Australia.

  • Malta: Excessive use of force and ill-treatment of detainees

    Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the ill-treatment and excessive use of force by Maltese authorities against individuals held at the Hal-Safi barracks detention centre on 13 January 2005 as described in the report (published 12 December 2005) of the results of the investigation of the Board of Inquiry appointed by the Maltese government to investigate the incident.

  • SMS to say NO to the Death Penalty

    Amnesty International launches SMS appeal to stop execution of Australian man, Van Tuong Nguyen

  • Myanmar: Stop using forced labour and penalizing protesters

    As the International Labour Organization (ILO) meets to discuss the practice of forced labour in Myanmar, Amnesty International expresses concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.

  • Hicks’ Unfair Trial Stayed

    Amnesty International today welcomes the suspension of David Hicks' military commission preliminary proceedings which were scheduled to commence on 18 November 2005.

  • Zimbabwe: Call for African leadership to address human rights and humanitarian crisis

    Today, a coalition of human rights and civic organizations across Africa issued a Joint Appeal on Zimbabwe, sending letters to their Heads of State calling for African leaders and the African Union (AU) to address the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.

  • Executive Director of Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, Stanislav Dmitrievskii, possible prisoner

    Stanislav Dmitrievskii is facing up to five years imprisonment for his decision to publish articles written by a former Chechen separatist leader and his envoy.

  • A Joint Appeal to African Leaders to address the human rights situation in Zimbabwe

    Through the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) African Heads of State and Government have made a commitment to human rights and accountability in Africa. We are calling on African leaders to honour these commitments and end their long silence on human rights violations in Zimbabwe.

  • Australia: Anti-terrorism Bill undermines basic civil liberties

    The Federal Government's Anti-terrorism Bill proposes radical new laws that make innocent people vulnerable to imprisonment, according to Amnesty International Australia's submission to today's federal Senate Committee hearing on the Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005.

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