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Archive for: 09/2006

  • Pakistan: Enforced disappearances in the ‘war on terror’

    In cooperating in the US-led 'war on terror', the Pakistani government has systematically committed human rights abuses against hundreds of Pakistanis and foreign nationals.

  • Haiti: Activist’s killing shows need for disarmament program

    Bruner Esterne, President of the Grand Ravine Community Council for Human Rights, was killed by unknown individuals on 21 September 2006. The 38 year old activist was an eyewitness of a massacre which took place on 20 August 2005 in the Port-au-Prince's neighbourhood of Martissant, in which at least 20 people were killed and many others were injured.

  • Myanmar: Detention of three student leaders

    Amnesty International has expressed strong concern at the detention of three student leaders in Yangon. The organisation urged the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC, Myanmar's military government) to immediately and unconditionally release them from detention, and not to penalise them or anyone else for peaceful political activities.

  • Russian Federation: Human rights defender sentenced after mourning Beslan tragedy

    Amnesty International strongly condemns the arrest of human rights defender Lev Ponomarev, who on 26 September was sentenced to three days' detention for organising a memorial event for the victims of the Beslan hostage tragedy.

  • Afghanistan: Killing of Safiye Amajan violates laws of war

    The killing on 25 September 2006 of Safiye Amajan, the provincial head of the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA), in Kandahar was a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law by the armed group which claimed responsibility for her death.

  • Colombia: AI condemns killing of community leader

    Fabian Trellez Moreno, a community leader and legal representative of the Boca de Bebara Local Community Council in Medio Atrato Municipality, Choco Department, was reportedly tortured and killed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), on 8 September 2006.

  • Turkey: Journalist targeted yet again

    Amnesty International is dismayed at the news that yet another case has been opened against journalist Hrant Dink on charges of "denigrating Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code.

  • Iraq: Amnesty International alarmed at rise in executions

    Amnesty International is greatly concerned at the sharp increase in executions carried out by the Iraqi authorities since the beginning of September 2006.

  • Iran: Continuing crackdown against peaceful critics

    Amnesty International is greatly concerned by new arrests and detentions in Iran targeting human rights activists, minority community activists and others peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association.

  • Georgia: Political will needed to eradicate domestic violence

    Tens of thousands of women in Georgia are hit, beaten, raped and in some cases even killed by their husbands or partners, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

  • Kosovo (Serbia): Need to consult civil society and ensure protection of human rights

    As the United Nations Special Envoy to Kosovo (UNOSEK) addresses the UN Security Council on the progress of talks on the future of Kosovo, Amnesty International again urges the international community to ensure that measures for the protection of human rights of all persons in Kosovo lie at the heart of the talks process and the final agreement.

  • Maldives: AI welcomes release of opposition leader

    Amnesty International welcomes the release of Mohamed Nasheed, Chairperson of the opposition party, Maldivian Democratic Party. He was arrested in August 2005 during a peaceful protest in the main public square in the capital, Male and was later charged with "sedition".

  • Algeria: Human rights lawyers threatened with imprisonment

    Amnesty International is concerned that two lawyers who are due to appear in an Algiers court may face imprisonment because of their human rights work.

  • China: Increase pace of reforms to meet Olympic deadline

    In response to the government's criticism of Amnesty International's report, China: The Olympics Countdown - failing to keep human rights promises, the organisation's Deputy Asia Director Catherine Baber said: "We were delighted when the Chinese authorities themselves promised to improve human rights in time for the 2008 Olympics. We are a human rights organisation and naturally we are holding the authorities to those promises."

  • The Netherlands: Concerns about Schiphol fire

    Amnesty International welcomes the release of the report of the independent Dutch Safety Board (DSB, Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid) on the fire at the temporary detention centre at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport during the night of 26-27 October 2005. Eleven irregular migrants were killed, and fifteen other people injured, as a result of the fire.

  • Syria/Jordan/Canada/USA: Canadian inquiry underlines need for investigation into Maher Arar case

    Amnesty International welcomes the findings of the Canadian public inquiry into the role of Canadian officials in the deportation and detention of Maher Arar, published on 18 September. Among other findings, the inquiry concluded that Maher Arar was tortured while detained for almost 12 months in Syria.

  • Hungary: Reports of excessive use of force by the police

    Amnesty International is concerned about reports that police officers may have used excessive force during demonstrations which turned violent in the capital, Budapest.

  • Indonesia: Resumption of executions

    Today's executions of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu are a serious setback for all those combating the use of death penalty across the world.

  • Greece: Call to protect the rights of the most vulnerable

    (Athens) Amnesty International today called on Greece to ensure that those most likely to suffer human rights abuses - such as women, minorities, asylum-seekers and migrants - receive full protection of their rights by the authorities.

  • Sudan: Extension of peacekeeping mission only first step

    Reacting to today's news that the Sudanese government has agreed to an extension of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan, Amnesty International said that today's development is a first step towards the protection of civilians in Darfur but must be followed by the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers.

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