October 2003

Amnesty International is asking people to add a few names to their greetings card list this year to show that women who are prisoners of conscience and victims of human rights abuses all over the world have not been forgotten. Posted: 31 Oct 2003

Mohamed Hassan Hamdan (m), aged 16, member of the Ja'afra ethnic group (an Arab group in South Darfur)Amnesty International is gravely concerned that a sixteen-year-old boy in Sudan - Mohamed Hassan Hamdan - will suffer judicial amputation of his right hand and left ("cross amputation"). Posted: 31 Oct 2003

We believe that British consumers do not want to wear jewellery that was mined by children or use mobile phones containing components linked to gun-running and civilian deaths. Amnesty International UK Media Director, Lesley Warner Posted: 31 Oct 2003

The latest round of talks between the governments of Bhutan and Nepal to resolve the Bhutanese refugee crisis has failed to provide a solution, a coalition of five leading non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said yesterday (28 October 2003). Donor countries should convene an international conference to devise a solution to the longstanding crisis. Posted: 29 Oct 2003

The proceedings under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ATCSA) amount to a perversion of justice, Amnesty International said as a Special Immigration Appeal Commission (SIAC) handed down judgments on ten foreign nationals. Posted: 29 Oct 2003

The integrity of the Kimberley Process Diamond Certification Scheme (1) is at stake this week when representatives from governments, the diamond industry and NGOs convene for the Kimberley Process plenary meeting in Sun City, South Africa from 29-31 October 2003. Posted: 28 Oct 2003

Posted: 28 Oct 2003

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Amnesty International today (27 October) condemned in the strongest terms the suicide bomb attack on the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Baghdad, which killed at least 12 people and injured 15. Posted: 27 Oct 2003

The Transitional Government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) includes senior ministers with links to the armed groups in the east of the country who are responsible for ongoing rape, torture and the use of child soldiers, said Amnesty International today (24 October 2003). Posted: 24 Oct 2003

Posted: 24 Oct 2003

A report released today (23 October) by Amnesty International reveals a shocking catalogue of human rights violations leading to the unfair trial of the 'Grenada 17', political prisoners still imprisoned following the United States' invasion of the Caribbean island 20 years ago this weekend. Posted: 23 Oct 2003

As many as 4,500 children are detained in Pakistan and more than 3,000 of these have not been convicted of any offence, said Amnesty International today, as it published a new report on children in detention in Pakistan. Posted: 23 Oct 2003

The Ugandan government must acknowledge its share of the responsibility for the enormous human suffering in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It must end immediately the plunder of the region's natural resources and support for armed groups, said Amnesty International today (21 October 2003) as it launched a new report in Kampala, DRC: Ituri - a need for protection, a thirst for justice. Posted: 21 Oct 2003

Posted: 20 Oct 2003

A coalition of leading charities has condemned the government for refusing to close the gaping loopholes in the UK's new arms export law. Oxfam, Amnesty International, Saferworld and BASIC have joined forces to draw attention to the missed opportunities and broken election pledges. Posted: 17 Oct 2003

The number of "disappearance" cases in Nepal has surged alarmingly, revealed Amnesty International today, as it published a new report on Nepal's so-called 'people's war' and security force counter-insurgency operations. Posted: 16 Oct 2003

As Home Office figures released today (16 October) revealed another increase in gun crime in the UK, Amnesty International called for tough controls on the arms trade to stop deadly weapons getting into the hands of criminals, together with local projects to take guns out of communities. Posted: 16 Oct 2003

Around 20 people, including a child, died and more than one hundred were injured as the combined forces of the army and police force were deployed in the area of el Alto, near La Paz, to clear blocked roads and contain the popular demonstrations taking place between 11 and 12 October. Posted: 15 Oct 2003