January 2004

Posted: 30 Jan 2004

Amnesty International and the women's campaign group V-Day are demanding justice over the unsolved killings of hundreds of women in the last ten years in the Mexican towns of Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua. Posted: 30 Jan 2004

Amnesty International is calling for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to nominate examples of outstanding global journalism for the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Posted: 30 Jan 2004

Harassment, intimidation and bans on freedom of expression against dissidents must end in Cuba, said Amnesty International in a new report today, detailing the cases of four new prisoners of conscience. Posted: 29 Jan 2004

Amnesty International today expressed dismay at the reported execution in Ilam, western Iran, on 25 January 2004, of Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, 21, who is said to have committed a murder four years ago while under the age of 18, making him a 'child offender'. Posted: 29 Jan 2004

Posted: 29 Jan 2004

Andy King MP, who was drawn in the annual Private Members Ballot last December, will present a new Bill which aims to clean up companies' social and environmental performance for its crucial Second Reading in the House of Commons this Friday (30 Jan 2004). Posted: 29 Jan 2004

Amnesty International is seeking clemency for Scott Panetti, a mentally ill man who is facing execution in Texas on Thursday 5 February 2004. Posted: 28 Jan 2004

Amnesty International says in a report published today (Wed 28 January 2004) that since November 2002 there has been a dramatic rise in the number of people arrested and imprisoned for expressing their opinions online or for downloading information from the internet in China. Posted: 28 Jan 2004

Amnesty International UK and UK death penalty charity Reprieve have today (27 January 2004) issued a fresh call for justice in the case of Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent exactly 17 years on death row in the United States. Posted: 27 Jan 2004

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Posted: 22 Jan 2004

Amnesty International has welcomed the temporary suspension of a sentence of flogging on a 16-year-old school girl in Sudan, after a last minute appeal was submitted to the Chief Justice for consideration, and has called for the sentence to be commuted. Posted: 22 Jan 2004

In a new report issued today (21 January 2004) on the execution of child offenders around the world, Amnesty International criticises the "truly shameful" record of the United States for its continued use of the death penalty against children. Posted: 21 Jan 2004

Amnesty International is calling on the Swiss authorities to ensure that international human rights standards are fully observed during policing operations in the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF), being held in Davos between 21 and 25 January 2004, and associated demonstrations taking place in Switzerland. Posted: 21 Jan 2004

Posted: 21 Jan 2004

Posted: 21 Jan 2004