November 2004
UK: Tasers trialled by UK police revealed as potentially lethal and prone to abuse in new report
More than 70 people in the US and Canada have died after being shocked with 'taser' weapons currently being trialled by UK police forces, says a new Amnesty International report released today (30 November). Posted: 30 Nov 2004
India: Clouds of Injustice, new Amnesty report on the continuing human rights disaster in Bhopal
As it launched a new report on the continuing human rights disaster in Bhopal (India) today (29 November), Amnesty International called on Dow Chemical Company (who took over Union Carbide Corporation in 2001) to act immediately to clean up the site of the 1984 toxic chemical leak, ensure survivors receive adequate compensation, and face justice in the Indian courts. Posted: 29 Nov 2004
UK: 'Burlesque' party raises over £100,000 for human rights
Celebrity supporters of Amnesty International last night (25 November) raised over £100,000 for human rights at a gigantic 'Burlesque Ball' held in central London. Posted: 26 Nov 2004
Scotland: Kenny Richey briefing
Posted: 26 Nov 2004
Scotland: Film festival
Posted: 26 Nov 2004
EU-Russia summit: EU must address persecution in Chechnya as new report reveals killings of applicants to European Court of Human Rights
On the eve of the EU summit in The Hague with Russia's President Putin, Amnesty International is presenting the European Union with detailed testimonies showing that victims of human rights violations in Chechnya who complain to European institutions have been killed or "disappeared". Posted: 24 Nov 2004
AGM 2005: Booking form
Posted: 24 Nov 2004
AGM 2005: Funding assistance form
Posted: 24 Nov 2004
AGM 2005: Motions form
Posted: 24 Nov 2004
North Korea: Family tortured and ill-treated, now facing labour camp
Three members of the same family, imprisoned for leaving North Korea without authorisation, are reportedly at imminent risk of transfer to one of the country's political penal labour camps. Conditions in these camps are notoriously harsh and would further endanger their health, already thought to have been weakened by months of torture and ill-treatment in detention. Amnesty International members are writing urgent appeals to the authorities calling for their immediate release. Posted: 23 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: Chief Jonathan Wanyanwu
Posted: 22 Nov 2004
GCC2004: video transcript
Posted: 22 Nov 2004
Ukraine: Detentions over asking for election results condemned, fears for election re-run heightened
Amnesty International is concerned that the authorities in Ukraine are continuing to arrest and detain people who exercise their right to protest peacefully, following the sentencing of six people in the town of Sumy for demanding to know the results of presidential elections in their district. Posted: 19 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: UK nationals and residents at Guantánamo Bay
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: Weja Chicampo
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: Women of Zimbabwe Arise
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: Xu Yonghai
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
GCC2004 case: Zheng Enchong
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Map: Leicester Regional Conference
Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Burma: Prisoners of conscience freed
Amnesty International welcomes the release from prison today (19 Nov) of at least 20 political prisoners in Myanmar. The Burmese authorities announced yesterday that they would release 3,937 prisoners, after finding that "improper deeds" were used to imprison them. Posted: 19 Nov 2004