April 2004

Amnesty International today (30 April) reiterated its fears for the safety of trade unionists in Colombia, following the 20 April shooting by unidentified gunmen of Gabriel Remolina, the President of the Bucaramanga Branch of SINALTRAINAL and his partner, Fanny Robles. Posted: 30 Apr 2004

There is a real crisis of leadership in Iraq, with double standards and double speak on human rights, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 30 Apr 2004

April 2004 Posted: 28 Apr 2004

Amnesty International today (Tuesday 27 April 2004) released a new report on Libya's human rights record on the same day that Libyan leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's prepared to visit the European Commission in Brussels, his first visit to Europe in 15 years. Posted: 27 Apr 2004

The UN's main human rights body has demonstrated an incapacity and unwillingness to address serious human rights violations and must reform, said Amnesty International as the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights drew to a close. Despite some positive developments, the working methods of the Commission are in urgent need of reform. Posted: 22 Apr 2004

Amnesty International has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks that claimed the lives of at least 58 people, many of them children, in Basra today (21 April 2004). Posted: 21 Apr 2004

Amnesty International today (21 April 2004) expressed shock at the decision to prolong the imprisonment of former parliamentary deputies Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Selim Sadak and Orhan Dogan. As prisoners of conscience, they should be released immediately and without conditions, said the organisation. Posted: 21 Apr 2004

Posted: 21 Apr 2004

The human rights crisis in the oil-rich Arauca region of Colombia, where British journalist Ruth Morris was kidnapped last year by ELN guerrillas, is worsening as warring factions fight for control of the area's natural resources, Amnesty International warned today (20 April 2004). Posted: 20 Apr 2004

As the US Supreme Court starts hearing a challenge to the detentions at Guantánamo Bay, Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: "No less than the rule of law is at stake in the Guantánamo appeal before the US Supreme Court. Posted: 20 Apr 2004

Today (20 April 2004) governments from around the world meeting at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva asked the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report formally to them, for the first time ever, on companies' responsibilities with regard to human rights. Posted: 20 Apr 2004

Amnesty International urges the Israeli authorities not to impose any restrictions or conditions on former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu upon his release on Wednesday 21 April 2004 after 18 years in jail. Posted: 19 Apr 2004

"In our culture it is a shame, and women will hide this in their hearts so that the men do not hear about it," a woman interviewed by Amnesty International Posted: 16 Apr 2004

Amnesty International has criticised the continued detention of four Kurdish school children by the Syrian authorities and has called on the authorities to meet their obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Posted: 16 Apr 2004

Posted: 16 Apr 2004

Amnesty International is pleased to announce the shortlisted entries for its 13th annual UK Media Awards. The winners will be announced at an evening awards ceremony at BAFTA, London, on Thursday 13 May 2004, to be hosted by writer, columnist and broadcaster Joan Bakewell. Posted: 16 Apr 2004

Posted: 15 Apr 2004

Top footballers today (15 April 2004) spoke out against racism towards asylum seekers, at the London launch of A Safe Place, a new schools video by charity Show Racism The Red Card, supported by Amnesty International UK and The Refugee Council. Posted: 15 Apr 2004

Brussels 14 April 2004 Amnesty International has cautioned the EU to consider what message it will be sending to Chinese activists still imprisoned 15 years after Tiananmen Square, if it lifts the EU arms embargo against China. Posted: 14 Apr 2004

Ahead of this week's meeting between Tony Blair and George Bush at the White House on Friday 16 April 2004, Amnesty International is calling on the Prime Minister to urge the American President to ensure that US forces in Iraq respect human rights as they attempt to secure security within a sharply deteriorating situation. Posted: 14 Apr 2004