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East Timor: Reports of hampered investigations and alleged extrajudicial executions strengthen the need for an international independent inquiry

Darwin -- Amnesty International is concerned about reports of lack of co-operation by the Indonesian authorities into on-going investigations of killings in East Timor%link% , including that of...

Concern over arrest and detention of possible prisoner of conscience

Amnesty International has written to the Egyptian government to express its concern over the arrest and detention, earlier this month, of 20 Egyptian professionals for their alleged affiliation with...

Asylum-seekers detained in the USA: a disproportionate and harsh measure

One of the main architects of the international system of refugee protection is systematically violating the basic rights of asylum-seekers%link% , Amnesty International said today, in a new report...

100 executed - time to stop the killing

Wednesday's executions in Saudi Arabia bring the total number of people put to death by the state this year to 100, Amnesty International said today.

East Timor: UN Secretary-General has responsibility to ensure credible investigation

Following the adoption of a resolution on East Timor%link% by the Commission on Human Rights at its special session in Geneva , Amnesty International said that it was now the UN%link% Secretary...

EAST TIMOR: Justice and accountability are long overdue

'I saw the most terrible thing that will stay in my memory forever. I saw a man being executed. He was a Timorese man.... His back was facing me and I could see that his hands were tied. He was naked...

50th Anniversary -- What future for human rights?

As the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary on 1 October, many people in China are still being denied their fundamental human rights.

Pinochet case: extradite or prosecute

The British authorities have only two legal avenues open to them in the Pinochet

East Timorese people must be able to make their choice freely and securely

With two days before the East Timorese people are able to make their voices heard, the human rights situation in East Timor has worsened further, threatening not only the lives of the East Timorese...

Lim Guan Eng released but his civil rights remain curtailed

Today's release of Lim Guan Eng -- a leading opposition figure and former parliamentarian -- after serving two-thirds of an 18 month sentence for 'exciting public disaffection with the administration...