Press releases in 2000

The Presidium of Russia's Supreme Court today dismissed the Prosecutor General's appeal against the earlier acquittal of Aleksandr Nikitin, a former prisoner of conscience charged with treason and...

The study has found significant racial and geographical disparities in the application of the death penalty at federal level, and indicates that minorities - particularly African Americans - have been...

The three day Summit which closed on Friday, has included many states signing and ratifying treaties which safeguard the fundamental rights of people. 'People in countries that have ratified human...

'This was an incident waiting to happen, given the failure of the police to thoroughly investigate previous incidents of this nature and to bring those responsible to justice,' Javier Zúñiga added...

The six were part of a group of eight prisoners on death row who attempted to escape from King'ong'o Prison in Nyeri, 150 kilometres from Nairobi, in the early hours of Monday 4 September 2000...

'Many countries generously contributed to the Guatemala Peace Process and to post-conflict efforts to rebuild the country. But these latest incidents cast grave doubt on the will and ability of the...

'If human rights abuses continue to remain unpunished, there is little hope for the restoration of peace, law and order, or for justice for victims and their families,' the human rights organisation...

Jafar Siddiq Hamzah, a US resident and head of a non-governmental organisation the International Forum for Aceh (IFA), was visiting Indonesia when he went missing on 5 August 2000. His family believe...

'Pakistan's laws are so vaguely formulated that they serve to fan religious intolerance and provide a ready tool to incarcerate people holding a divergent religious view. Such laws should be abolished...

The petition called on the UK government to intervene with the Indian government on the matter of human rights violations in Punjab. Rajiv Singh Randhawa has since been charged with robbery and murder...