Press releases in 2000

'Last Wednesday's Freedom March-2 showed the international community that Belarusian authorities can allow demonstrations and respect the right to peaceful assembly,' Amnesty International stated. A...

Amnesty International is calling on the Chinese government to stop the arbitrary detentions, unfair trials and other human rights violations resulting from the official campaign against 'heretical...

'We are asking Governor Sundquist to consider how history will judge such a retrograde step at a time when more than half of the world's countries have turned their backs on the death penalty ,'...

'This would be in line with the call of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights for a 'moratorium on executions with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty '', Amnesty International...

'This would be in line with the call of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights for a 'moratorium on executions with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty'', Amnesty International...

Leading human rights activist Akin Birdal has been sentenced to two one-year prison terms for speeches he gave on World Peace Day in 1995 and 1996. Just two days before he is due to go to prison again...

'Efforts to overcome the legacies of the past and to promote greater respect for human rights must continue, and past gains must be safeguarded,'the organisation said. 'Much remains to be done in the...

'Once more, human beings are being killed to score political points', Amnesty International said. 'The conflict in Kashmir has cost too many lives already. All sides, the government and the armed...

'African human rights defenders play a vital role in promoting and developing a greater awareness of human rights among regional intergovernmental organisations, governments and civil society,'...

The prisoners, including many prisoners of conscience , Ç who were detained at the beginning of 1998 and sentenced to prison terms in May after an unfair military trial for alleged involvement in...