Press releases in 2000

After more than two years in pre-trial detention, Andrey Klimov, the 41-year-old member of parliament and businessman, started the first official day of his six-year sentence. After a controversial...

In a 7 February ruling in favour of two Zimbabwean human rights groups, the court ordered the President to release the reports of the 1982 and 1984 Commissions of Enquiry into thousands of cases of...

Amnesty International is urging the Government of Iran to immediately stop the forced return of Afghans from Iran without giving them the chance to apply for voluntary repatriation or have their...

Joseph Green is the 87th condemned prisoner since 1973 to be freed from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged. He had been convicted of murder and sentenced to die in Florida in 1993...

At a press conference today, Amnesty International renewed its call to the UN Commission on Human Rights to create a post of Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders This Special Rapporteur would...

The DPP announced yesterday that he would not be filing charges against any of the police officers or soldiers involved in Mr Gayle's death, ruling that there was insufficient evidence to hold anyone...

The Government of Liberia, in its statement yesterday, accused 'agents provocateurs' of using radio stations to create security problems. Police officers have apparently sealed off the Star Radio...

'If a prominent figure such as Anwar Ibrahim can be subjected to such a violent attack by the highest ranking police officer in the country, what safeguards are there for ordinary Malaysians who find...

The welcome findings of the Senate committee's report on mandatory detention assert federal responsibility for ensuring that Australia's international obligations are met. 'Today's parliamentary...

'The time is long overdue for the Belarusian government to put human rights firmly back on the agenda', Amnesty International stated today on the eve of a visit to Minsk. 'President Alyaksandr...