Press releases in 2001

'The weeks since the announcement of the election results on 27 May 2001 have been marked by a pattern of government harassment and repression of the opposition,' Amnesty International said. As the...

The organization deeply regrets this failure of human rights leadership at the highest levels of government in the USA. 'President George W. Bush's record on the death penalty is well-known across the...

Throughout the month of June, from Brazil to Uganda and the Philippines, campaigners affiliated to the International Action Network on Small Arms Transfers (IANSA), with the help of Oxfam...

The judgment, by a civilian jury, found three of the four accused guilty of all charges and a fourth guilty of some and not-guilty of others. The trial and conviction of the accused is the latest step...

'This is a day of hope for Guatemala,' the organization continued. 'Despite the many delays and the attacks, threats and intimidation suffered by judges and witnesses involved in the case, this ruling...

On 6 and 7 June 2001 54 men were brought before the public prosecution in Cairo facing accusations of 'immoral behaviour' and 'contempt of religion'. The men remain in detention since their arrest...

Gopalgonj is 100 km south of the capital Dhaka. It is the home district of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and an Awami League constituency. Baniarchar is one of three Churches in the area. No one has...

In the 21 years since John Penry was first sentenced to death, more than 50 countries have abolished the death penalty, bringing to 108 the number which have rejected this punishment in law or...

'The gravity of the human rights violations committed during General Avril's period in power, from his 1988 coup d'état to his departure in March 1990, cannot be ignored,' the organisation continued...

The statement came as the local human rights group CALDH (Centro de Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos) launched a legal suit against officials of the military government of General Ríos Montt for the...