Press releases in 2001

The report highlights patterns of violence including the beating, stripping and rape of Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights, in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It focusses...

The statement came as the Brazilian government prepares for its first appearance before the UN Committee against Torture in Geneva. The organization is calling upon the Committee to closely scrutinize...

These landmark judgments require the UK Government to change the procedures by which it investigates killings in disputed circumstances. These judgments will have major repercussions not only for the...

While efforts are being made to end conflict in Sierra Leone and resolve growing tensions between Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, little attention is being focused on the plight of Sierra Leonean...

The amendment opens the possibility for prisoners to participate in common activities, such as education and sport, and allows for unobstructed visits. However the wording suggests that these changes...

Although Amnesty International cannot know whether claims by General Aussaresses, directly implicating the French Government in crimes against humanity, are well founded, they are clearly extremely...

The Committee is beginning today to examine in Geneva Bolivia's initial report on the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...

'These allegations are not new. We believe they may indicate a persistent pattern of institutionalized abuse in Virginia's supermaximum security prisons,' stressed Angela Wright, Amnesty International...

'Journalists have been harassed, tortured, and even killed for reporting the news, and their work is often censored. Democracies and authoritarian regimes have neglected to protect the right to...

'When journalists are silenced, it is not only they who are victims of repressive laws and practices, but also ordinary citizens who are deprived of their right to full and objective information,' the...