Press releases in 2001

'As a defender of human rights the Council of Europe has a responsibility to ensure that strong pressure is applied to Russia.' Amnesty International said. 'It has an obligation to remind the Russian...

The punishment is in sharp contrast with the six and half year sentence given to Su'ad Hilmi Ghazal, a Palestinian from Sebastia village near Nablus who in December 1998 at the age of 15 and whilst...

Russian forces on sweep (in Russian, zachistka, or 'cleansing') operations in towns and villages continue to arbitrarily arrest, loot, and use disproportionate force against civilians. According to...

'The latest killings and the climate of extreme distrust which is once again taking hold in the region are an indication that ethnic violence is set to intensify and could lead to renewed large -...

'These four individuals have been imprisoned for five years without charge or trial for their non-violent political and religious activities and their detention must end,' Amnesty International said...

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said: 'Iraq's appalling record of political killings and torture is well known in Britain, yet we often seem to forget that these abuses are directly...

'This brutal treatment of civilians simply has to end,' the human rights organisation said. 'These deeply disturbing reports once again underline the need for action by the international community to...

'Although it is significant that the armed forces and carabineros acknowledged the tragic deaths of 200 people who had been arrested,' the organisation said, 'after 27 years of unabated denial, the...

Minister Knight was quoted as stating: 'The police must be able, if challenged [by gunmen] to respond swiftly, efficiently and effectively...I know I am going to be criticised for this, but gunmen who...

During Mr Bush's five-year governorship in Texas 152 men and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights were put to death, almost twice the number killed in any other state in over two...