Press releases in 2002

The statement came on the eve of the day - known as Columbus Day, Día de la Raza or Native American Day - in which several countries in the Americas celebrate the continent's multicultural heritage....

'In the original trial, the five defendants appear to have been convicted based on evidence obtained through torture,' Amnesty International said. 'Any retrial must be conducted in line with...

Yesterday, the court ordered that the 30 year sentences of Retired Colonel Byron Disrael Lima Estrada, his son Captain Byron Miguel Lima Oliva, and former presidential bodyguard José Obdulio...

'People with psychiatric illnesses and mental disabilities are quite literally dying of neglect. They are being beaten, chained up and kept in cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions. Conditions in...

'We regret that the Egyptian authorities did not permit us to conduct interviews with several men and Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights held in Egyptian prisons,' Amnesty...

On 9 September 2002, at least 174 unarmed civilians were extrajudicially executed by members of the Burundian Army in Itaba commune, Gitega province. The killings, which remained hidden for over a...

Prior to the Committee's consideration of the UK's report, Amnesty International had submitted its concerns about the UK's implementation of the Convention, including in particular with respect to the...

'The Director of Public Prosecutions should immediately instigate criminal proceedings against the police officers involved. For justice to be done and seen to be done, there must be an independent...

Two other officers, General Edgar Augusto Godoy Gaytán and Colonel Juan Guillermo Oliva Carrera, who had faced the same charges, were acquitted. They were Colonel Valencia's superior officers in the...

The statement came as Women's rights's rightss rights's rights's rights's rights from all over the world gather in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the International Forum of the Association for Women's...