Press Releases

Badaruddin Ismail, a member of leading human rights organisation Suaram, had been assisting the families of the victims of arbitrary arrest and documenting an inquiry into police brutality. No reasons...

Badaruddin Ismail, a member of leading human rights organisation Suaram, had been assisting the families of the victims of {arbitrary arrest} and documenting an inquiry into police brutality. No...

'While Texas has drawn worldwide attention for the sheer number of executions, its smaller neighbour has passed death sentences, and is currently carrying them out, at a greater rate,' the...

The Presidential Decree issued on 23 April 2001 followed a recommendation from Indonesia's parliament to establish ad hoc Human Rights Courts on East Timor and on the 1984 Tanjung Priok case in which...

'The repeated accusations brought against the Mauritian authorities by individuals who claim that their right to be free from torture and ill-treatment and their right to be given a fair trial have...

Since the last Amnesty International mission to the country in June 1998, a number of positive steps have been taken by the authorities, including the release of 28 {political prisoners,} among them...

Since the last Amnesty International mission to the country in June 1998, a number of positive steps have been taken by the authorities, including the release of 28 political prisoners, among them...

'The Guatemalan government must make a serious commitment to bring to justice perpetrators of past human rights violations and the international community must keep up the pressure to ensure that...

'The investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law are a responsibility which must be shouldered by the international community as a whole,' Amnesty International said. 'Relying on...

'The challenge to address the region's outstanding human rights concerns remains a pressing need,' the organization added. Amnesty International welcomed the commitment to democracy at the centre of...