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CUBA: SWITCH TO NEW FORMS OF DISSIDENT HARASSMENT REVEALED IN NEW REPORT

Amnesty International's findings show that the recent pattern of persecution has included short-term detentions, interrogations, summonses, official warnings, threats, intimidation, evictions, loss of...

BIRMINGHAM: LETHAL ELECTRIC FENCE ALARMS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP

The 'Electro-Guard 5000' fence, distributed by New York-based company DeTekion Security Systems, Inc., has been advertised for sale at the International Fire and Security Exhibition and Conference...

ETHIOPIA: TEACHER RELEASED AFTER SIX YEARS AS PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE

Dr Taye, President of the Ethiopian Teachers Association and well-known critic of the government's education policy, was released following a five-year campaign by Amnesty International, the NUT and...

JAPAN: NEW REPORT REVEALS DISTURBING PATTERN OF MISTREATMENT OF FOREIGNERS

Coinciding with the imminent arrival in Japan of thousands of foreigners for the 2002 football World Cup finals, the report reveals that each year in Japan thousands of foreign nationals are singled...

Jordan: Sentence against Toujan al-Faisal a blow to freedom of expression

'This is a sad day for freedom of expression in Jordan. Toujan al-Faisal has been imprisoned solely for exercising her fundamental right to express her opinion,' the organisation said. Toujan al...

Thailand: 10 years later - still no justice for the May 1992 victims

'The families of those killed or 'disappeared' and people who were injured are still waiting for the truth to be established and for justice to be done. They must not wait another 10 years,' Amnesty...

India: More civilians targeted in Jammu and Kashmir

It is reported that unidentified gunmen, dressed in military uniform, boarded a bus travelling from Kangra to Jammu. After ordering the passengers to get off the bus, the gunmen opened fire killing...

Israel/Occupied Territories: Soldiers imprisoned for refusing to take part in human rights violations

'Israel must recognise the right to refuse military service on grounds of conscience, as recognised under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which it is a party,' Amnesty...

USA: Amnesty International deeply disturbed by apparent impunity for guards in Frank Valdes killing

Florida state prosecutors' decision last Friday to drop the charges - which ranged from conspiracy to second-degree murder - followed a jury's acquittal of three other former correctional officers...

Israel/Occupied Territories: Torture and ill-treatment under scrutiny at UN in Geneva

The Committee against Torture last considered Israel's implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment in November 2001. Amnesty...