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The state's juvenile detention system, Foundation for the Well-Being of Minors (FEBEM), collapsed into crisis last October when years of overcrowding and ill-treatment led to a series of violent riots...
'Everyone was dying. You saw the legs or hands of your friends lying in front of you. It was so horrifying, you couldn't make sense of it. It was hell! Boys lay on the ground for three or four days...
In the wake of yet another massacre against inhabitants of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, municipality of Apartadó (northern department of Antioquia), Amnesty International urged the...
Describing the scale of the atrocities, the UN Secretary General's report (November 1999) said; '... not since the horrors of World War II had Europe witnessed massacres on this scale... ' The...
In April this year, the Chief Executive promised 'the creation of an environment in which each Pakistani can find an opportunity to lead his life with dignity and freedom'. 'The arbitrary arrests of...
The campaign has been carried out intermittently for at least the last two years. The current campaign began in April 2000 with the government announcement widely disseminated in the media, calling on...
With the resumption of hostilities between government and rebel forces in May, human rights abuses against civilians have increased. A year on from the Lomé peace agreement, Sierra Leoneans still...
'In human rights terms, there is nothing to celebrate about the Australian Constitution. When passed, it deliberately excluded Asians on racist grounds and ignored even the existence of Aborigines...
'The problem of excessive use of force by police appears to be particularly serious in Belize City and in the areas near the Guatemalan border,' the organisation added. In 1999 local human rights...
The campaign has been carried out intermittently for at least the last two years. The current campaign began in April 2000 with the government announcement widely disseminated in the media, calling on...