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Jesus Maria Pedrosa Urquiza, a member both of the ruling centre-right Popular Party (PP) and of a nationalist trade union, was the fifth person to be killed by ETA since the beginning of the year. He...
One of the objectives of the historic meeting between President Kim Dae-jung and Chairman Kim Jong Il to be held in Pyongyang from 12-14 June, is to establish a permanent peace on the Korean peninsula...
A new Amnesty International report, Terror Tactics, examines how killings and torture are being carried out: - with the complicity of the government; - through lack of protection by the police of...
'Some governments are still attempting to backtrack from the Beijing Platform for Action and weaken what was agreed five years ago. It is supposed to be Beijing Plus Five and not Minus Five.' Just a...
After three decades in which Togolese civilians and soldiers have been arrested, tortured , killed or have been 'disappeared' with complete impunity the setting up of an international investigation...
'One of them was an investigator, called Vasiliy. I heard how he ordered: 'Let's do it.' And they began forcing wooden clubs into me... I cried and cried and called for help - I was in so much pain. I...
The attack was reported to have been carried out by a male suicide bomber, thought to have been a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). He approached Mr Gooneratne during a parade to...
In a report released today, 'Collateral Damage' or Unlawful Killings? Violations of the Laws of War by NATO during Operation Allied Force, Amnesty International examines a number of attacks indicating...
'Augusto Pinochet is now placed in the same category as any other Chilean citizen before the law, as the wall of impunity that so far has sheltered him is finally beginning to erode,' the organisation...
The organisation was seriously concerned about what appears to have been indiscriminate shelling of a village from a police patrol boat seized by paramilitaries . 'Villagers have reported being...