East Timor: building a new country based on human rights
The present document of Amnesty International concern observations and recommendations to East Timor. In order to fulfil its responsibility to promote, protect and fulfil those rights, Amnesty International recommends that UNTAET draws up a national human rights action plan through which it can identify steps it must take including the adoption of legislative and other […]
East Timor: building a new country based on human rights
The present document of Amnesty International concern observations and recommendations to East Timor. In order to fulfil its responsibility to promote, protect and fulfil those rights, Amnesty International recommends that UNTAET draws up a national human rights action plan through which it can identify steps it must take including the adoption of legislative and other […]
Belarus: dissent and impunity
The present report of Amnesty International aims to give an overview of the human rights situation in Belarus in the period 1999 to 2000. In Amnesty International’s experience impunity flourishes in conditions where effective legal and administrative mechanisms do not exist to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice. This report illustrates the extent […]
Belarus: dissent and impunity
The present report of Amnesty International aims to give an overview of the human rights situation in Belarus in the period 1999 to 2000. In Amnesty International’s experience impunity flourishes in conditions where effective legal and administrative mechanisms do not exist to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice. This report illustrates the extent […]
Angola: freedom of expression on trial
This document is a sequel to a report entitled Angola: Freedom of expression under threat, which Amnesty International published in November 1999. The 1999 report outlined the cases of some 25 journalists who had been interrogated, detained, threatened or assaulted in connection with their work since January 1999. The present report takes up the story. […]
Angola: freedom of expression on trial
This document is a sequel to a report entitled Angola: Freedom of expression under threat, which Amnesty International published in November 1999. The 1999 report outlined the cases of some 25 journalists who had been interrogated, detained, threatened or assaulted in connection with their work since January 1999. The present report takes up the story. […]
Austria: before the UN Committee against Torture – allegations of police ill-treatment
The present report highlights the main concerns and recommendations of both the Committee against Torture and Amnesty International in the light of Austria’s examination by the Committee against Torture and presents a number of cases of alleged ill-treatment received by Amnesty International. The requirement that people be given immediate or prompt access to a lawyer is […]
Austria: before the UN Committee against Torture – allegations of police ill-treatment
The present report highlights the main concerns and recommendations of both the Committee against Torture and Amnesty International in the light of Austria’s examination by the Committee against Torture and presents a number of cases of alleged ill-treatment received by Amnesty International. The requirement that people be given immediate or prompt access to a lawyer is […]
Saudi Arabia: a justice system without justice
This report covers some of the key defects in Saudi Arabia’s criminal justice system. It should be read in conjunction with Saudi Arabia, A Secret State of Suffering, issued in March 20005, which documents patterns of human rights violations, including persecution of political opponents and religious minorities, torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments, and […]
Saudi Arabia: a justice system without justice
This report covers some of the key defects in Saudi Arabia’s criminal justice system. It should be read in conjunction with Saudi Arabia, A Secret State of Suffering, issued in March 20005, which documents patterns of human rights violations, including persecution of political opponents and religious minorities, torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments, and […]
The administration of justice in Tunisia: torture, trumped-up charges and a tainted trial
The present document of Amnesty Internation concerns the case of Radhia Nasraoui and twenty co-defenders versus Tunisia. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the issue of harassment. According to Amnesty International the harassment of Radhia Nasraoui is in violation of these principles.
The administration of justice in Tunisia: torture, trumped-up charges and a tainted trial
The present document of Amnesty Internation concerns the case of Radhia Nasraoui and twenty co-defenders versus Tunisia. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the issue of harassment. According to Amnesty International the harassment of Radhia Nasraoui is in violation of these principles.
Russian Federation: for the motherland
In November 1999, Amnesty International representatives together with members of the Moscow-based human rights organization, Memorial, visited the border between Chechnya and the Republic of Ingushetia and Stavropolsky Kray Region of the Russian Federation, bordering on Chechnya, to collect first-hand testimony from people affected by the conflict in the Chechen Republic and to assess the […]
Russian Federation: for the motherland
In November 1999, Amnesty International representatives together with members of the Moscow-based human rights organization, Memorial, visited the border between Chechnya and the Republic of Ingushetia and Stavropolsky Kray Region of the Russian Federation, bordering on Chechnya, to collect first-hand testimony from people affected by the conflict in the Chechen Republic and to assess the […]
Togo: no political stability without respect for human rights
In the current document, Amnesty International makes recommendations to the Togolese authorities and to all players in the inter-Togolese dialogue so that they can actively contribute to ending impunity which has reigned for three decades in Togo. Amnesty International urges the reforming and strengthening of the judicial system so that it is impartial and independent and […]
Togo: no political stability without respect for human rights
In the current document, Amnesty International makes recommendations to the Togolese authorities and to all players in the inter-Togolese dialogue so that they can actively contribute to ending impunity which has reigned for three decades in Togo. Amnesty International urges the reforming and strengthening of the judicial system so that it is impartial and independent and […]
