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Japan: Ill-treatment in custody
1 January 1999

Japanese and foreign nationals held in police custody are routinely subjected to ill-treatment and other abuses. These abuses include beatings, solitary confinement ...

Report       ASA 22/001/1999

Japan: Amnesty International calls for inquiry into arrest of ...
22 December 1998

News Service: 252/98. AI INDEX: ASA 22/17/98. EMBARGOED FOR 0300 GMT 22 DECEMBER 1998. Japan: Amnesty International calls for inquiry ...

Press Release       ASA 22/017/1998

Japan: Open letter from Amnesty International to the Government of ...
23 November 1998

News Service: 229/98. AI INDEX: ASA 22/15/98. 23 November 1998. MEDIA ADVISORY. JAPAN. Open letter from Amnesty International to the ...

Press Release       ASA 22/015/1998

Japan complacent over human rights - government must implement UN ...
9 November 1998

Japan complacent over human rights - government must implement UN Human Rights Committee's recommendations

Press Release       ASA 22/014/1998

Japan: Japan's human rights record must be challenged
26 October 1998

AI INDEX: ASA 22/13/98 News Service 207/98. 26 October 1998. Japan's human rights record must be challenged. The UN Human Rights Committee ...

Press Release       ASA 22/013/1998

Japan: Prisoners face cruel and humilliating punishment
10 June 1998

News Service 114/98. AI INDEX: ASA 22/08/98. EMBARGOED UNTIL 15:00 HRS (TOKYO TIME) 26 JUNE 1998. Japan: Prisoners face cruel and humiliating punishment. ...

Press Release       ASA 22/008/1998

Japan: Japanese Government's response to Amnesty International
3 June 1998

The Japanese Government's comments on the AI report 'Japan: Ill-Treatment of Foreigners in Detention' consist generally of a reiteration of official views and dispute ...

Press Release       ASA 22/006/1998

Japan: Abusive punishments in Japanese prisons
31 May 1998

This report documents several cases where prisoners in Japan have faced cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment through the use of handcuffs and other instruments ...

Report       ASA 22/004/1998

Japan: Further information on medical concern / ill-treatment ...
31 March 1998

The lawyer of Saeid Pilhvar has informed Amnesty International that his client is currently receiving treatment in hospital and has gained weight.

Urgent Action       ASA 22/003/1998

Worldwide Appeals April 1998
3 March 1998

1. Israel/South Lebanon: possible hostage/detention beyond expiry of sentence; 2. Honduras: Extrajudicial killing; 3. Japan: Death penalty.

Report       NWS 22/002/1998