Mauritania

Human Rights in ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA

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Mauritania: Further Information on Fear of ill-treatment or ...
7 January 2004

Sid'Ahmed Ould Haidalla, the son of former presidential candidate Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, is being subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment amounting ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/001/2004

Mauritania: Further information on Fear of ill-treatment or ...
28 November 2003

On 23 November, the at least 15 detainees held at Beyla prison in the capital Nouakchott were charged with crimes related to state security. Judicial authorities ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/013/2003

Mauritania: Authorities announce imminent trials but ignore ...
26 November 2003

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 38/012/2003 (Public Document). Press Service Number : 268. 26 November 2003. Mauritania ...

Press Release       AFR 38/012/2003

Mauritania: Further information on Fear of ill-treatment or ...
19 November 2003

Mahmoudy Ould Slama, who was detained on suspicion of planning a coup d'Etat along with a group of ex-presidential candidate Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla's supporters ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/011/2003

Mauritania: Fear of ill-treatment or torture/ Incommunicado ...
14 November 2003

Amnesty International is seriously concerned for the safety of those named above. They are being held in incommunicado detention apparently without charge. At least ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/010/2003

West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty
9 October 2003

This doument summarizes each of the 16 ECOWAS countries' legislation on the death penalty, provides information on the most recent executions and convictions and ...

Report       AFR 05/003/2003

Mauritanie: Where is Lieutenant Didi Ould M'Hamed?
24 July 2003

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. NEWS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 38/008/2003 (Public Document). News Service Number: 177. 21 July 2003. Mauritania: Where ...

Press Release       AFR 38/008/2003

Mauritania: Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Possible Prisoners of ...
1 June 2003

The imams named above were arrested by the security forces between 5 and 6 May in the capital Nouakchott and in the town of Nouadhibou, in the North of the country ...

Urgent Action       AFR 38/007/2003

Mauritania: Wave of arrests of political opponents and imams.
11 May 2003

After the wave of arrests of members of the National Renaissance Party, and of imams that has been taking place in Mauritania since 30 April, Amnesty International ...

Report       AFR 38/004/2003

International Labour Organization: 91st session of the ...
10 April 2003

The right to enjoy human rights without discrimination is one of the most fundamental principles underlying international human rights law, appearing in virtually ...

Report       IOR 42/003/2003