On 7 March 1997 Amnesty International wrote an open letter to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister, expressing serious concern at the use of foreign military ...
Human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, "disappearances", ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detention continue at an alarming rate in ...
Steven Loke, Greg Kavoa, Charles Kaona: On 10 February 1997 the above men were sentenced to death on conviction of murder after a trial at the Kimbe National Court ...
This report describes positive developments in the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, including the abolition of the death penalty in Spain, Mauritius and ...
The death sentence against the above was lifted on 2 April 1996, following the overturning of his conviction for wilful murder and rape. He remains in detention ...
1. Bahrain: Hundreds arrested as protests flare up; 2. Senegal: Widespread use of torture persists with impunity while human rights abuses continue in Casamance ...