The more than 3000 refugees from Liberia on board the Bulk Challenge have been allowed off the freighter in the Ghanaian port of Takoradi and their situation is ...
Some 3500 refugees from the war in Liberia, who fled on the freighter Bulk Challenge, are in danger of being forcibly returned to Liberia where their lives may ...
1. Bahrain: Hundreds arrested as protests flare up; 2. Senegal: Widespread use of torture persists with impunity while human rights abuses continue in Casamance ...
News Service 38/96. AI INDEX: AFR 49/03/96. 27 FEBRUARY 1996. SENEGAL: USE OF TORTURE PERSISTS WITH IMPUNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CONTINUE IN CASAMANCE. ...
It appears that torture is still widespread in Senegal and is, at certain levels within the hierarchy, officially tolerated. In Casamance where Senegalese security ...
In November 1995 the UN Committee against Torture will study the second periodic report presented by Senegal concerning the application of the UN Convention against ...
This document deals with recent concerns arising from the arrest of some 150 people in February 1994 after a violent demonstration in Dakar. AI considers some, ...
1. Saudi Arabia: Iraqis suffer gross violation of rights in two Saudi Arabian refugee camps; 2. Rwanda: AI condemns the slaughter of thousands; 3. Turkey: Eight ...
1. Mexico: Summary executions prompt call for protection of human rights; 2. United Nations: Commissioner heralds new era of hope; 3. Afghanistan: Women and children ...