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 ...
There is concern that Lamin Samb, an Arabic teacher and reportedly a member of Islamic group, Men and Women who Fight for the Truth, may have died in custody as ...
Several people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Maitre Babacar Seye, Vice President of the Constitutional Council, on 15 May 1993. At least five ...
1. North Korea: Evidence of systematic abuses emerges. 2. Tunisia: Deaths in custody linked to torture. 3. The former USSR: Homosexual sex decriminalized in three ...
Mody Sy, a recently elected member of parliament representing the opposition Parti democratique senegalais (PDS) was arrested on 20 May 1993 and held for one week ...
Mody Sy, a recently elected member of parliament representing the opposition Parti democratique senegalais (PDS), Democratic Party of Senegal, was arrested on 20 ...
1. Senegal: Amnesty International visits Senegal; 2. Syria: Supreme State Security Court trials: Amnesty International calls for the release of prisoners of conscience ...
AI welcomed the release, announced in May 1991, of some 346 political prisoners held in connection with the Casamance separatist movement and the cancellation of ...
This paper give accounts of the rape and sexual abuse of women in 15 countries. The violations range from the gang rape of a girl of only 14 to the rape of a heavily ...
This document consists of the text of a written statement submitted to the 18th meeting of the Organization of African Unity Coordinating Committee for Assistance ...