1. Milestone for Morocco: King orders release of hundreds of political prisoners. 2. United Kingdom: Sikh asylum-seeker Karamjit Singh Chahal; 3. South Korea: Kim ...
1. Tadzhikistan: AI concerned about fate of captured government soldiers; 2. North/South Korea: AI's concerns; 3. Haiti: Human rights ignored in UN resolution ...
Dr Ayniddin Sadykov, a neurosurgeon and member of the opposition Democratic Party, "disappeared" after being detained by armed men in Dushanbe on 21 April 1993. ...
1. Burundi: Thousands killed in ethnic violence; 2. Haiti: Fear for the safety of the inhabitants of Raboteau and Cite Soleil; 3. Three AI appeal cases released ...
There is grave concern at allegations that paramilitary forces operating unofficial prison camps have begun systematically executing the detainees held in them. ...
1. United Nations: Oral statement on thematic mechanisms (UN Commission on Human Rights, 50th session). 2. Tadzhikistan: Reports of "unofficial" prison camps holding ...
Political prisoner Adzhik Aliyev was not executed on 18 October as had been feared. However he remains under threat of execution. There is further concern at allegations ...
This document describes AI's concerns about a number of countries and issues relevant to the agenda of the forthcoming session of the UN Commission on Human Rights ...
1. Commonwealth: AI renews call to heads of government to do more to promote and protect human rights; 2. Russia: AI fears political refugees endangered by forcible ...
Adzhik Aliyev, an Islamic scholar (Mullah), was sentenced to death on 25 August 1993 by the Supreme Court of Tadzhikistan. The Chairman of the Supreme Council, ...