1. Algeria: Hundreds sentenced to death and more than 20 executed after unfair trials; 2. India: AI concerned about siege of mosque in Jammu and Kashmir; 3. Maldives: Twenty-two possible prisoners of conscience arrested following presidential elections; 4. China: Prisoner of conscience imprisoned...

Amnesty International has now received photographs of the shooting of Mr Ashiq Hussain during the funeral procession of his brother-in-law Dr Abdul Ahad Guru. The Kashmir police have reportedly said that his killing was an accident, but so far no independent inquiry is known to have been carried...

1. India: Deaths and torture at the hands of security forces on the increase in Jammu and Kashmir (Masroof Sultan). 2. Amnesty International visits Denmark

AI is concerned about continuing reports of deaths in custody in Jammu and Kashmir. The most recent such death reportedly occurred on 21 April 1993, when police constable Riaz Ahmed died in army custody. He had been picked up on 21 April 1993, on suspicion of aiding Kashmiri militants. Policemen in...

Ashaq Hussain Ganai has not been seen since he was reportedly taken away by soldiers on 3 March 1993 during a cordon and search operation. His family have made persistent inquiries about him and requests to see him in custody, which have been refused. On 21 March his family house was searched....

Doctor Abdul Ahad Guru, a surgeon and supporter of Kashmiri independence, was found shot dead on 1 April 1993. He had been abducted the day before by two unidentified gunmen. AI is concerned that his death appears to be one of a series of recent killings of people who have voiced concern about...

Hamida Mattoo, a 35-year-old woman from Baramulla, was reportedly killed by members of the security forces who opened fire in her village on 3 March 1993. This attack was apparently in retaliation for an attack earlier that day by armed militants. AI is concerned about evidence of a growing pattern...

Manzoor Ahmed Ganai, aged 20, has allegedly had to have had the lower parts of both legs amputated as a result of torture by the security forces in Kashmir. He was reportedly arrested on 7 January 1993 along with 14 others by the 10th Bihar Regiment during a search operation in his village. He was...

Shah Ajaz Ahmad, aged 18, was detained in Srinagar, Kashmir, on 4 September 1992. The reason for his arrest is not known. He was admitted to the Department of Nephrology, Sher-I-Kashmir Instute of Medical Sciences, suffering from kidney failure on 14 September 1992. According to a medical report...

1. India: Amnesty International concerned by police killings following mosque demolition at Ayodhya. 2. India: New allegations of rape by army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir. 3. Thai government critic risks detention. 4. Syria: Amnesty International visits Syria. 5. Venezuela: Amnesty International...

H N Wanchoo, a retired civil servant and former communist trade unionist, was shot dead on 5 December 1992 in a suburb of Srinagar. AI is concerned about reports suggesting that he may have been extrajudicially executed because he was one of the most vocal human rights activists in Kashmir. The...

Abdul Ahad Magrey, aged 70, and Imtiaz Ahmed, aged 18, were reportedly killed by the Indian security forces in the Batmaloo area of Srinagar, Kashmir, on 3 November 1992. The were shot after armed separatists had ambushed a paramilitary patrol. According to witnesses, the security forces used...