This document provides information on the findings of an Amnesty International (AI) delegation which visited Sri Lanka in early June 1991 to assess the human rights there. The delegation found substantial evidence of large scale extrajudicial executions and “disappearances” in the northeast since...

August 31, 1991

Research Americas Disappearances

Trade Unionists Action 1991: Human rights violations against trade unionists in Latin America: update

This circular updates information on trade unionists in Latin America contained in the paper AMR 01/01/91, issued in March 1991. The cases updated here are: Brazil: Expedito Ribeiro da Souza, Carlos Cabral Pereira, Roberto Neta da Silva and Orlanda Canuto, Jose and Paulo Canuto de Oliveira, Braz...

August 31, 1991

Research Africa Armed Conflict

Cameroon: Human rights developments during the first half of 1991

Despite the releases of over 100 political prisoners in March and April 1991 and promises of multi-party elections, Amnesty International (AI) remains concerned that government critics continue to be harassed and imprisoned. Hundreds of people have been detained, usually for short periods. Many of...

August 31, 1991

Research Europe and Central Asia Armed Conflict

United Kingdom: Killings by security forces in Northern Ireland

The killings described in this report raise similar questions to those raised after previous incidents of disputed killings by the security forces in Northern Ireland. The most important concerns regard the use of lethal force and the procedures used to investigate such incidents which, Amnesty...

August 31, 1991

Campaigns Americas Human Rights Defenders and Activists

Guatemala: Possible extrajudicial execution and death threats: Marlon Alexander Scott Molina, Amilcar Mendoza, Edwin Giovanni Hidalgo Jerez

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August 29, 1991

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