UA 51/91 – Colombia: fear of “disappearance”: Mercedes Gaviria Castro, Maria Magdalena Castro Salazar
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Further information on UA 42/91 (AMR 23/04/91, 6 February) – Colombia: fear of “disappearance”/ health concern: John Agudelo Hurtado
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UA 42/91 – Colombia: fear of “disappearance” / health concern: John Agudelo Hurtado
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UA 40/91 – Brazil: possible extrajudicial execution: Expedito Ribeiro de Souza
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UA 39/91 – Myanmar: fear of torture / death in detention: U Tin Maung Win, U Hla Pe, U Soe Thein, U Tin Aye, U Khin Maung Tun, Daw Cho Cho Nyein
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UA 37/91 – Sri Lanka: unacknowledged detention / fear of “disappearance”: Lakana Rasala Pieris
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Philippines: “Disappearances” in the context of counter-insurgency
This report describes a pattern of “disappearances” during 1990 and provides details of the fate some 25 of the “disappeared”. In most cases where there is reliable evidence, the perpetrators have been members of the various security forces or semi-official vigilante groups. The cases detailed here...
Peru: Torture and “disappearances” at KM.86 military base Federico Basadre Highway
According to reports, Lester Mozombite Cartagena, Amanda Guerra Lopez and three unnamed minors were ordered off a bus at the military checkpoint at KM.86 of Federico Basadre Highway and detained. Amanda Guerra was allegedly raped by several soldiers while detained at KM.86 base. Her detention and...
South Africa: Oral statement by Amnesty International to the 47th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Amnesty International’s (AI) statement of its concerns in South Africa, made to the UN Commission on Human Rights on 5 February 1991, is reproduced here. So far, laws allowing indefinite incommunicado detention without trial and which grant the security forces immunity from prosecution have not...
UA 35/91 – Sri Lanka: unacknowledged detention / “disappearance”: H D Sunil Jayawardene, H D Anil Susantha, R M Nimal Ratnayake
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Sri Lanka: Commission of inquiry announced to investigate new cases of “disappearance”
A Presidential Commission has been appointed to inquire into reported cases of “disappearance” which occur from 11 January 1991. The three-member Commission is chaired by a retired Judge of the Supreme Court, and its two other members are a retired Judge of the Court of Appeal and an Attorney-...
Sri Lanka: Summary of human rights concerns during 1990
Amnesty International’s concerns about continuing human rights violations in Sri Lanka in 1990 are summarized here. Thousands of “disappearances” and extrajudicial executions by government forces were reported in the northeast and south. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reportedly killed...