The execution of Arunprakash Vaithilingam has reportedly been scheduled for 3 October, following the rejection of his appeal for clemency to the President of Singapore.
This report is a summary of a 70 page report : ‘Intolerable Killings : 10 Years of Abductions and Murders of Women in Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua’ ( AMR 41/026/2003) which addresses the inability of the Mexican authorities to treat the cases in the context of a specific pattern and their failure to...
1) Iraq’s bloody past exposed 2) Afghanistan in turmoil as refugees return 3) Human rights crackdown on dissidents in Cuba 4) China: migrant worker dies in custody 5) Belgium’s record on torture under scrutiny of UN 6) Worldwide Appeals 7) Human rights and disability 8) Opposition silenced in Togo...
Indian national Arunprakash Vaithilingam is facing execution after his death sentence was confirmed in February 2003. Arunprakash Vaithilingam was sentenced to death in December 2002 after being convicted of the murder of his room-mate, who was stabbed to death during a drunken argument.
This report is being published as part of Amnesty International’s major worldwide campaign against human rights abuses in the Russian Federation. The campaign seeks to highlight the discrepancy between the human rights protection which those living in the Russian Federation have in international...
Presidential elections will take place in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on 19 December 2002. This report highlights 12 areas of particular concern and makes recommendations which, if implemented, will advance the enjoyment of human rights for all Koreans.
This leaflet contains four parts : 1.) Refugees and aslyum-seekers have human rights; 2.) Migrants have human rights too; 3.) If refugees and migrants have rights, what is the problem?; 4.) Social and economic rights are human rights.