Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of Abdul Rasyid and Muhammad Faridhalthe, who have not been seen since they were arrested on 7 July 1999. Many people arbitrarily detained by the security forces have “disappeared”, been tortured, ill-treated or unlawfully killed.

This paper briefly outlines Amnesty International’s concerns on South Korea for the benefit of ministers attending the ASEM meeting in March 1999. Areas of concern raised are the death penalty, the National Security Law, migrant workers, trade unionists and the establishment of a National Human...

This report examines the effect of the economic crisis on the rights of workers in South Korea. Trade union leaders have been arrested and prosecuted under the National Security Law and the crisis is also having a detrimental effect on the rights of women and other vulnerable groups such as migrant...

This document contains a summary of AI’s concerns and recommendations to the government of South Korea. These concerns include: reform of the National Security Law; political prisoners; establishment of a national human rights commission; arrests of trade union leaders; the death penalty; police...

This report highlights the impact of the Asian economic crisis on human rights in four APEC member states – Korea, Indonesia, China and Malaysia. It argues that basic human rights such as freedom of association and expression of workers and activists are integral to the region’s economic recovery...

This document provides a summary of AI’s concerns regarding the human rights situation in South Korea since President Kim Dae-jung took office in February 1998. Although Amnesty welcomes his commitment to improving the situation, urgent reforms are required, especially in connection with the...

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This document contains three appeal cases for the Trade Union Action 1998. 1. Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia; 2. Update on Nigeria; 3. Action focus on Zimbabwe.

The 54th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights will meet from 16 March to 24 April 1998. This document describes the concerns that the organization will raise as a matter of priority. This year AI is calling on the Commission to act in particular on five countries which present a pattern of...

This document presents six case studies from a variety of APEC countries which highlight the indivisibility of human rights. It illustrate a range of AI’s concerns related to patterns of economic development and human rights. They demonstrate how violations of civil, cultural, economic, political...

Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepali immigrant worker in Japan, was beaten, interrogated for long periods and denied access to his lawyer after his arrest in March 1997. He was later charged with murder and his trial is due to start in late August. There are reports that several key witnesses in this...

1. Indonesia: Prisoner of conscience / unfair trial: Dita Indah Sari; 2. Peru: Prisoner of conscience: Juan Alberto Huapaya Palomino; 3. Malaysia: Human rights defender on trial: Irene Fernandez; 4. Morocco: Long-term “disappearances” / prisoners of conscience: Houcine El-Manouzi, Abdelhaq Rouissi;...