UA 107/91 – Kenya: legal concern: Joseph Njoroge Watoro
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UA 103/91 – Turkey: fear of torture: Dr. Cemal Kahraman, Mecit Akgun, Suleyman Balan, Mehmet Baysal, Abdulhamit Aslan, Muhittin Anter, Sukru Ekmen, Aydin Dogan, Mehmet Orhan
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Summary of Amnesty International’s concerns in Libya
Despite legislative reforms undertaken in 1988, Amnesty International (AI) remains concerned about several areas of human rights in Libya. According to reports, at least 469 political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience sentenced after unfair trials, continue to be held for reasons or...
UA 101/91 – Thailand: Prisoner of conscience: Bandit Thammatrirat
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Weekly Update Service 10/91 (includes addition)
1. Thailand: political arrests follow military coup. 2. Chile: Report of governmental human rights commission made public. 3. Yugoslavia: arrests follow rally in Belgrade.
UA 97/91 – Turkey: fear of torture: Murat Bobrek, Huseyin Ataman, Bayram Atsay, Burhan Kardas, Bayram Dogan, Can Balicanli, Recep Unal, Gonul Matur
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Israel and the Occupied Territories: Nayef ‘Ali Nayef Sweitat: Administrative detention
The above-named, a 34-year-old journalist, was arrested on 8 February 1991 and later issued with a six-month detention order. Nayef Sweitat is the Jenin correspondent for the Arabic newspaper al-Sheib. This is his fifth administrative detention order. Nayef Sweitat’s lawyer does not yet know...
Israel and the Occupied Territories: Najib Ibrahim ‘Abd al-Muhsen Farraj – administrative detention
The above-named, a 29-year-old journalist with the Bethlehem Press Office, was issued with a one-year detention order on 24 September 1990. This is his fourth arrest since the intifada began. The authorites apparently allege that he is an activist in the Popular Front for the Liberation of...
UA 99/91 – Indonesia / East Timor: fear of ill-treatment / incommunicado detention: Alejandre Corte Real, Manuel Sarmento, Boaventura da Silva, Jose Celestino, Lorenco, Miguel Ximenes
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EERAN 05/91: Yugoslavia: Ismail Beselica, Iqmet Beselica and Naser Maxhuni
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UA 79/91 – Kenya: Gitobu Imanyara
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USSR: Further information: Killings in Lithuania
On 18 February the procuracy of the Lithuanian republic released further information on a man who died of a heart attack during the events of 13 January 1991 in Vilnius, in which reportedly peaceful unarmed demonstrators were killed by Soviet troops. It is now known that Alvidas Matulka suffered a...