Workers and trade unionists seeking union recongition and improved working conditions in Guatemala are being subjected to a renewed increase in violence against them, including extrajudicial execution, abduction, rape and beatings, as well as threats to their lives. This persecution appears to be...

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The governments of both Rwanda and Burundi have appealed for international assistance to establish who committed horrendous crimes against humanity in their countries and bring them to justice. They have also asked for help to reconstruct their judiciary and police. Both governments have been...

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Promises to respect human rights, made repeatedly since the adoption of a multi-party political system in 1992, have proved to be empty gestures, this report claims. Such promises are made when the country’s record is under scrutiny or when the donor community threatens to cut aid. Once further aid...

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1. South Korea: Amnesty International puts human rights on the agenda of President’s European meetings. 2. Western Samoa: Sedition charges against political leaders should be dropped.

Civilians in southeast Turkey are suffering gross human rights violations in the intensifying conflict between government forces and the guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). Respect for human rights is deteriorating throughout the rest of the country, too. This document presents...

In spite of positive statements made by the new government of President Samper, extrajudicial executions, “disappearances”, torture and death threats carried out by members of the security forces and paramilitaries have persisted. There is also concern that some of the measures taken to date are...

1. Nigeria: Blatant contempt for rule of law.

The human rights situation in Indonesia has deteriorated in the run up to the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit being held in Jakarta in November, as the government has sought to rid the capital of “economic and political criminals”. The crackdown began in April with an anti-crime...

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