This report describes five cases of women who have been imprisoned, raped or tortured. In Peru on 25 September 1990 Amanda Guerra Lopez and a girl, aged 15, were reportedly raped by soldiers after the bus they were travelling on was stopped at a checkpoint near the Km 86 base on Federico Basadre...

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Erdogan Kizilkaya, aged 23, was detained by police in Kayseri, on 4 August 1991. A medical certificate dated 5 August stated that he had no signs of injury on his body but he alleges that he was beaten by police from the moment he entered their vehicle after his arrest. At police headquarters he...

Over 100,000 people were imprisoned and tortured for political reasons during the 17 years of the Mengistu regime. Tens of thousands “disappeared” or were killed. This report updates the May 1991 paper “Ethiopia: End of an era of brutal repression – a new chance for human rights” (AFR 25/05/91). It...

This paper presents Amnesty International’s concerns about the grave human rights abuses which have afflicted Peru for almost 10 years. Abuses by the security forces occur in the context of terrorist campaigns by armed opposition groups, principally Sendero Luminoso but also including the MRTA. The...

Six years after the return to constitutional government in Uruguay, Amnesty International continues to receive serious allegations of torture and ill- treatment. While such cases do not appear to represent common practice, AI is concerned that law enforcement officials have acted illegally and that...

This document contains 12 appeal cases on human rights violations in Peru. The cases are: Marcela Valdez de la Cruz, “disappeared”; Magno Sosa Rojas and Necias Taquiri, death threats; Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez, “disappeared”; Dr Augusto Zuniga Paz, attacked; Angel Escobar Jurado, “disappeared”;...

This document gives new information about the cases listed below. Much of the information has come from official documents. The indictment of Tibetan prisoners of conscience Soenam Choedron, Thupten Tsering and Tseten Norgyal and the court verdict against Jampa Ngodrup are reported. Amnesty...

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Amnesty International has continued to receive allegations of torture from Chile since the new civilian government took office in March 1990: some complaints were received after February 1991, when new legislation came into force. The Carabineros (uniformed police) are most frequently cited as the...

This statement of Amnesty International’s concerns was presented on 7 August 1991. Despite recent statements by the Government of Indonesia regarding human rights, AI remains concerned about serious abuses. Reports indicate that a pattern of short-term detention, torture and ill-treatment...

This paper contains reports of torture and killing of tribal inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts by security forces during 1989 and 1990 during the government of President Ershad. The violations took place in the context of conflict between the security forces and the Shanti Bahini, an armed...