The 10 journalistsYosef Mohamed Ali (m), chief editor, Tsigenay Amanuel Asrat (m), chief editor, Zemen Seyoum Tsehaye (m), freelance editor/photographer,former director of Eritrean state television Temesgen Gebreyesus (m), reporter, Keste Debena Mattewos Habteab (m), editor, Meqaleh Dawit...

1.) Sri Lanka: Rape in custody; 2.) Women’s day, women’s lives; 3.) Guatemala’s lethal legacy of impunity; 4.) Tunisian justice system undermined; 5.) Eritrea arrests critics and closes independent press; 6.) Worldwide appeals: USA defence lawyers ‘utterly ineffective’; Liberia: School students...

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Nine journalists have been, according to Amnesty International’s information, detained incommunicado at a police station in the capital, Asmara, for over a month. They are not known to have been charged with any offence, or brought to court within 48 hours, as required by law. Conditions in police...

Amnesty International remains concerned for the safety of those arrested on 18 and 19 September 2001. They are still held in incommunicado detention without charge and their whereabouts is unknown. Amnesty International fears for their safety and is particularly concerned for the health of Ogbe...

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Eleven former senior Eritrean government officials were arrested in Asmara, the Eritrean capital, on 18 and 19 September 2001. Their whereabouts are currently unknown and Amnesty International fears for their safety. Amnesty International considers that they may be prisoners of conscience detained...

1. Eritrea/Ethiopia: Peace in sight after two years of war; 2.”Beijing +5″ meeting: Commitments to women’s rights reviewed; 3. United Kingdom: Deaths in custody: lack of police accountability; 4. Viet nam: Increase in death sentences; 5. Saudi Arabia: Encouraging human rights debate; 6. Iran:...

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Selected events covering the period from January to June 1999

This report examines allegations of human rights violations against Eritreans in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in Eritrea. It covers indiscriminate or deliberate bombings of civilians; displacement and ill-treatment of civilians; the denial of access to prisoners of war to the International Committee of...