Investigations by the National Police have concluded that the murder of Eleno Hernan Castro, a former military leader of the FMLN, was not politically motivated. This finding has reportedly been accepted by ONUSAL and the FMLN.

Maria Mirtala Lopez, leader of the youth organization of the opposition political party FMLN, has been threatened by unknown individuals believed to be linked to government “death squads”. Her home was broken into on the evening of 29 December 1993; her room was ransacked and documents relating to...

This document describes AI’s concerns about a number of countries and issues relevant to the agenda of the forthcoming session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. Specific country situations addressed are: Afghanistan, Bougainville, Cuba, East Timor, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala,...

Medardo Brizuela Hernandez and Justa Victoria Orellana Cortez, both members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), were shot dead in Canton San Lucas on 27 October 1993. Heleno Hernan Castro was leader of the FMLN faction, People’s Expression for Renewal, and was a member of the...

Between 25 June and 20 July at least 20 people were reportedly shot dead by police in possible extrajudicial executions, and several hundred people, including possible prisoners of conscience, were arrested during nationwide strikes and demonstrations called by the main opposition party, the...

Presented here are the five oral statements made by Amnesty International (AI) in August 1993 in Geneva. Under item 6 AI described the practice of political killings and “disappearances” by governments against political opponents; under item 10 on the administration of justice and the human rights...

There have been reports that at least 12 people have been killed and at least 50 injured during demonstrations, following a strike, in Kathmandu and neighbouring towns between 25 and 28 June 1993. There have also been reports of mass arrests of as many as 300 people, including Prem Parajuli, a...

1. Amnesty International urges protection of women activists; 2. Turkey: Amnesty International urges Prime Minister to prevent killings at Nevruz (includes text of open letter from Amnesty International to Prime Minister Demirel); 3. El Salvador: Parliament defeats motion to extend death penalty.

Reports of torture continue to come from Nepal despite several improvements in the human rights situation since the restoration of democracy in 1990. This paper includes information about the following cases of alleged torture: the death of Purna Bahadur Bishwokarma, a 61-year-old man who...

Despite positive developments since 1990, AI has continued to receive reports of torture which, as far as the organization is aware, have not been officially investigated. This report documents allegations of torture of at least 18 people in police custody in late 1992. Six people, sympathizers of...

Mirna Perla de Anaya, vice-president of the human rights organization CODEHUCA, was driving with her children and a US nun, when unidentified men fired on their car, injuring her son. The men were armed and some appeared to be in military uniform. They had indicated to Mirna Anaya to stop: at first...

This document describes AI’s concerns about human rights violations occurring in southern Bhutan since late 1990. The violations occur in the context of opposition by Nepali-speaking southern Bhutanese to the policy of national integration on the basis of “driglam namzha” (northern Bhutanese...