1. Danger! Governments at large; 2. Behind the lies: how governments conceal the terror; 3. Getting away with murder: the scourge of impunity; 4. Abuses by armed opposition groups; 5. Silencing the human rights activists

This chapter of a forthcoming major AI report, together with Chapter G-2, shows how the UN and other intergovernmental organizations approach the problem of “disappearances” and extrajudicial executions, and examines the international human rights standards and the procedures and mechanisms for...

1. Somalia: Amnesty International concerned at killings of civilians by United Nations peacekeeping troops. 2. Sierra Leone: Amnesty International calls on government to review cases of political detainees and to end abuses by military forces

This report reviews the progress made in tackling the human rights disaster and sets out proposals for the long-term protection of basic human rights. In December 1992 the UN authorized “Operation Restore Hope”, a US-led military operation which has partially improved the security and famine...

1. Somalia: Update on a disaster – Amnesty International proposals for human rights. 2. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Continued human rights abuses.

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This report describes human rights violations of concern to AI in the 18 months of civil war and violence which have followed the ending of the brutal regime of President Siad Barre. The abuses take place in a context of armed conflict among warring clans, political and economic collapse, drought...

This document consists of the text of a written statement submitted to the 18th meeting of the Organization of African Unity Coordinating Committee for Assistance to Refugees in May 1991. It summarizes Amnesty International’s concerns about the plight of refugees in African countries. Specific...

This report summarizes Amnesty International’s concerns regarding conscientious objection in 23 countries as of January 1991 (in a few cases as of February 1991). It updates the report “Conscientious objection to military service”, May 1988 (POL 31/01/88). There are two annexes: Annex 1 gives...

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