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1. United States of America: Prisoner scheduled to be executed in Virginia on International Human Rights Day. 2. Cuba: Amnesty International calls on Cuban authorities to free prisoners of conscience. 3. Mexico: Human rights record criticized by UN Committee against Torture. 4. Iran: Amnesty...

1. China: State violence and denial of basic freedoms underpin secret political repression of Muslims in Central Asian Region of Xinjiang. 2. Trinidad and Tobago: Amnesty International observes appeal hearing in death penalty cases.

This document describes AI’s concerns relevant to the agenda of the forthcoming Commission. These include human rights violations such as “disappearances”, summary or arbitrary executions, torture, arbitrary detention and religious intolerance, dealt with by the various UN thematic mechanisms....

A letter recently smuggled out of China accuses prison officials at the Lingyuan no. 2 Labour Reform Camp of severely torturing political prisoners. Some have reportedly had to be hospitalized as a result. Political prisoners at this camp are allegedly often beaten by prison guards and criminal...

Pang Yang-kyun, secretary to Suh Kyung-won, an opposition member of the National Assembly who is also a prisoner of conscience, is serving a 7-year sentence on charges under the National Security Law. The charges relate to a visit Suh Kyung-won made to North Korea in 1988: Pang Yang-kyun was...

This paper deals with issues of major concern to AI during the fourth follow-up meeting of the CSCE from 24 March to 10 July 1992. Known as “Helsinki II”, this meeting will discuss major structural reforms of the CSCE; the outcome may decide if the organization has any credible, long- term role in...

1. Australia: Amnesty International welcomes Australian governments’ response to aboriginal deaths commission; 2. Myanmar: AI visits Thailand to interview Burmese refugees; 3. Uzbekistan: First visit by Amnesty International; 4. Italy: Amnesty International provides information to the UN Committee...

This document describes the arrests, “garde a vue” detention and alleged torture or ill-treatment of political prisoners in Tunisia. Thousands have allegedly been arrested over the past 18 months and held incommunicado for up to five months. Most are suspected members or sympathizers of the banned...

At least 100 prisoners of conscience are known currently to be held in Tibet. They include Buddhist monks and nuns and lay Tibetans arrested for peacefully advocating independence for their country. Some are serving terms of “reform through labour”, e.g. five monks from Ding-gar monastery, ten...

Two issues of serious concern to Amnesty International are the alleged use of torture or ill-treatment during interrogation and the use of administrative detention without charge or trial. One case of alleged ill- treatment in detention is described (‘Abd al-Ra’uf Ghabin) and a number of official...

This report updates “Austria: Torture and ill-treatment” (EUR 13/01/89). Since the publication of that report the Austrian Government has announced a number of measures intended to safeguard police detainees. Amnesty International and the Austrian Government have had extensive correspondence on the...