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Mehmet Hayrettin Arat, a Turkish Kurd, was arrested on 25 June 1991. He was reportedly abused at the point of arrest and the alleged torture continued over a period of some 17 hours at the Drugs Squad Headquarters. He was reportedly subjected to falanga (beating of the soles of the feet), mock...

1. Turkey: AI welcomes commitment to end torture. 2. Syria: Release of 60 women prisoners of conscience. 3. Kenya: The case of Koigi Wa Wamwere. 4. Sri Lanka: Government accepts most of AI’s recommendations.

This report focuses on Amnesty Internationals concerns about human rights in Guinea under the government of President Lansana Conte. A failed coup attempt in 1985 resulted in widespread arrests and “disappearances” of those suspected of involvement: allegations of extrajudicial killings and torture...

Amnesty International is concerned that Mikhail Tyrnikov may face imminent execution. According to unofficial sources he was convicted in October 1989 by the Maykopsky court of the Adygeysky Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation of the murder of three elderly women. The sentence was upheld on...

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Amnesty International has collected the names of nearly 200 people arrested between January and July 1991 for political activities opposed to the SLORC. All appear still to be detained. This brings to more than 1,500 the total number of people known to AI who may be currently held by the ruling...

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