Makoi Wuol Manuer, head of the relocation programme of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a well-known protestant church organization, was arrested in Khartoum on 9 February 1992.
This statement expresses Amnesty International’s concern that refugees in the Andean region are protected from forcible return (refoulement) to the countries they have fled. It points out that many of those fleeing their homes are forced to do so as a direct consequence of human rights violations,...
This report updates an earlier paper, EUR 44/06/92, which described the alleged torture and rape of 25-year-old nurse Mediha Curabaz during interrogation in Adana Police Headquarters. Mediha Curabaz’s complaint about her alleged torture and rape was heard by the Adana Provincial Administrative...
Haydar Beltan, a 31-year-old Kurd from Tunceli Province, was detained in Ankara on 3 January 1992 on arrival at the airport. He had returned for a visit from Germany, where he has lived in political exile for 12 years. Haydar Beltan has been the editor of a literary monthly, Tohum and a board...