Kang Ki-hun, a 27-year-old staff member of Chonminnyon (National Democratic Alliance of Korea) was arrested on 24 June 1991. The main charge against him was of aiding and abetting the suicide of Kim Ki-sol, a Chonminnyon staff member who had committed self-immolation on 8 May 1991 in protest...

1. Agenda item 10: Optional protocol to Convention against Torture; Draft declaration on enforced disappearance: oral intervention by Amnesty International (AI). 2. Agenda item 12: Human rights and internal armed conflict: new challenges for the international community: oral intervention by AI. 3....

This report describes developments in Cambodia from October 1991-January 1992 of relevance to AI’s mandate. AI was allowed, for the first time, to visit Cambodia from 8-28 December 1991 to conduct a preliminary assessment of developments, both positive and problematic. Background to the Peace...

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This report describes in detail AI’s concerns about torture, including rape, and deaths in custody in India. AI has recorded 415 deaths in detention since 1987; in each case the evidence suggests that the victims had been beaten or otherwise tortured. Torture and deaths in custody appear to be...

1. Isle of Man / United Kingdom: AI urges government to end legislation allowing imprisonment for homosexual acts. 2. Turkey: Amnesty International concerned at shooting of unarmed civilians by security forces and “executions” of security force members in Southeast Turkey. 3. Algeria: Amnesty...

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