Research
South Asia
Armed Groups
Amnesty International’s concerns about continuing human rights violations in Sri Lanka in 1990 are summarized here. Thousands of “disappearances” and extrajudicial executions by government forces were reported in the northeast and south. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...
February 1, 1991
Research
Africa
Detention
The six prisoners named above are all reported to be in ill-health, some as a result of earlier ill-treatment or torture. They are, apparently, without access to adequate medical attention. Three have been adopted by AI as prisoners of conscience; the status of the others is being investigated....
January 30, 1991
Campaigns
Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International is concerned at reports that up to 13 peaceful, unarmed demonstrators were killed by Soviet troops in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on 13 January 1990.
January 14, 1991
Research
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Armed Conflict
Amnesty International’s (AI) concerns in the Occupied Territories include large scale use of detention without charge or trial, systematic ill- treatment of detainees and the killing of civilians by the security forces. Existing guidelines on the use of force, particularly those governing the...
January 1, 1991