UA 447/90 – Turkey: fear of torture: Kenan Mutlu, Melek Guclu, Mehmet Tas, Yusuf Sonar, Emine Sahin
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Further information on UA 441/90 (ASA 16/30/90, 1 November) – Myanmar: fear of torture / legal concern: U Laba, alias U Wayama and other buddhist monks, and new names: Ma Khin Mar Swe, Daw Nan, Maung Aye, alias Khin Maung Aye, U Soe Myint
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UA 444/90 – Turkey: fear of torture: Ali Ekber Kaypakkaya, Resat Cetinbas, Begum Cetinbas, Kamil Eser, Mehmet Ali Cakiroglu, Namik Kemal Toprak, Nilgun Unal, and two others, names not known.
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Western Europe: AI Concerns May 1990 – October 1990
This document outlines Amnesty International’s concerns in 17 countries in Western Europe. The concerns include: death penalty legislation; conscientious objection to military service; ill-treatment or torture of people held in police custody; detention of asylum-seekers; alleged forced...
Colombia: Human rights violations against members of indigenous communities in Caldas Department in 1988
Amnesty International’s concerns about human rights abuses against members of indigenous communities (descended from the Supia and Katio Indian groups) in Caldas and about the apparent lack of progress in official inquiries into them are recorded in this document. The abuses described here...
Papua New Guinea: Human rights violations on Bougainville, 1989 – 1990
This report documents human rights violations which occurred in 1989 and 1990 on the island of Bougainville, a part of North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea, where the government faced armed opposition from the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA). In 1988 the BRA began a campaign seeking the...
UA 439/90 – Colombia: Possible extrajudicial executions in Uraba: Edilma Moreno, Esteban Palmet Dominguez
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Guatemala: “Disappearance” of Maria Tiu Tojin and her one month old daughter, Maria Josefa Tiu Tojin
The above-named were detained by the army in the village of Santa Clara in the Amacchel area of El Quiche on 29 August 1990. They were among a group of 85 members of a Comunidad de Poblacion en Resistencia (CPR), Community of People in Resistance, which was detained by about 100 soldiers and 40...
Myanmar: Recent developments related to human rights
This report describes some of the human rights violations which have taken place in Myanmar between May and September 1990, including the arrest of political activists and ill-treatment of political prisoners. It reports the continuing detention of members and leaders of the National League for...
Further information on UA 410/90 (EUR 44/146/90, 11 October) – Turkey: fear of torture: Nermin Alkan
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UA 434/90 – Guatemala: possible extrajudicial execution / threat of extrajudicial execution: Byron Barrera Ortiz, Refugio Araceli Villanueva de Barrera (his wife), and one other (name unknown)
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UA 420/90 – Guatemala: death threats: Jose Vicente Soto, Carmen Rubenia Zepeda
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