People’s Republic of China: Further information: Solitary confinement / health concern: Wang Juntao, Chen Ziming, Ren Wanding, Bao Zunxin, Wang Dan
See below.
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Mauritania: Further information: Legal concern: Seven political leaders under house arrest
NFA
Turkey: Further information: Fear of torture: Barbara Anna Kistler, Swiss citizen
NFA
Psychiatry and the death penalty: a human rights perspective: by James Welsh, Coordinator, Medical Office, Amnesty International; based on a presentation made at the annual meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Brighton, England
This paper discusses the ethical and human rights aspects of the involvement of psychiatric professionals in judicial executions.
Thailand: possible unlawful killing / refoulement: Min Thein
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People’s Republic of China: rearrest of former prisoner of conscience: Zhang Weiguo
See below.
Guatemala: Harassment: members and leaders of the Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA), National Coordinating Committee of Widows of Guatemala
See below.
India: Further information: Extrajudicial executions: 10 Sikhs
See below.
India: death in custody: Mirasdar Shanmugam
See below.
Turkey: Further information: Fear of torture/Health concern: Faysal Dagli, Cengiz Altun, Baki Karadeniz
NFA
Honduras: New amnesty law comes into force
On 24 July 1991 a sweeping amnesty law came into force which Amnesty International fears could block investigations into past human rights abuses. Among the crimes covered by the law are killings, torture and unlawful arrests committed by police and military personnel, and failures by judges to...
Amnesty International Newsletter August 1991, Volume XXI, Number 8
Libya, Philippines, AI visits Tunisia, Guatemala, Focus: Europe: birth of AI, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Colombia, USSR, Kuwait, Nepal, Ethiopia, Israel, Argentina ; Cases: Salman ‘Abdallah – Syria, Tamdin Sithar – China, Goodluck Mhango – Malawi,