Focus: AI 30th Anniversary, including 30 cases, UNCHR: Iraq, USA, USSR, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Brazil, Kuwait, AI mission: Niger and Chad, Belize, Turkey, UK, ; Cases: Father Jin Dechen – China, Hamadi Jebali – Tunisia, Olivier Nwaha Binya’a – Cameroon

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Elizardo Sanchez Santa Cruz, President of the unofficial Comision Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliacion Nacional (CCHDRN), was conditionally released from Aguica Prison on 5 May 1991; he will be monitored until the expiry of his sentence. Huber Jerez Marino, President of the Comite Martiano...

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Since March 1990 scores of people have been arrested in the Republic of Maldives, many of whom are believed to have been detained for their non- violent criticism of the government. Prisoners have allegedly been ill- treated and in some cases confessions are believed to have been extracted under...

Allegations of torture and ill-treatment of some political and other prisoners in South Korea are reported here. Several members of the Sanomaeng (Socialist Workers League) have claimed ill-treatment following arrest in September/October 1990. Lee Song-su and Hyon Yon-dok reportedly told their...

The above-named, a 44-year-old leading dissident and co-chairman of the dissident organization Chonminnyon (National Alliance for Democratic Movement), is serving a two-year prison term in South Korea. He was arrested on 14 May 1990 on the island of Cheju, where he had reportedly addressed...

This document reports developments in criminal investigations of policemen involved in human rights violations against street children in Guatemala. Four Guatemalan police officers have been sentenced to prison terms of between 10 and 15 years in connection with the death of 13-year-old Nahaman...

Miguel Calel, aged about 18 years, was shot dead on 19 April 1991. His mother witnessed the killing but was unable to identify the assailants, as it was dark. She believes her son may have been killed by members of the Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil (PAC), Civil Defence Patrols. Miguel Calel was...

This document consists of the text of a written statement submitted to the 18th meeting of the Organization of African Unity Coordinating Committee for Assistance to Refugees in May 1991. It summarizes Amnesty International’s concerns about the plight of refugees in African countries....