Executions remain at a high level in Taiwan: in 1990 a record 78 people were executed, compared to 69 in 1989. The Government of Taiwan justifies the retention of the death penalty on the grounds that it is necessary to combat violent crime (which has increased alarmingly). Amnesty International...

This document describes Amnesty International’s (AI) concern that thousands of political prisoners in Afghanistan sentenced since 1978, including prisoners of conscience, have not received a fair trial; hundreds more remain in detention awaiting trial. The report examines development of special...

This document reports recent violent attacks, death threats and other forms of intimidation against individuals who have criticized the President of Argentina or who are members of organizations advocating respect for human rights. The cases cited here are: threats against Hebe de Bonafini and...

1. Yugoslavia: AI appeals for humane treatment of prisoners. 2. Ethiopia: Family of former POCs receiving medical treatment in the UK. 3. East Timor: AI gives statement on human rights to United Nations Committee.

This papers describes Amnesty International’s concerns about the caning of prisoners in Singapore. Two cases are described. Qwek Kee Chong was given 48 strokes of the cane on 8 April 1988: he had been convicted on four charges of armed robbery in November 1987, after pleading guilty at a trial...

This document contains the texts of four speeches delivered at Amnesty International’s seminar on the death penalty held on 3 September 1990 during the Eighth UN Crime Congress in Havana, Cuba. The speakers were: Mr Justice P N Bhagwati, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India; Professor...

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Evidence gathered by Amnesty International in June and July 1991 suggests that the Tatmadaw (Myanmar armed forces) continue to seize, ill-treat and kill members of ethnic and religious minorities in rural areas. These violations occur in the context of counter-insurgency campaigns against armed...

1. Turkey: Turkish Constitutional Court judgement results in further conditional releases of political prisoners. 2. UK: AI writes again to government about Northern Ireland killings. 3. UK: Amnesty International welcomes inquiry into Broadwater Farm cases.

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