This document contains excerpts from letters received by Amnesty International groups between June and December 1991. Some of the prisoners have been released, others remain in prison. Letters from the following people are included: Park In-bae, 38-year-old stage director released in October 1991;...

Amnesty International is concerned about the possibly excessive use of force by Cambodian security forces which resulted in the killings of demonstrators during the protests in Phnom Penh on 21 December 1991. AI has information about the deaths of eight people and has received reports that at least...

Serious violations of human rights continued in Iran during 1991, with arbitrary arrests, unfair trials and torture. More that 750 people were executed. Amnesty International’s concerns in Iran include the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience, including a group of men held since June 1990...

Thousands of political prisoners have been arrested and detained since the imposition of the state of emergency in 1981. The following people have been detained for prolonged periods: Ahmed Gad al-Rab Ahmed ‘Ali, Al-Ahmadi Mohammad Ahmed Baysouni, Ahmed Ibrahim al-Naggar, ‘Abd al-Sami’ Hassan...

Amnesty International (AI) is concerned by reports that at least several hundred people may be imprisoned for political reasons in Cuba. Up to three hundred may be prisoners of conscience. They include members of unofficial political and human rights groups, such as Criterio Alternativo or the...

Midhat Rene Bourequat, Bayazid Jacques Bourequat and Ali Auguste Bourequat, three brothers of French nationality, were arrested in Rabat in July 1973 and have since been detained “garde a vue”. For at least part of the time they were held in secret detention in Tazmamert, where conditions are known...

Two of the prisoners referred to in the medical appeal issued on 15 October 1991 have been released. They are: Lina al-Mir, a 30-year-old medical student and May al-Hafez, a 36-year-old lecturer in engineering. Lina al- Mir is reported to suffer from long-standing heart problems which necessitated...

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Hundreds of political prisoners, including many members of the armed forces, have been detained without trial over the past 10 years. Initially held outside any legal framework, those detained for long periods have been officially imprisoned on the basis of administrative detention orders issued...

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Mehmet Hayrettin Arat, a Turkish Kurd, was arrested on 25 June 1991. He was reportedly abused at the point of arrest and the alleged torture continued over a period of some 17 hours at the Drugs Squad Headquarters. He was reportedly subjected to falanga (beating of the soles of the feet), mock...