Amnesty International’s concerns in Iran are summarized in this submission. More than 750 people were reportedly executed, mostly, it appears, for criminal offences, especially drug dealing. At least 20 members of a Baluchi tribe in Zahedan are believed to have been executed in October 1991; others...

Scores of people were extrajudicially killed and several hundred “disappeared” in Sri Lanka during 1991. Torture of detainees appeared to be used systematically. Thousands were detained without trial under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and other legislation. In the northeast, the background to...

Athough access to prisoner information by independent investigators is severely restricted, Amnesty International has identified, as of early 1992, more than 1500 prisoners of conscience and possible prisoners of conscience in Myanmar. AI knows of almost 600 political arrests in the first seven...

The 15 cases which comprise this document deal with death in police detention and alleged torture and rape by the security forces. The victims include slum-dwelling children, dalits (members of “oppressed” castes), adivasis (members of tribal communities), teachers, shop-keepers, labourers,...

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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