Amnesty International’s serious concern about reports of prolonged incommunicado detention of political prisoners is documented in this report. Hundreds of political prisoners, including possible prisoners of conscience, are said to have been held for up to nine years in prisons and interrogation...

AI’s continuing concern about 33 political prisoners detained without charge or trial in Houa Phanh province is reported here. The prisoners were sent to Houa Phanh province more than 15 years ago for “re-education”, because of their positions in the Laotian government and are said to be currently...

This circular contains excerpts from a selection of letters from prisoners to Amnesty International groups. They show the encouragement and support prisoners gain through correspondence with Amnesty International members. Some of the prisoners quoted here remain in prison, while others have been...

Fourteen people are known to have been executed in South Korea in 1990 and at least 16 more are reported to be on “death row”. In 1989, seven people were executed, the first executions since 1987. Five men executed in December 1990 are named in this report. They are: Sohn Oh-sun, Lee Chae- chol,...

This document updates “Cambodia: Recent human rights developments” (ASA 23/07/90). Since then, AI has had news of only one release. Some 192 other political prisoners, arrested between 1979 and 1990, have been identified; they may still be held without charge or trial. The names of seven additional...

Amnesty International’s concerns about a wide range of gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka are summarized in this paper. In particular, the persistence of widespread extrajudicial killings and “disappearances” by the security forces in the context of opposition violence is highlighted. Other...

This document describes Amnesty International’s concerns in Nigeria in 1990. Over 120 executions took place in 1990, including those of 69 soldiers accused of involvement in a coup attempt in April. At least 106 death sentences were recorded. Over 60 civilians were held as prisoners of conscience...

This document describes Amnesty International’s (AI) concern at the apparent failure of the Guatemalan authorities to examine sites where opponents of the military government are alleged to have been buried in secret in the early 1980s. The only exhumations which have taken place have occurred as a...

Ali Laaridh, the spokesperson of the unofficial Islamic movement al-Nahda and Ziad Doulatli, a prominent al-Nahda member, were arrested on 23 December 1990 and held in garde-a-vue detention for 24 days (the legal maximum in Tunisia is 10 days). They were not brought before an examining magistrate...

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This document gives an update on the human rights situation in El Salvador based on a selection of the cases which have been reported to the organization since the government and the FMLN signed the Agreement on Human Rights in July 1990 under the auspices of the United Nations.