Persberichtenoverzicht

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The authorities must be held accountable for the violation of migrants' rights

26 oktober 2005

"You are nothing but Negroes. You must not ask questions."
C. M. from Mali told Amnesty International that he was addressed in this way by a law enforcement official in a police station in Melilla, Spain.

"It's a prison, not a centre. They don't let us out and it's dirty, they don't clean. There's 17 of us and only one soap. At night we only eat a little bowl of milk with some dates. We normally only eat at 1.00 pm and 18.00. It's because you (Amnesty International) are here that they're feeding us now."

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EU must address outstanding human rights concerns

19 oktober 2005

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With the European Commission due to release its annual monitoring reports on Bulgaria and Romania on 25 October, Amnesty International calls on the European Union to keep up pressure on the two accession countries on some crucial outstanding human rights concerns.

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Amnesty International to observe trial of Saddam Hussein

18 oktober 2005

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A three-person delegation of Amnesty International has arrived in Baghdad to observe the opening session of the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and seven former Iraqi officials, due to take place on Wednesday, 19 October in Baghdad.

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Increasing misuse of courts to silence peaceful dissent

12 oktober 2005

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The human rights situation in Myanmar has deteriorated during 2005, with the Myanmar authorities increasingly using the justice system as a tool to stifle peaceful dissent. As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meets, Amnesty International is sending the Myanmar authorities thousands of petitions from across the world urging them to stop punishing peaceful dissent and to release all prisoners of conscience.

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Terrorism Bill dangerous and ill-conceived

12 oktober 2005

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"The UK government claims that the rules of the game have changed, but clearly playing games with the rules that hasn’t", said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International today in response to publication of the Terrorism Bill.

Tearing up rights and freedoms that date back to Magna Carta will only hand a victory to the criminals who carry out atrocities like those of 7 July. Effective counter-terrorism measures are essential, but the sweeping and vague provisions of the bill are dangerous and ill-conceived.

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EU countries compromising global refugee protection by abandoning their responsibilities at EU borders, says Amnesty

11 oktober 2005

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European Union countries are increasingly abandoning their responsibilities to protect refugees in an effort to combat "illegal immigration", as the recent tragic events near the Spanish enclaves in North Africa show, Amnesty International said today in an Open Letter to the UK Presidency of the EU.

(See “EU Member States threatening the integrity of the international refugee protection system - Amnesty International Open Letter to the UK Presidency” on http://www.amnesty-eu.org)

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Media release Amnesty International Werelddoodstrafdag 2005

10 oktober 2005

Pers

Vandaag staat Amnesty International stil bij de Werelddoodstrafdag 2005 door alle Afrikaanse staten op te roepen om de doodstraf af te schaffen. De Werelddoodstrafdag wil een mogelijkheid creëren tot mobilisatie tegen de doodstraf in dit continent. In heel veel landen zijn er vandaag demonstraties, petities, concerten en televisiedebatten. Er zal over de hele wereld eenzelfde petitie getekend worden, die over twee weken gepresenteerd zal worden aan Afrikaanse staatshoofden.

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Human rights violated on the margins of society

5 oktober 2005

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Foreigners shot on the border, asylum-seekers detained in metal containers, Roma forcibly evicted from their homes in Athens -- these are some of the examples of consistent pattern of human rights violations, Amnesty International reveals in a report today.

The report,

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No end to gross human rights violations in Russia's North Caucasus

30 september 2005

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Amnesty International releases new findings in lead up to EU-Russia summit Amnesty International today released disturbing new findings from its latest field research mission which show there is no end to gross human rights violations in Chechnya and Ingushetia with the Russian authorities implicated in the torture, abduction and secret detention of civilians. Amnesty International says Russia's "war on terror" is being used as an excuse for systematic human rights abuses.

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Mars Zimbabwaanse vrouwen door Den Haag op Wereld Habitat Dag

29 september 2005

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Op 3 oktober is het Wereld Habitat Dag. Op uitnodiging van Amnesty International zijn rond die dag drie vrouwen uit Zimbabwe van de organisatie WOZA ('Women of Zimbabwe Arise!') in Nederland. Zij maken een tour door Europa. Het zijn zeer inspirerende mensenrechtenactivisten, die in opstand zijn gekomen tegen de politiek van Mugabe. Zij protesteren tegen onrechtvaardige wetten en tegen de operatie Murambatsvina ('Herstel de Orde'). Zoals bekend worden bewoners van hele wijken gedwongen hun huizen te verlaten, waarna deze worden gesloopt.

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Persvoorlichters

	Lars van Troost (Hoofd persvoorlichting) 020-7733666 06-14778824 l [dot] vantroost [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Ruud Bosgraaf 020-7733667 06-23341533 r [dot] bosgraaf [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Nicole Sprokel 020-7733677 06-22109964 n [dot] sprokel [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Emile Affolter 020-7733669 06-34490977 e [dot] affolter [at] amnesty [dot] nl