Despite positive developments since 1990, AI has continued to receive reports of torture which, as far as the organization is aware, have not been officially investigated. This report documents allegations of torture of at least 18 people in police custody in late 1992. Six people, sympathizers of...

1. Brazil: “We are the land”; 2. Cameroon: Mass arrests follow protest; 3. Hangings in Libya; 4. Worldwide appeals: Laos, Haiti, Sudan; 5. Focus: Racism: torture and ill-treatment in Western Europe; 6. Turkey: Killing of Resul Sakar; 7. Sri Lanka: Human rights safeguards still needed; 8. Nepal:...

This document describes AI’s concerns about human rights violations occurring in southern Bhutan since late 1990. The violations occur in the context of opposition by Nepali-speaking southern Bhutanese to the policy of national integration on the basis of “driglam namzha” (northern Bhutanese...

This report reviews the human rights situation in Nepal, with reference to the political changes of 1990, when a multi-party system of government was adopted. While welcoming the improvement in Nepal’s human rights record which accompanied the new 1990 constitution, AI remains concerned that no...

1. People’s Republic of China: Thousands remain in detention three years after the Tiananmen Square massacre. 2. Thailand: AI welcomes release of protestors, repeats its call for a full investigation into killings of demonstrators by the military. 3. USA: Roger Coleman executed in Virginia. 4....

Libya, Philippines, AI visits Tunisia, Guatemala, Focus: Europe: birth of AI, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Colombia, USSR, Kuwait, Nepal, Ethiopia, Israel, Argentina ; Cases: Salman ‘Abdallah – Syria, Tamdin Sithar – China, Goodluck Mhango – Malawi,

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This memorandum is based on the findings of and AI delegation which visited Nepal between 12 and 22 April 1990, during the establishment of the interim government. It followed a period of political unrest in which nationwide demands for political reform were accompanied by persistent reports of...

Political imprisonment is a persistent feature of Nepali life. All political party activity is banned. There are usually at least 100 political prisoners in Nepal’s jails, and in recent periods of widespread protest such as the first half of 1985, hundreds of non-violent opponents of the government...