Amnesty International 15 June 2009 AI Index: AMR 51/076/2009 USA: Human rights must transcend party politics On 11 June 2009 four Uighur detainees held without charge or trial in the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba since 2002 were transferred to Bermuda. Their transfer came more than eight months after a US federal [...]
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AI’s response to Uighur detainees transferred to Bermuda
Posted in AI press release, China, Counter Terror with Justice, Guantanamo Bay, USA, tagged Uighurs on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Palau’s offer to accept Guantánamo detainees would not excuse USA
Posted in AI press release, China, Counter Terror with Justice, Guantanamo Bay, USA, tagged Uighurs on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 10 June 2009 Guantánamo: Palau’s offer to accept detainees would not excuse USA Reports that the government of Palau has offered to temporarily accept up to 17 Guantánamo detainees leave many questions unanswered and even if the offer is taken up it would not relieve the US authorities of their responsibility [...]
Update on Urgent Action – Huang Qi (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Huang Qi on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
4 June 2009 Further Information on UA 172/08 (18 June 2008) – Incommunicado detention/fear of torture and other ill-treatment and new concern: medical concern CHINA – Huang Qi (m), aged 46, human rights activist During a 26 May visit by his lawyer, Sichuan human rights activist Huang Qi claimed that he had been questioned for [...]
China should hold independent inquiry into 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown
Posted in AI press release, China, tagged 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Amnesty International Press Release 2 June 2009 China: Hold independent inquiry into 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown Chinese authorities should hold an open and independent inquiry into the 1989 violent military crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square, Amnesty International said today. The Chinese government has thwarted any attempts to shed light on the [...]
Further Update on Urgent Action – Guantanamo / Uighurs (USA)
Posted in China, Counter Terror with Justice, Guantanamo Bay, USA, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
08 May 2009 Further information on UA 278/08 (08 October 2008) and updates (12 November 2008; 26 January 2009; 19 February 2009) – Legal concern USA – 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantánamo Seven months after a federal judge ruled their detention unlawful and ordered their immediate release into the USA, 17 Uighurs remain in [...]
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