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Amnesty International News Service 135/93
17 October 1993

1. China: Forthcoming political trials in Beijing and other cities; 2. Bulgaria: Conscientious objectors may be prosecuted; 3. North Korea: Government responds ...

Report       NWS 11/135/1993

North Korea: Summary of Amnesty International's concerns
13 October 1993

Tens of thousands of people, including prisoners of conscience, have been detained since the 1960s under various forms of arbitrary detention, according to former ...

Report       ASA 24/003/1993

Amnesty International News Service 124/93
3 October 1993

1. Israel and the Occupied Territories: Chairman Arafat affirms Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) commitment to human rights. 2. North Korea: Thirty years ...

Report       NWS 11/124/1993

Amnesty International News, October 1993. Vol.23, No.7.
30 September 1993

1. North Korea: Evidence of systematic abuses emerges. 2. Tunisia: Deaths in custody linked to torture. 3. The former USSR: Homosexual sex decriminalized in three ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/1993

North Korea: Government replies to Amnesty International's report
30 September 1993

The North Korean authorities on 14 October commented on an Amnesty International report entitled "North Korea: Summary of Amnesty International's concerns", published ...

Report       ASA 24/006/1993

North Korea: Prisoners of conscience: the Shibata family
30 September 1993

Shibata Kozo, a Japanese national, who is now 62-years-old if he is still alive, has been imprisoned as a prisoner of conscience since October 1964. He was reportedly ...

Report       ASA 24/004/1993

Concerns in Europe: May 1992 - October 1992
1 December 1992

This report describes AI's human rights concerns in 39 countries in Europe (East and West) during the six months from May to October 1992. The issues described ...

Newsletter       EUR 01/004/1992