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Further information on UA 183/93 (EUR 42/01/93, 8 June; and follow ...
22 August 1993

Monica Castillo Paez was forcibly expelled from Sweden on 21 August, accompanied by Swedish officials. She asked for asylum in transit at Schipol Airport, Amsterdam ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/004/1993

Amnesty International News Service 96/93
20 August 1993

1. China: AI fears mass arrests in Tibet as military surround villages. 2. Yemen: Political prisoners still behind bars. 3. Sweden: AI fears forcible return of ...

Report       NWS 11/096/1993

Further information on UA 183/93 (EUR 42/01/93, 8 June) - Sweden ...
12 August 1993

The Swedish Immigration Board held a re-hearing on 12 August to examine if there was any new information on her case, and their decision is expected within a few ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/003/1993

Indonesia / East Timor: Seven East Timorese still in danger
4 July 1993

There is serious concern for the safety of seven young East Timorese who entered the embassies of Finland and Sweden in Jakarta on 23 June 1993 to seek political ...

Report       ASA 21/018/1993

UA 212/93 - Indonesia / East Timor: fear of arbitrary detention ...
24 June 1993

Seven East Timorese asylum seekers who entered the embassies of Finland and Sweden in Jakarta on 23 June 1993 are at serious risk as long as they remain in Indonesia ...

Urgent Action       ASA 21/014/1993

UA 183/93 - Sweden: fear of forcible return (refoulement): Monica ...
7 June 1993

Monica Castillo Paez, a Peruvian woman aged 20, has been refused asylum in Sweden and is at risk of forcible return to Peru. She fled Peru in December 1990 following ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/001/1993

UA 108/93 - Peru: Fear of torture: Luis Alberto Florian Leon
7 April 1993

There are fears for the physical safety of Luis Alberto Florian Leon who was detained by the security forces on 7 April 1993 after being deported back to Peru by ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/010/1993

Further information on UA 211/91 (EUR 42/01/91, 17 June) - Sweden ...
1 September 1991

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Urgent Action       EUR 42/002/1991

Bangladesh: Torture of asylum-seeker returned from Sweden
31 July 1991

The case of the torture of Manirul Murshed, a Bangladeshi asylum-seeker forcibly returned from Sweden on 10 October 1990, is described in this report. On arrival ...

Report       ASA 13/005/1991

UA 211/91 - Threatened refoulement of an Iranian asylum-seeker ...
16 June 1991

EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: EUR 42/01/91. Distr: UA/SC. PLEASE BRING THIS UA TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECTION REFUGEE COORDINATOR. ...

Urgent Action       EUR 42/001/1991