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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

NEWS SERVICE 147/93

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TO: PRESS OFFICERSAI INDEX: NWS 11/147/93

FROM: IS PRESS OFFICEDISTR: SC/PO

DATE: 5 NOVEMBER 1993 NO OF WORDS: 362

NEWS SERVICE ITEMS: EXTERNAL - MALAWI

NEWS INITIATIVES - INTERNAL

INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELEASES

Venezuela - 10 November - SEE NEWS SERVICE 121

Iran - 17 November - SEE NEWS SERVICE 138

USA - 24 November - SEE NEWS SERVICE 132

Pakistan - 7 December - SEE NEWS SERVICE 137

India - 15 December - SEE NEWS SERVICE 137

TARGETED AND LIMITED NEWS RELEASES

** United Nations ** - 17 November Pierre Sané is scheduled to meet the Secretary General of the UN, Boutros Boutros Ghali, on 17 November 1993. This will be our first official meeting with Boutros Ghali since he was appointed. We expect Pierre Sané to raise the proposed High Commissioner for Human Rights and AI's political killings campaign. Media are always alerted to Boutros Ghali's diary so there could be some interest in the meeting - we will be preparing a news service item next week.

Papua New Guinea - 19 November - SEE NEWS SERVICE 138

Human Rights Day Speech - 9 December - SEE NEWS SERVICE 138

FORTHCOMING NEWS INITIATIVES

1994

Tunisia - 12 January

South Africa - 19 January

Colombia - 16 March - SEE NEWS SERVICE 123 + UAs AMR 23/56+57/93

News Service 147/93

AI Index: AFR 36/WU 06/93

5 November 1993

MALAWI: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL VISIT BREAKTHROUGH

Representatives of Amnesty International are scheduled to visit Malawi from 7 to 18 November. This will be the organization's first permitted visit for many years. After three decades of persistent human rights violations, the move to multi-party democracy after a referendum last June has brought human rights into open public debate within a much-improved human rights situation.

The main purpose of the visit is to meet organizations and individuals in Malawi who are concerned about human rights issues which come within the mandate of Amnesty International. These are expected to include representatives of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and the Public Affairs Committee, law and justice officials, the Malawi Law Society, human rights groups and representatives of religious groups and political organizations.

The delegation consists of Dr Martin Hill and Mr Joseph Gitari from the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London.

A recent Amnesty International publication entitled MALAWI: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS FOLLOWING THE PRO-DEMOCRACY VOTE, (AI INDEX: AFR 36/31/93), will be the basis for discussions with all parties concerned.

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