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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

NEWS SERVICE 197/94

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TO: PRESS OFFICERSAI INDEX: NWS 11/197/94

FROM: IS PRESS OFFICEDISTR: SC/PO

DATE: 25 AUGUST 1994 NO OF WORDS:235

NEWS SERVICE ITEMS: EXTERNAL - GERMANY (This item is for response only)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELEASES

Brazil - 14 September - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL RELEASE. SEE NEWS SERVICE 137/94

Kosovo - 19 September - SEE NEWS SERVICE 137/94

Indonesia - 28 September - LAUNCH OF CAMPAIGN

Algeria - first week of October - SEE NEWS SERVICE 137/94

France - 12 October - SEE NEWS SERVICE 137/94

TARGETED AND LIMITED NEWS RELEASES

Bhutan/Nepal - 25 August - See news service 168/94

Yemen - 1 September - See news service 194/94

Thailand - 6 September - SEE NEWS SERVICE 184/94

Togo - 15 September - See news service 168/94

Turkey - 14 October - SEE NEWS SERVICE 181/94

News Service 197/94

AI INDEX: EUR 23/WU 02/94

25 AUGUST 1994

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH VISIT TO GERMANY

Michael Butler, a member of the Europe research department at Amnesty International's International Secretariat in London, has just completed a three-week visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.

During his visit he collected information relating to allegations of police ill-treatment -- Amnesty International's main concern in Germany. He also met with representatives of both governmental and non-governmental organizations, lawyers and the mainly foreign victims of alleged ill-treatment in Berlin, Magdeburg and Hamburg.

The information collected during the visit will be carefully evaluated and any concerns which fall within Amnesty International's mandate will be raised with the relevant government authorities. The organization will also continue to report on its work on Germany in Amnesty International's regular publications.

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