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SLORC ARRESTED MORE THAN 2000 FOR C (r)
- Subject: SLORC ARRESTED MORE THAN 2000 FOR C (r)
- From: moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 23:18:00
Subject: SLORC ARRESTED MORE THAN 2000 FOR CALLING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS
Source ABC/AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Governments and quasi-governmental
organizations committed serious human-rights
violations in virtually every country of the Asia
Pacific region during 1996, according to Amnesty's
report.
Security forces and armed opposition groups were
responsible for widespread extrajudicial executions and
"disappearances," while torture and ill-treatment were
common in police stations and prison cells. Authorities held
thousands of political prisoners in jail without the benefit of
fair trials, or used repressive security laws to gag critics.
The report says 1996 was the worst year for human-rights
in Burma (Myanmar) since 1990. More than 2,000 people
were arrested after they demonstrated or spoke out in favor
of for human-rights reforms while opposition figures were
attacked by government organized mobs.
In Sri Lanka, disappearances reached the highest level
since 1992, with Amnesty documenting more than 220 cases,
mostly in the Jaffna peninsula.
Amnesty also worries that China might severely curtail
freedoms of expressions and association in Hong Kong after
its return to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, expressing
particular concern about a proposal to "give the authorities
more leeway to ban peaceful demonstrations."
Afghanistan
Taliban religious reforms see woman and girls beaten with
chains for being outside their homes or not wearing
religious garb.
China
Thousands of dissidents jailed. About 6,000 prisoners
sentenced to death. About 3,500 confirmed executions.
India
Security forces and other armed groups attacked and
abducted journalists covering elections.
Indonesia
Crackdown on pro-democracy activists detained and on
trial for subversion.
Burma (Myanmar)
More than 2,000 arrested for calling for human-rights
reforms.