Amnesty International - 2004 Annual Report
Human Rights and international laws have come under the most sustained attack in 50 years from the "war on terror" led by the United States and Britain,
Amnesty International says.
These are
the stats:
1. Extrajudicial executions were carried out in 47 countries, including
Indonesia.
2. People were "disappeared" by state agents in 28 countries, including Indonesia.
3. Victims of torture and ill-treatment by security forces, police and other state authorities were reported in 132 countries, including Indonesia.
4. Prisoners of conscience were held in 44 countries, including Indonesia.
5. People were sentenced to death in 63 countries, including Indonesia.
6. Armed opposition groups committed serious human rights violations, such as deliberate and arbitrary killings of civilians, torture and abductions or hostage-taking in 35 countries, including Indonesia.
7. Armed groups have committed torture and ill-treatment in 18 countries, including Indonesia.
8. Armed groups have taken hostages and abducted people in 16 countries, including Indonesia.
9. People were executed in 28 countries, including the USA but
not Indonesia.
10. People were arbitrarily arrested and detained without charge or trial in 58 countries, including the UK but
not Indonesia.
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