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AI Documents and Publications April 1996 AI Index: DOC 33/05/96

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ANGOLA AI Index: AFR 12/02/96

Pages: 18 Date: 10 April 1996 Title:Angola: The Lusaka Protocol: what prospect for human rights? Abstract:AI believes there can be no lasting peace after 19 years of civil war in Angola unless

the cycle of impunity is broken. This report examines the human rights provisions of the Lusaka Protocol which was signed in 1994 and recommends practical measures which could be taken by the parties involved in the conflict and by the UN to bring abuses to an end.

Keywords:EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION1 / IMPUNITY1 / PEACE KEEPING1 / AMNESTIES FOR VIOLATORS /

ARMED CONFLICT / DEATH PENALTY / EXTRALEGAL COURTS / HARASSMENT / JOURNALISTS / LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES / MILITARY / MILITARY AS VICTIMS / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES / POLITICAL ACTIVISTS / RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / TRADERS / TRIALS / UN /

KENYA AI Index: AFR 32/03/96 Pages: 1 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Kenya: Release of a prisoner of conscience - the case of Josephine Nyawira

Ngengi Abstract:The above was released on 5 March 1996 following international pressure. Keywords:AI APPEALS / HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / PRISONERS'

TESTIMONIES / RELEASE / WOMEN /

KENYA AI Index: AFR 32/04/96 Pages: 1 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Kenya: Prisoners of conscience facing corporal punishment Abstract:The case of Koigi wa Wamwere, Charles Kuria Wamwere and G.G. Njuguna Ngengi: the

above remain in detention although they have been released from solitary confinement. AI remains concerned at their prison conditions, and that the three are facing corporal punishment. AI is calling for their immediate and unconditional release as prisoners of conscience.

Keywords:PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 / AI APPEALS / CORPORAL PUNISHMENT / HUMAN RIGHTS

ACTIVISTS / POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES / PRISON CONDITIONS /

LIBERIA AI Index: AFR 34/01/96 Pages: 2 Date: 12 April 1996 Title:Liberia: Action must be taken now to protect lives of civilians threatened by

armed conflict


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Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:ARMED CONFLICT / HOSTAGE TAKING /

RWANDA AI Index: AFR 47/02/96 Pages: 7 Date: 4 April 1996 Title:Rwanda: Two years after the genocide - human rights in the balance: an

open letter to President Pasteur Bizimungu Abstract:This open letter urges the President of Rwanda to make human rights a definitive

priority for Rwanda and put in place strong safeguards to ensure that the events of 1994 can never be repeated.

Keywords:AI AND GOVERNMENTS / ANNIVERSARIES / ARBITRARY ARREST / DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL /

EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / IMPUNITY / PRISON CONDITIONS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /

RWANDA AI Index: AFR 47/05/96 Pages: 2 Date: 4 April 1996 Title:Rwanda: Open letter from AI to the Rwandese President on the second

anniversary of the Genocide Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:AI AND GOVERNMENTS / ANNIVERSARIES / ARBITRARY ARREST / DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL /

EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / IMPUNITY / PRISON CONDITIONS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /

SIERRA LEONE AI Index: AFR 51/03/96 Pages: 1 Date: 9 April 1996 Title:Sierra Leone: AI visits Sierra Leone Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:GOVERNMENT CHANGE / MISSIONS /

ZAMBIA AI Index: AFR 63/03/96 Pages: 1 Date: 25 March 1996 Title:Zambia: UN to scrutinize imprisonment of Zambian journalists Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:CENSORSHIP / DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL / EDITORS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / UN HUMAN

RIGHTS COMMITTEE /


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CUBA AI Index: AMR 25/14/96 Pages: 27 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Cuba: Government crackdown on dissent (includes correction) Abstract:This document chronicles the actions taken by the Cuban government to prevent

unofficial groups of various kinds from freely exercising their rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression. It traces the history of Concilio Cubano, a coalition of some 140 unofficial groups, established in 1995, against whom the authorities launched a major operation in February 1996 resulting in the imprisonment of several of its members including two of its leaders.

Keywords:ARBITRARY ARREST1 / BANNING1 / CENSORSHIP1 / JOURNALISTS1 / LAWYERS1 / POLITICAL

ACTIVISTS1 / POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES1 / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 / ACCOUNTANTS / AGED / FAMILIES / HARASSMENT / HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS / HUNGER-STRIKE / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT / TRIALS / WOMEN /

ECUADOR AI Index: AMR 28/02/96 Pages: 12 Date: 21 February 1996 Title:Ecuador: Authorities failed to guarantee the human rights of Consuelo

Benavides and her family Abstract:Over 10 years ago Consuelo Benavides was detained by members of Ecuador's Navy

but the authorities have denied any knowledge of her whereabouts. In December 1995, the Supreme Court of Justice convicted and sentenced three members of the Navy to terms of imprisonment for their part in her detention, torture and death. Four members of the Navy and at least two former government ministers implicated in the case have yet to be brought to trial.

Keywords:IMPUNITY1 / WOMEN1 / DISAPPEARANCES / EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / INVESTIGATION OF

ABUSES / MILITARY / TEACHERS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /

USA AI Index: AMR 51/33/96 Pages: 1 Date: 3 April 1996 Title:USA: AI concerned at fatal shooting of Korean by police officers in Orange

County, California Abstract:AI is concerned about the fatal shooting of Hong Il Kim by police which raises

questions as to whether the use of deadly force was justified or whether police could have taken alternative action.

Keywords:EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / FOREIGN NATIONALS / POLICE /


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AUSTRALIA AI Index: ASA 12/08/96 Pages: 2 Date: 29 March 1996 Title:Australia: Human rights violations rooted in systematic discrimination

against Aborigines Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:ADVERSE DISCRIMINATION / DEATH IN CUSTODY / IMPUNITY / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES / MISSIONS /

RESTRAINTS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /

MYANMAR AI Index: ASA 16/10/96 Pages: 17 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Myanmar: Kayin (Karen) State: the killings continue Abstract:The Myanmar security forces continue to commit gross human rights violations with

impunity. Unarmed civilians have been killed in Kayin State by both the Burmese army and its de facto ally the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army (DKBA) as part of a counter-insurgency campaign against the Karen National Union (KNU).

Keywords:EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION1 / MILITARY1 / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES1 / ARMED CONFLICT /

ETHNIC GROUPS / FARMERS / FORCED LABOUR / HARASSMENT / PHOTOGRAPHS / RELIGIOUS GROUPS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / WOMEN /

CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/86/95 Pages: 22 Date: 1 October 1995 Title:China: No one is safe: appeal case leaflets Abstract:1. Zhang Jingsheng: jailed because he supported workers' rights; 2. Kajikhumar

Shabdan: poet in prison until he is 80; 3. Ngawang Choekyi: eight years for a protest song; 4. Pan Kunming, Rao Yanping and Yu Shuishen: jailed for praying on a mountain; 5. Zhou Guoqiang: sentenced without trial to forced labour; 6. Tong Yi: jailed as an accessory; 7. Yang Yonglin, Luo Baisui, Zheng Julan: forgotten prisoners; 8. Chen Lantao: sixteen years behind bars; 9. Tang Yuanjuan: jailed for 20 years and tortured; 10. Li Guotao: campaigner for human rights repeatedly jailed; 11. Gao Yu: 'history will prove my innocence'.

Keywords:JOURNALISTS1 / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT1 / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 /

TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT1 / AGED / AI APPEALS / BUSINESS PEOPLE / CAMPAIGNS / DEMONSTRATIONS / DETENTION FOR RE-EDUCATION / DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL / ENGINEERS / ESPIONAGE / HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS / ILL-HEALTH / LAWYERS / LEGISLATION / PHOTOGRAPHS / POLITICAL ACTIVISTS / POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES / PRISON CONDITIONS / PRISONERS' TESTIMONIES / RELIGIOUS GROUPS - CATHOLIC / RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE / RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS - BUDDHIST / SCIENTISTS / TRADE UNIONISTS / TRANSLATORS / TRIALS / WOMEN / WRITERS /


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CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/19/96 Pages: 4 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:China campaign: Order form for China publications Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:AI PUBLICATIONS /

CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/23/96 Pages: 6 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:China: The struggle for workers' rights Abstract:This leaflet details the struggle for workers' rights in China since 1989, including the

cases of Zhang Jingsheng, Liu Jingsheng, Zhou Guoqiang, Zhang Lin, eleven seamen from Tianjin, eight taxi drivers from Zhuhai and founding members of the League for the Protection of the Rights of Working People (LPRWP).

Keywords:TRADE UNIONISTS1 / AI APPEALS / DETENTION FOR RE-EDUCATION / DRIVERS / LAWYERS /

MANUAL WORKERS / PHOTOGRAPHS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / SAILORS / STRIKES

CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/37/96 Pages: 9 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:China: State secrets: a pretext for repression Abstract:Many people have been detained in China on charges relating to "state secrets" since

a law to "protect state secrets" was introduced in 1988. AI is concerned that such legislation is being used to suppress freedom of expression and association.

Keywords:CENSORSHIP1 / JOURNALISTS1 / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 / EDITORS / HUMAN RIGHTS

ACTIVISTS / ILL-HEALTH / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / LEGISLATION / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT / PHOTOGRAPHS / POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES / PRISONERS' TESTIMONIES / SAILORS / SOLITARY CONFINEMENT / TRIALS / WOMEN /

CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/47/96 Pages: 6 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:China: Action for writers and journalists: appeal cases (includes correction) Abstract:Xi Yang: sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in 1994 for disclosing confidential

information about the People's Bank of China. Bai Weiji and Zhao Lei: sentenced for "illegally providing state secrets to a foreigner". Wu Shishen and Ma Tao: Wu Shishen was sentenced for "selling state secrets" and Ma Tao for allegedly assisting him (corrected).


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Keywords:CENSORSHIP1 / JOURNALISTS1 / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 / AI APPEALS / EDITORS / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / LEGISLATION / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT / PHOTOGRAPHS / TRIALS / WOMEN /

CHINA AI Index: ASA 17/49/96 Pages: 3 Date: 28 March 1996 Title:China: Tibet: Appeal for Ngawang Choephel Abstract:Ngawang Choepel is reported to have been detained in Tibet since August 1995. AI

calls for his immediate and unconditional release unless he is charged with a recognizable criminal offence.

Keywords:DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL1 / CHILDREN / DIRECTORS / PHOTOGRAPHS / RELIGIOUS

OFFICIALS - BUDDHIST /

INDIA AI Index: ASA 20/13/96 Pages: 3 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:India: Open letter from Amnesty International to political parties on the

occasion of the April/May 1996 General Elections Abstract:This open letter from Amnesty International's Secretary General Pierre Sane, urges

Indian political parties to commit themselves to strengthening human rights protection.

Keywords:AI AND GOVERNMENTS / ELECTIONS /

INDIA AI Index: ASA 20/16/96 Pages: 2 Date: 28 March 1996 Title:India: Human rights activist killed in suspicious circumstances Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:DISAPPEARANCES / EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS / IMPUNITY /

LAWYERS / PARAMILITARIES /

INDONESIA AI Index: ASA 21/11/96 Pages: 3 Date: 25 April 1996 Title:Indonesia: Death of prisoner of conscience: Dr Thomas Wainggai Abstract:Thomas Wainggai, a prisoner of conscience serving a sentence of 20 years'

imprisonment, died on 12 March 1996. He was in his late 50s and had been convicted of subversion for organizing a peaceful flag-raising ceremony. He was well-known in Irian Jaya for his opposition to Indonesian rule and advocacy of


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independence for the province. His death provoked large-scale riots in Irian Jaya. Before he died he had experienced stomach problems. An autopsy was performed and although Amnesty International does not have access to the report, available information suggests that the cause of death may have been stomach cancer.

Keywords:DEATH IN CUSTODY / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT / MEDICAL ACTIONS / POST MORTEMS /

PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE /

INDONESIA AI Index: ASA 21/17/96 Pages: 6 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:Indonesia: Full justice? - military trials in Irian Jaya Abstract:In April 1995 serious human rights violations in Irian Jaya were committed by military

personnel. A military inquiry into the violations led to the trial and conviction of four members of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) in February 1996. AI has concerns about the nature of the military investigation, the trials of the four soldiers and the fact that no one has been brought to account for other recorded abuses in Irian Jaya.

Keywords:MILITARY TRIBUNALS1 / CHILDREN / INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES / MASS KILLING / WOMEN

INDONESIA AI Index: ASA 21/19/96 Pages: 2 Date: 12 April 1996 Title:Indonesia: International community must act now to stop further arrests of

peaceful activists Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:DEMONSTRATIONS / JOURNALISTS / POLITICAL ACTIVISTS / STUDENTS / UN COMMISSION ON

HUMAN RIGHTS /

SOUTH KOREA AI Index: ASA 25/10/96 Pages: 3 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:South Korea: Update on trade union leaders Abstract:Kwon Young-kil was released on bail on 13 March 1996 but his trial continues on

charges of "third party intervention" in labour disputes. Yang Kyu-hun is also charged with "third party intervention" and remains in prison. AI is calling for all charges to be dropped against Kwon Young-kil, and for the immediate and unconditional release of Yang Kyu-hun as a prisoner of conscience.

Keywords:TRADE UNIONISTS1 / CONDITIONAL RELEASE / LEGISLATION / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

EUROPE AI Index: EUR 01/01/96


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Pages: 64 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:Concerns in Europe July - December 1995 Abstract:This bulletin summarizes Amnesty International's main human rights concerns in 36

countries in Europe during the last six months of 1995. The five Central Asian republics of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are included in this bulletin because of their membership of the CIS and the OSCE. The concerns covered here include: imprisonment of prisoners of conscience, ill-treatment and torture of detainees, violations linked to armed conflicts, refugee and asylum issues, political killings and "disappearances", the death penalty, deaths in custody or as a result of shootings by security forces, conscientious objection, fair trial concerns and discrimination or attacks against religious or ethnic groups. Updated information is given on ratifications of human rights treaties by European countries.

Keywords:CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS1 / DEATH IN CUSTODY1 / DEATH PENALTY1 / EXTRAJUDICIAL

EXECUTION1 / MINORITIES1 / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT1 / AI AND GOVERNMENTS / ARMED CONFLICT / CHILDREN / COMPENSATION / DEMONSTRATIONS / DEPORTATION / DISABLED PEOPLE / DISAPPEARANCES / EMERGENCY LEGISLATION / ETHNIC GROUPS / FORCED EVACUATION / FOREIGN NATIONALS / HOMOSEXUALS / HOSTAGE TAKING / HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES / JOURNALISTS / LAWYERS / LEGISLATION / PARLIAMENTARIANS / POSSIBLE POC / POST MORTEMS / REFOULEMENT / REFUGEES / RELEASE / RELIGIOUS GROUPS / SEXUAL ASSAULT / SOLITARY CONFINEMENT / STUDENTS / TRADE UNIONISTS / TRIALS / UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE / WOMEN /

BULGARIA AI Index: EUR 15/05/96 Pages: 2 Date: 19 March 1996 Title:Bulgaria: The reported ill-treatment and death in suspicious circumstances

of Iliya Gherginov Abstract:AI is concerned that the above was severely ill-treated by a police officer in February

1995 and that his subsequent death may have been a result of this. Keywords:DEATH IN CUSTODY / FAMILIES / HARASSMENT / IMPUNITY / POLICE / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /

FRANCE AI Index: EUR 21/01/96 Pages: 2 Date: 4 April 1996 Title:France: An open dialogue with the French Government on the persistence of

certain violations perpetrated by law enforcement officers Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:AI AND GOVERNMENTS / CHILDREN / EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION / FOREIGN NATIONALS /

MINORITIES / MISSIONS / POLICE / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / TRADE UNIONISTS /


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GREECE AI Index: EUR 25/03/96 Pages: 4 Date: 21 April 1996 Title:Greece: Imprisonment of conscientious objectors Abstract:Vasilis Papadopoulos, Yiannis Sakellaris, Thanasis Kotoulas, Vasilis Sotirakis,

Thrasyvoulos Valsaris and Andreas Milesis: the above men have received prison sentences for refusing to perform military service. They are Jehovah's Witnesses and conscientious objectors. AI considers them to be prisoners of conscience and calls on the Greek authorities to release them immediately.

Keywords:CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / RELIGIOUS GROUPS - JEHOVAH'S

WITNESS /

TURKEY AI Index: EUR 44/57/96 Pages: 2 Date: 16 April 1996 Title:Turkey: Shocking reports of torture of juveniles in detention as trial of 16

mostly juvenile defendants reopens. Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:CHILDREN / JUVENILES / MEDICAL CONFIRMATION / POLICE / PRISONERS' TESTIMONIES / SEXUAL

ASSAULT / STUDENTS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / WOMEN /

UK AI Index: EUR 45/06/96 Pages: 3 Date: 20 March 1996 Title:UK: Unlawful killing of Richard O'Brien Abstract:Richard O'Brien died in police custody in April 1994. AI is concerned that the

circumstances leading to his death occur all too frequently and highlight the dangers of restraint methods employed by law enforcement officials in effecting arrests.

Keywords:DEATH IN CUSTODY / FOREIGN NATIONALS / INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES / POLICE / POST

MORTEMS /

RUSSIAN FEDERATION AI Index: EUR 46/17/96 Pages: 1 Date: 21 March 1996 Title:Russia (Chechnya): Amnesty International says world must protect civilians

of Samashki Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:ARMED CONFLICT / INDISCRIMINATE KILLINGS /


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TURKMENISTAN AI Index: EUR 61/03/96

Pages: 22 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:Turkmenistan: "Measures of persuasion": recent concerns about possible

prisoners of conscience and ill-treatment of political opponents Abstract:This report features the cases of four possible prisoners of conscience, some 20

people detained following an anti-government protest and two political activists in psychiatric hospital. It mentions cases of ill-treatment by police and suspected government agents. It also outlines AI's concerns about the continued use of the judicial death penalty and poor prison conditions.

Keywords:POSSIBLE POC1 / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT1 / AI AND GOVERNMENTS / ARBITRARY ARREST /

BUSINESS PEOPLE / DEATH IN CUSTODY / DEATH PENALTY / DEMONSTRATIONS / ESCAPES / EXTRADITION / FOREIGN NATIONALS / JOURNALISTS / PHOTOGRAPHS / POLITICAL ACTIVISTS / POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES / PRISON CONDITIONS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / PSYCHIATRIC CONFINEMENT / TECHNICIANS / WOMEN / WRITERS /

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AI Index: EUR 63/11/96 Pages: 6 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Bosnia-Herzegovina: Amnesty International renews calls for IFOR to

comply with international law Abstract:AI sets out concerns arising from the reply it received from IFOR to an open letter in

March 1996. It also expresses its dismay that investigators from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have complained of interference with mass grave sites. AI renews calls for IFOR to comply with its obligations under international law to search for, arrest and bring to justice those reponsible for grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.

Keywords:INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES1 / PEACE KEEPING1 / HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS / ICRC / IMPUNITY

/ INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS /

BAHRAIN AI Index: MDE 11/08/96 Pages: 1 Date: 26 March 1996 Title:Bahrain: Amnesty International condemns first execution in nearly 20 years Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:EXECUTION / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / TRIALS /


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IRAQ AI Index: MDE 14/03/96 Pages: 12 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Iraq: State cruelty: branding, amputation and the death penalty Abstract:In 1994 the Revolutionary Command Council in Iraq introduced a series of decrees

which called for amputation of hands and ears and branding of the forehead and execution for at least 30 criminal offences. AI has received reports of hundreds of individuals who have been subjected to such punishments and calls on the government of Iraq to abolish these penalties immediately.

Keywords:AMPUTATION1 / LEGISLATION1 / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT1 / DEATH PENALTY / DOCTORS /

MILITARY AS VICTIMS / PHOTOGRAPHS / PROFESSIONAL ETHICS /

ISRAEL AI Index: MDE 15/18/96 Pages: 2 Date: 19 March 1996 Title:Israel and the Occupied Territories: Oral statement delivered by Amnesty

International to the UN Commission on Human Rights on the Israeli Occupied Territories

Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION / ARMED CONFLICT / DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL / HUMAN RIGHTS

ACTIVISTS / LEGISLATION / LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS /

ISRAEL AI Index: MDE 15/28/96 Pages: 2 Date: 15 April 1996 Title:Israel /South Lebanon: Amnesty International condemns attacks on civilians Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:ARMED CONFLICT / INDISCRIMINATE KILLINGS / LEBANON /

MOROCCO AI Index: MDE 29/04/96 Pages: 17 Date: 18 April 1996 Title:Morocco/Western Sahara: Human rights violations in Western Sahara Abstract:AI is concerned that human rights violations continue to be committed by the

Moroccan security forces in Western Sahara. Since 1975 hundreds of Sahrawi men and women have been arrested and "disappeared". More than 300 of these "disappeared" were released by the Moroccan authorities in June 1991. AI welcomes these releases but remains concerned that hundreds of other "disappeared" remain unaccounted for.


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Keywords:DISAPPEARANCES1 / IMPUNITY1 / UNACKNOWLEDGED DETENTION1 / CONFESSIONS / DEATH IN CUSTODY / DEMONSTRATIONS / FARMERS / ILL-HEALTH / INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / PRISONERS' TESTIMONIES / REAPPEARANCE / REARREST / REFERENDA / RELEASE / RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT / SEXUAL ASSAULT / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / TRADE UNIONISTS / UN /

MOROCCO AI Index: MDE 29/07/96 Pages: 2 Date: 18 April 1996 Title:Morocco /Western Sahara: Human rights in Western Sahara must be put

high on MINURSO's agenda Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:DISAPPEARANCES / PEACE KEEPING / REFERENDA / UN AGENCIES /

AI Index: ACT 50/04/96 Pages: 6 Date: 4 April 1996 Title:The death penalty: list of abolitionist and retentionist countries Abstract:List of abolitionist and retentionist countries and territories as of 31 March 1996. Keywords:DEATH PENALTY /

AI Index: ACT 50/05/96 Pages: 4 Date: 11 April 1996 Title:Facts and figures on the death penalty Abstract:Current information on the death penalty as of 31 March 1996. Keywords:DEATH PENALTY / STATISTICS /

AI Index: ACT 51/01/96 Pages: 3 Date: 27 March 1996 Title:Death sentences and executions in 1995 Abstract:During 1995 at least 2,931 prisoners are known to have been executed in 41 countries

and 4,165 people were sentenced to death in 79 countries. This document gives lists of those countries where death sentences are known to have been imposed and executions are known to have been carried out.

Keywords:DEATH PENALTY /


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AI Index: ACT 53/01/96

Pages: 8 Date: 1 March 1996 Title:Death Penalty News March 1996 Abstract:1. Russia pledges moratorium on executions; 2. Belize: Legal rulings; 3. Moldovan

Parliament votes for aboliton; 4. South Africa prepares constitution; 5. USA: Developments on the death penalty; 6. News in brief; 7. Over half the world's countries now abolitionist; 8. Nearly 3000 executions recorded worldwide in 1995; 9. UN Special Rapporteur urges aboliton for drug offences; 10. International treaty ratifications; 11. Death Penalty News index 1995.

Keywords:DEATH PENALTY1 / BELIZE / COLOMBIA / DRUG TRAFFICKING / EXECUTION / FRANCE / HUMAN

RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS / JAPAN / MOLDOVA / PHILIPPINES / RUSSIAN FEDERATION / SOUTH AFRICA / TAIWAN / THAILAND / UN / USA / ZIMBABWE /

AI Index: IOR 41/08/96 Pages: 1 Date: 21 March 1996 Title:1996 UN Commission on Human Rights: Open letter from Amnesty

International challenges Chirac and Kohl on China Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:CHINA / HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS / UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS /

AI Index: IOR 41/09/96 Pages: 2 Date: 27 March 1996 Title:European Union gagged by China with offers of trade deals Abstract:There is no abstract for this document. Keywords:CHINA / EU / MEC / UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS /

AI Index: NWS 21/04/96 Pages: 8 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:Amnesty International Newsletter April 1996 Abstract:1. Bahrain: Hundreds arrested as protests flare up; 2. Senegal: Widespread use of

torture persists with impunity while human rights abuses continue in Casamance; 3. Israel and the Occupied Territories, including areas under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authorities: AI visit; 4. Papua New Guinea: Executions may resume after more than 40 years; 5. Worldwide appeals: Turkey: Mahmut Kacar, Mexico: Aurora Nazario Arrieta, Libya: Jun'a 'Ateyqa, Kenya: update: Koigi was Wamwere, Charles Kuria Wamwere, G.G Njuguna Ngengi; 6. Honduras: Struggle against


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impunity prevails against the odds; 7. Germany: Detainees allege ill-treatment by police officers; 8. Focus: China: Living in the shadow of repression.

Keywords:AI APPEALS / ARBITRARY ARREST / BAHRAIN / CHINA / FRG / HONDURAS / ISRAEL / KENYA /

LAWYERS / LIBYA / MEXICO / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PHOTOGRAPHS / PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE / SENEGAL / SEXUAL ASSAULT / TURKEY / WOMEN /

AI Index: POL 30/01/96 Pages: 3 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:AI principles for the medical investigation of toture and other cruel,

inhuman or degrading treatment Abstract:A list of principles for the medical investigation of torture and other cruel, inhuman

or degrading treatment which could form the basis of a standard approach to the medical documentation of torture.

Keywords:PROFESSIONAL ETHICS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT / WORKING RULES /

AI Index: POL 30/02/96 Pages: 2 Date: 1 April 1996 Title:AI declaration on the role of health professionals in the exposure of torture

and ill-treatment Abstract:A call for more commitment by individual health professionals and professional

associations to take effective action when they witness or learn of incidents of torture.

Keywords:PROFESSIONAL ETHICS / TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT /


KEYWORD INDEX (SUBJECTS) For example, if you want information on abductions, look up keyword DISAPPEARANCES here. The AI Index numbers of relevant documents are given. If you turn back to the main list, you will see which documents the numbers refer to. A figure 1 after a keyword indicates substantial or important information about that subject. ACCOUNTANTS AMR 25/14/96 ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION MDE 15/18/96 ADVERSE DISCRIMINATION ASA 12/08/96 AGED AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/86/95 AI AND GOVERNMENTS AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 ASA 20/13/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 61/03/96 AI APPEALS AFR 32/03/96 AFR 32/04/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 NWS 21/04/96 AI PUBLICATIONS ASA 17/19/96 AMNESTIES FOR VIOLATORS AFR 12/02/96 AMPUTATION1 MDE 14/03/96 ANNIVERSARIES AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 ARBITRARY ARREST1 AMR 25/14/96 ARBITRARY ARREST AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 EUR 61/03/96 NWS 21/04/96 ARMED CONFLICT AFR 12/02/96 AFR 34/01/96 ASA 16/10/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 46/17/96 MDE 15/18/96 MDE 15/28/96 BANNING1 AMR 25/14/96 BUSINESS PEOPLE ASA 17/86/95 EUR 61/03/96 CAMPAIGNS ASA 17/86/95


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CENSORSHIP1 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 CENSORSHIP AFR 63/03/96 CHILDREN ASA 17/49/96 ASA 21/17/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 COMPENSATION EUR 01/01/96 CONDITIONAL RELEASE ASA 25/10/96 CONFESSIONS MDE 29/04/96 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS1 EUR 01/01/96 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS EUR 25/03/96 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT AFR 32/04/96 DEATH IN CUSTODY1 EUR 01/01/96 DEATH IN CUSTODY ASA 12/08/96 ASA 21/11/96 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 45/06/96 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 29/04/96 DEATH PENALTY1 EUR 01/01/96 ACT 53/01/96 DEATH PENALTY AFR 12/02/96 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 14/03/96 ACT 50/04/96 ACT 50/05/96 ACT 51/01/96 DEMONSTRATIONS ASA 17/86/95 ASA 21/19/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 29/04/96 DEPORTATION EUR 01/01/96 DETENTION FOR RE-EDUCATION ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/86/95 DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL1 ASA 17/49/96 DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 AFR 63/03/96 ASA 17/86/95 MDE 15/18/96 DIRECTORS ASA 17/49/96


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DISABLED PEOPLE EUR 01/01/96 DISAPPEARANCES1 MDE 29/04/96 DISAPPEARANCES AMR 28/02/96 ASA 20/16/96 EUR 01/01/96 MDE 29/07/96 DOCTORS MDE 14/03/96 DRIVERS ASA 17/23/96 DRUG TRAFFICKING ACT 53/01/96 EDITORS AFR 63/03/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ELECTIONS ASA 20/13/96 EMERGENCY LEGISLATION EUR 01/01/96 ENGINEERS ASA 17/86/95 ESCAPES EUR 61/03/96 ESPIONAGE ASA 17/86/95 ETHNIC GROUPS ASA 16/10/96 EUR 01/01/96 EU IOR 41/09/96 EXECUTION MDE 11/08/96 ACT 53/01/96 EXTRADITION EUR 61/03/96 EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION1 AFR 12/02/96 ASA 16/10/96 EUR 01/01/96 EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 AMR 28/02/96 AMR 51/33/96 ASA 20/16/96 EUR 21/01/96 EXTRALEGAL COURTS AFR 12/02/96


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FAMILIES AMR 25/14/96 EUR 15/05/96 FARMERS ASA 16/10/96 MDE 29/04/96 FORCED EVACUATION EUR 01/01/96 FORCED LABOUR ASA 16/10/96 FOREIGN NATIONALS AMR 51/33/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 45/06/96 EUR 61/03/96 GOVERNMENT CHANGE AFR 51/03/96 HARASSMENT AFR 12/02/96 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 16/10/96 EUR 15/05/96 HOMOSEXUALS EUR 01/01/96 HOSTAGE TAKING AFR 34/01/96 EUR 01/01/96 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AFR 32/03/96 AFR 32/04/96 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 20/16/96 MDE 15/18/96 HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS EUR 01/01/96 EUR 63/11/96 ACT 53/01/96 IOR 41/08/96 HUNGER-STRIKE AMR 25/14/96 ICRC EUR 63/11/96 ILL-HEALTH ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/86/95 MDE 29/04/96 IMPUNITY1 AFR 12/02/96 AMR 28/02/96 MDE 29/04/96 IMPUNITY AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 ASA 12/08/96 ASA 20/16/96 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 63/11/96 INCOMMUNICADO DETENTION AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 EUR 01/01/96 MDE 11/08/96 MDE 29/04/96 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ASA 12/08/96


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INDISCRIMINATE KILLINGS EUR 46/17/96 MDE 15/28/96 INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS EUR 63/11/96 INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES1 EUR 63/11/96 INVESTIGATION OF ABUSES AMR 28/02/96 ASA 21/17/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 45/06/96


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JOURNALISTS1 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 JOURNALISTS AFR 12/02/96 ASA 21/19/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 61/03/96 JUVENILES EUR 44/57/96 LAWYERS1 AMR 25/14/96 LAWYERS ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 20/16/96 EUR 01/01/96 NWS 21/04/96 LEGISLATION1 MDE 14/03/96 LEGISLATION ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 25/10/96 EUR 01/01/96 MDE 15/18/96 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AFR 12/02/96 LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT1 ASA 17/86/95 LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 21/11/96 MDE 15/18/96 MANUAL WORKERS ASA 17/23/96 MASS KILLING ASA 21/17/96 MEC IOR 41/09/96 MEDICAL ACTIONS ASA 21/11/96 MEDICAL CONFIRMATION EUR 44/57/96 MILITARY1 ASA 16/10/96 MILITARY AFR 12/02/96 AMR 28/02/96 MILITARY AS VICTIMS AFR 12/02/96 MDE 14/03/96 MILITARY TRIBUNALS1 ASA 21/17/96


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MINORITIES1 EUR 01/01/96 MINORITIES EUR 21/01/96 MISSIONS AFR 51/03/96 ASA 12/08/96 EUR 21/01/96 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES1 ASA 16/10/96 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AFR 12/02/96 MDE 29/04/96 PARAMILITARIES ASA 20/16/96 PARLIAMENTARIANS EUR 01/01/96 PEACE KEEPING1 AFR 12/02/96 EUR 63/11/96 PEACE KEEPING MDE 29/07/96 PHOTOGRAPHS ASA 16/10/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/49/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 14/03/96 NWS 21/04/96 POLICE AMR 51/33/96 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 EUR 45/06/96 POLITICAL ACTIVISTS1 AMR 25/14/96 POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AFR 12/02/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 21/19/96 EUR 61/03/96 POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES1 AMR 25/14/96 POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL CHARGES AFR 32/04/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 61/03/96 POSSIBLE POC1 EUR 61/03/96 POSSIBLE POC EUR 01/01/96 POST MORTEMS ASA 21/11/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 45/06/96 PRISON CONDITIONS AFR 32/04/96 AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 61/03/96


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PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE1 AFR 32/04/96 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 01/01/96


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PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE AFR 32/03/96 AFR 63/03/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 21/11/96 ASA 25/10/96 EUR 25/03/96 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 29/04/96 NWS 21/04/96 PRISONERS' TESTIMONIES AFR 32/03/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 44/57/96 MDE 29/04/96 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS MDE 14/03/96 POL 30/01/96 POL 30/02/96 PSYCHIATRIC CONFINEMENT EUR 61/03/96 REAPPEARANCE MDE 29/04/96 REARREST MDE 29/04/96 REFERENDA MDE 29/04/96 MDE 29/07/96 REFOULEMENT EUR 01/01/96 REFUGEES EUR 01/01/96 RELEASE AFR 32/03/96 EUR 01/01/96 MDE 29/04/96 RELIGIOUS GROUPS ASA 16/10/96 EUR 01/01/96 RELIGIOUS GROUPS - CATHOLIC ASA 17/86/95 RELIGIOUS GROUPS - JEHOVAH'S WITNESS EUR 25/03/96 RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE ASA 17/86/95 RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS AFR 12/02/96 RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS - BUDDHIST ASA 17/49/96 ASA 17/86/95 RESTRAINTS ASA 12/08/96 RESTRICTION ON MOVEMENT MDE 29/04/96 SAILORS ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/37/96


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SCIENTISTS ASA 17/86/95 SEXUAL ASSAULT EUR 01/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 MDE 29/04/96 NWS 21/04/96 SOLITARY CONFINEMENT ASA 17/37/96 EUR 01/01/96 STATISTICS ACT 50/05/96 STRIKES ASA 17/23/96 STUDENTS ASA 21/19/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 TEACHERS AMR 28/02/96 TECHNICIANS EUR 61/03/96 TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT1 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 61/03/96 MDE 14/03/96 TORTURE/ILL-TREATMENT AFR 12/02/96 AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 AMR 28/02/96 ASA 12/08/96 ASA 16/10/96 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 MDE 15/18/96 MDE 29/04/96 POL 30/01/96 POL 30/02/96 TRADE UNIONISTS1 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 25/10/96 TRADE UNIONISTS ASA 17/86/95 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 21/01/96 MDE 29/04/96 TRADERS AFR 12/02/96 TRANSLATORS ASA 17/86/95 TRIALS AFR 12/02/96 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 EUR 01/01/96 MDE 11/08/96 UN AFR 12/02/96 MDE 29/04/96 ACT 53/01/96 UN AGENCIES MDE 29/07/96 UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ASA 21/19/96 MDE 15/18/96 IOR 41/08/96 IOR 41/09/96 UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE


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AFR 63/03/96 EUR 01/01/96 UNACKNOWLEDGED DETENTION1 MDE 29/04/96


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WOMEN1 AMR 28/02/96 WOMEN AFR 32/03/96 AMR 25/14/96 ASA 16/10/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 21/17/96 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 44/57/96 EUR 61/03/96 NWS 21/04/96 WORKING RULES POL 30/01/96 WRITERS ASA 17/86/95 EUR 61/03/96


KEYWORD INDEX (COUNTRIES AND REGIONS) AFRICA1 AFR 12/02/96 AFR 32/03/96 AFR 32/04/96 AFR 34/01/96 AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 AFR 51/03/96 AFR 63/03/96 AMERICAS1 AMR 25/14/96 AMR 28/02/96 AMR 51/33/96 ANGOLA1 AFR 12/02/96 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC1 ASA 12/08/96 ASA 16/10/96 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 17/19/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/49/96 ASA 20/13/96 ASA 20/16/96 ASA 21/11/96 ASA 21/17/96 ASA 21/19/96 ASA 25/10/96 AUSTRALIA1 ASA 12/08/96 BAHRAIN1 MDE 11/08/96 BAHRAIN NWS 21/04/96 BELIZE ACT 53/01/96 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA1 EUR 63/11/96 BULGARIA1 EUR 15/05/96 CARIBBEAN1 AMR 25/14/96 CENTRAL AFRICA1 AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 CHINA1 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 17/19/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/49/96 CHINA IOR 41/08/96 IOR 41/09/96 NWS 21/04/96 COLOMBIA ACT 53/01/96 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES1 EUR 46/17/96 EUR 61/03/96 CUBA1 AMR 25/14/96


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EAST AFRICA1 AFR 32/03/96 AFR 32/04/96


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EAST ASIA1 ASA 17/86/95 ASA 17/19/96 ASA 17/23/96 ASA 17/37/96 ASA 17/47/96 ASA 17/49/96 ASA 25/10/96 ECUADOR1 AMR 28/02/96 EUROPE1 EUR 01/01/96 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 25/03/96 EUR 44/57/96 EUR 45/06/96 EUR 46/17/96 EUR 61/03/96 EUR 63/11/96 FRANCE1 EUR 21/01/96 FRANCE ACT 53/01/96 FRG NWS 21/04/96 GREECE1 EUR 25/03/96 HONDURAS NWS 21/04/96 INDIA1 ASA 20/13/96 ASA 20/16/96 INDONESIA1 ASA 21/11/96 ASA 21/17/96 ASA 21/19/96 IRAQ1 MDE 14/03/96 ISRAEL1 MDE 15/18/96 MDE 15/28/96 ISRAEL NWS 21/04/96 JAPAN ACT 53/01/96 KENYA1 AFR 32/03/96 AFR 32/04/96 KENYA NWS 21/04/96 LEBANON MDE 15/28/96 LIBERIA1 AFR 34/01/96 LIBYA NWS 21/04/96


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MEXICO NWS 21/04/96 MIDDLE EAST1 MDE 11/08/96 MDE 14/03/96 MDE 15/18/96 MDE 15/28/96 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA1 MDE 11/08/96 MDE 14/03/96 MDE 15/18/96 MDE 15/28/96 MDE 29/04/96 MDE 29/07/96 MOLDOVA ACT 53/01/96 MOROCCO1 MDE 29/04/96 MDE 29/07/96 MYANMAR1 ASA 16/10/96 NORTH AFRICA1 MDE 29/04/96 MDE 29/07/96 NORTH AMERICA1 AMR 51/33/96 PACIFIC1 ASA 12/08/96 PAPUA NEW GUINEA NWS 21/04/96 PHILIPPINES ACT 53/01/96 RUSSIAN FEDERATION1 EUR 46/17/96 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ACT 53/01/96 RWANDA1 AFR 47/02/96 AFR 47/05/96 SENEGAL NWS 21/04/96 SIERRA LEONE1 AFR 51/03/96 SOUTH AFRICA ACT 53/01/96 SOUTH AMERICA1 AMR 28/02/96 SOUTH ASIA1 ASA 20/13/96 ASA 20/16/96


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SOUTH KOREA1 ASA 25/10/96 SOUTH-EAST ASIA1 ASA 16/10/96 ASA 21/11/96 ASA 21/17/96 ASA 21/19/96 SOUTH-EAST EUROPE1 EUR 15/05/96 EUR 25/03/96 EUR 44/57/96 EUR 63/11/96 SOUTHERN AFRICA1 AFR 12/02/96 AFR 63/03/96 TAIWAN ACT 53/01/96 THAILAND ACT 53/01/96 TURKEY1 EUR 44/57/96 TURKEY NWS 21/04/96 TURKMENISTAN1 EUR 61/03/96 UK1 EUR 45/06/96 USA1 AMR 51/33/96 USA ACT 53/01/96 WEST AFRICA1 AFR 34/01/96 AFR 51/03/96 WEST EUROPE1 EUR 21/01/96 EUR 45/06/96 ZAMBIA1 AFR 63/03/96 ZIMBABWE ACT 53/01/96