ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - An international organisation for the protection of human rights, Amnesty International (AI), said in its statement for 1998 that human rights had been being violated by governments and armed opposition groups
in all parts of the world, including countries with developed democracy, representatives of Amnesty International Croatia (AIH) told a press conference in Zagreb on Wednesday. AI included 142 countries in its report. Amnesty International expressed concern about charges which had been filed against reporters in Croatia, pointing out Viktor Ivancic and Marinko Culic, reporters of the Feral Tribune weekly, and former editor-in-chief of the Globus weekly Davor Butkovic. The report read that perpetrators of crimes committed after the Croatian military and police operation "Storm", which took place in 1995 and by which the greatest part of the Croatian territory was liber
ZAGREB, June 16 (Hina) - An international organisation for the
protection of human rights, Amnesty International (AI), said in its
statement for 1998 that human rights had been being violated by
governments and armed opposition groups in all parts of the world,
including countries with developed democracy, representatives of
Amnesty International Croatia (AIH) told a press conference in
Zagreb on Wednesday.
AI included 142 countries in its report.
Amnesty International expressed concern about charges which had
been filed against reporters in Croatia, pointing out Viktor
Ivancic and Marinko Culic, reporters of the Feral Tribune weekly,
and former editor-in-chief of the Globus weekly Davor Butkovic.
The report read that perpetrators of crimes committed after the
Croatian military and police operation "Storm", which took place in
1995 and by which the greatest part of the Croatian territory was
liberated from the Serb occupation, have not been punished.
AIH also pointed to the abuse of police authority, adding that two
persons in Croatia died of injuries caused by police brutality.
The situation in the world continues to demonstrate the violent
side of governments and regimes, AIH said. Executions have been
conducted in 36 countries, prisoners of conscience have been
detained in 78 countries, people have been tortured and maltreated
by security forces, police, and other state authorities in 125
countries, and persons have been registered as missing in 37
countries.
Kosovo represents Europe's burning issue. Cruellest forms of the
violation of human rights have been demonstrated in that southern
Yugoslav province. Amnesty International have been systematically
observing and reporting on the situation in southern Serbia during
the past ten years.
The United States gained a bad reputation due to the capital
punishment and inhumane and humiliating treatments of prisoners.
Amnesty International Croatia reported that Amnesty International
had launched a campaign to promote entering the 21st century
without the capital punishment, which would be a major step forward
in the promotion and protection of human rights.
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