Current human rights activities
of Group 60

A page composed by Amnesty International,
Group 60, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada


 

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Algeria:

Group 60 has taken on work on behalf of ALLAOUA ZIOU, a farmer in Algeria who disappeared in 1995.


Alloua Ziou

We are attempting to discover what has happened to this man. We know that thousands have disappeared in Algeria in recent years; some are known to have died, others are simply missing, with no further information available. We know that human rights violations have been committed by both the government and armed opposition groups; but efforts to discover information about what has happened to the disappeared have in most cases met with a wall of silence until recently.

However, things are now changing. A society known as "SOS Disparus" ("SOS Disappeared") has been created to help unveil the truth. Families of the disappeared have also formed an association with the same goal. And the Ministry of the Interior has opened offices to record complaints from families. By June 1999, 3,500 cases had been recorded.

For more details on the case of Alloua Ziou and how you can help, please click here. For a page of links on Algeria and human rights, click here



Drawing by Kathleen House. From a collection of children's
art created for the 1999 annual general meeting of
AI Canada (English Speaking) in St. John's

Southern Asia

Activities for the Southern Asia Regional Action Network (SARAN) are co-ordinated by Jason Loder.

Western Europe 

Actitivies for the Western Europe Regional Action Network (WERAN) are co-ordinated by Mike Wilkshire. 

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"Responsibility for human rights abuses does not lie only with those who pull the trigger or apply the electric shock. It also lies with those who supply the equipment and the training to use it."

Amnesty International annual report, 1996

 
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