Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 01:32:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: press release from amnesty


* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat
of Amnesty
International *

4 October 2000
MDE 15/034/2000
189/00


Following the deaths of demonstrators in Israel and
the Occupied
Territories, including the areas under the
jurisdiction of the
Palestinian Authority, Amnesty International is today
sending
delegates to investigate the circumstances of the
killings and to
make recommendations to the Israeli Government.

     The delegation includes Elizabeth Hodgkin, a
staff member
in the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International and Dr
Stephen Males, a former senior UK police officer who
has worked
extensively in training police in Nepal and other
countries.
Stephen Males has a doctorate in police management and
has made
extensive studies of sensitive control of public
order.

     Meanwhile Amnesty International regrets the
refusal of
Israel to cooperate with the proposed US-headed
commission of
inquiry. The organization continues to call for the
setting up of
a commission of inquiry composed of independent and
impartial
investigators which should have the power to make
on-site visits
and question all those involved, including members of
the
security services. The findings of such an inquiry
should be made
public.

     Amnesty International's delegates can be
contacted in
Israel from 5 October on: +972 50 576 032.

****************************************************************
You may repost this message onto other sources
provided the main
text is not altered in any way and both the header
crediting
Amnesty International and this footer remain intact.
Only the
list subscription message may be removed.
****************************************************************
To subscribe to amnesty-L, send a message to
<majordomo-AT-oil.ca>
with "subscribe amnesty-L" in the message body. To
unsubscribe,
send a message to <majordomo-AT-oil.ca> with "unsubscribe
amnesty-L"
in the message body. If you have problem signing off,
contact
<owner-amnesty-L-AT-oil.ca>. <owner-amnesty-L-AT-oil.ca>
handles
only messages concerning list administration. Past and
current Amnesty
news services can be found at
<http://www.amnesty.org/news/>.
Visit <http://www.amnesty.org> for information about
Amnesty 
International
and for other AI publications. Contact
amnestyis-AT-amnesty.org if you
need to get in touch with the International
Secretariat of Amnesty
International.


====

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free!
http://photos.yahoo.com/


     --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---