| | Amnesty International, founded in 1961, had its work in Africa in the 1960s dominated by appeals on behalf of Africans opposing colonial rule. Now in the 1990s, the organisation mainly campaigns against human rights violations committed by military regimes and one-party states. Discusses in broad terms human rights violations in Africa from 1960s to the 1990s. Includes appeal for urgent action concerning detentions in Swaziland: the accused are alleged to have conspired to form a political party, the PUDEMO (People's United Democratic Movement) detention for an indefinite period, incommunicado and outside the jurisdiction of the courts and is thus in conflict with internationally accepted human rights standards. The five are: Sabelo Dlamini, Boy Magagula, Dominic Mngomezulu, Ray Russon and Mphandlana Shongwe. |
