Disappearances Governments around the world routinely 'disappear' innocent people for expressing their peacefully held beliefs. In Morocco hundreds are kept for years in secret detention centres in cruel and degrading conditions. Prison conditions Prisoners in Malawi are subject to cruel, inhuman and degrading conditions which in some cases amount to a protracted form of extra-judicial execution. Torture Torture occurs in every Indian state. Opponents of the Government are beaten, electrocuted, hanged and raped.
Torture is also endemic in China, where the use of electric shocks and leg irons is widespread.
Death Penalty Between July 1988 and Jan 1989, Amnesty recorded at least 2,500 executions of political prisoners. Reports of executions for religious belief continue. Contact your national office of Amnesty International to buy copies of these reports. Council for International Development , PO Box 24-003, Wellington. Offices in all states.