The World - News from May 22, 1989

Amnesty International said human rights violations are taking place in a majority of the world’s 40 French-speaking nations. The London-based rights group said in Paris that violations including torture and executions have been registered. Amnesty International said it has established that torture was widely used by security services during riots in Algeria, and it added that many African countries have used torture against political opponents. It made the disclosure in a report released in advance of the annual summit of Francophone countries that opens Wednesday in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.