http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/indigenous-teacher-missing-brazil-after-violence-over-ancestral-lands-20091113 Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts tofind an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/paraguay-indigenous-community-threatened-illegal-eviction-and-pesticide-attack-2 Amnesty International has condemned the use of apparently toxicpesticides to intimidate an indigenous community after they resistedbeing forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR45/049/2009/en Five Indigenous communities in Itakyry district, eastern Paraguay, are no longer facing imminent forced eviction from their ancestral lands. However, the Brazilian farmers who claim they own the land used an aeroplane to spray a toxic substance over the communities, resulting in more than 200 people needing Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR45/048/2009/en Five Indigenous communities in eastern Paraguay are in imminent danger of eviction from their ancestral lands: 150 families would be left homeless with no access to clean water or adequate medical care and land to cultivate Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/paraguayan-congress-leaves-90-indigenous-families-homeless-20091016 Amnesty International has criticised the Paraguayan Congress forrejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to theYakye Axa indigenous community. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/paraguayan-congress-leaves-90-indigenous-families-homeless-20091016 Amnesty International today criticised the Paraguayan Congress for rejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to the Yakye Axa indigenous community, leaving at least 90 families homeless. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/005/2009/fr Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/005/2009/en 1) Worldwide Appeals: DRC: Tortured in detention; Paraguay: Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities; Iraq: Detained without trial for nine years; Nepal: Threatened for defending women's human rights; Nicaragua: Women human rights defenders intimidated; Greece: Acid attack on trade unionist 2) Postca Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR01/004/2009/en Indigenous Peoples in the Americas have long experienced marginalisation and discrimination. Denied a voice in decisions which affect their lands, lives and livelihoods, Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected by poverty, even when living in areas rich in minerals and other natural resources. In t Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR45/045/2009/en Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International