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Brazil: Rural leader threatened in land conflict

Rural leader Antônio Isídio Pereira da Silva and families from the community of Vergel, in the interior of the north-eastern Brazilian state of Maranhão, have received ...

10 May 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 19/005/2013

Journalist at risk of torture in Turkmenistan: Rovshen ...

Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist, was detained on 6 May in Turkmenistan by local police. Though the charges against him have not ...

10 May 2013       Urgent Action       EUR 61/001/2013

Sri Lanka: Assault on dissent thrives in Sri Lanka's climate of ...

Four years have passed since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities continue to deny mounting evidence of crimes under international ...

10 May 2013       Document       ASA 37/011/2013

Sudan: Female lawyer detained, risks torture: Asma Ahmed

Sudanese lawyer Asma Ahmed, a human rights activist, has been detained incommunicado by the National Security Services since 4 May. She has not been charged with ...

10 May 2013       Urgent Action       AFR 54/010/2013

El Salvador: “We don't want Beatriz to die, it's that simple”

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FEATURE AI index: AMR 29/004/2013 09 May 2013. El Salvador: “We don't want Beatriz to die, it's that simple ...

9 May 2013       PressItem       AMR 29/004/2013

Eritrea: Twenty years of Independence, but still no freedom

On 24 May 1993, the state of Eritrea was formally recognised as an independent nation. Twenty years on, thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners ...

9 May 2013       Report       AFR 64/001/2013

Indonesia: Three dead and 22 protestors detained for their ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: ASA 21/013/2013. 9 May 2013. Indonesia: Three dead and 22 protestors detained for their ...

9 May 2013       Public Statement       ASA 21/013/2013

Viet Nam: Open letter to Minister of Public Security: Arrests and ...

On 5 and 6 May 2013, young people attempting to hold peaceful outdoor picnics to discuss human rights were prevented from doing so by security police, and several ...

9 May 2013       Open Letter       ASA 41/001/2013

Bahrain: Further information: Activist prisoner of conscience was ...

Bahraini human rights activist Naji Fateel was tortured and otherwise ill-treated before he was transferred to Dry Dock Prison on 5 May 2013. He is a prisoner of ...

9 May 2013       Urgent Action       MDE 11/014/2013

USA: Further information: Mississippi execution blocked by state ...

The Supreme Court of Mississippi granted Willie Manning a stay of execution on 7 May, about five hours before he was due to be put to death. He has been on death ...

9 May 2013       Urgent Action       AMR 51/027/2013