Americas

Victims of Peru Amazon violence deserve justice without ...
2 December 2009

The Peruvian authorities must conduct investigationsinto the deaths of all those killed during violence at a road blockadeled by Amazon Indigenous peoples in June ...

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Analysis: HIV progress blunted by discrimination and sexual ...
1 December 2009

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Nicaragua: Human rights activist threatened, attacked
1 December 2009

UA: 320/09 Index: AMR 43/015/2009 Nicaragua Date: 1 December 2009. URGENT ACTION. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST THREATENED, ATTACKED. Human ...

Urgent Action       AMR 43/015/2009

Military shooting in Honduras must be urgently investigated and ...
30 November 2009

Amnesty International said that it was deeply worried aboutthe safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a militaryblockade that took place in Tegucigalpa ...

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USA: Blocked at every turn: The absence of effective remedy for ...
30 November 2009

Since the attacks of 11 September 2001, which Amnesty International condemned as a crime against humanity, the organization has been calling on the US government ...

Document       AMR 51/120/2009

USA: Further information: Texas execution reset for 7 January 2010
30 November 2009

Kenneth Mosley, who received a stay of execution in September from the US Supreme Court 24 hours before he was due to be put to death, is now scheduled for execution ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/122/2009

Honduras: Authorities must reveal identities and whereabouts of ...
29 November 2009

(Tegucigalpa) Amnesty International today urged the Honduran authorities to reveal the identities, whereabouts and charges against all people detained on the eve ...

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Honduras: Military shooting must be urgently investigated and ...
28 November 2009

Amnesty International today said it was deeply worried about the safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a military blockade that took place in Tegucigalpa ...

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Honduras: Stock pile of tear gas grenades triggers fears of human ...
27 November 2009

Amnesty International has learned that the de facto authorities in Honduras have stock piled 10000 tear gas cans and other crowd control equipment, triggering fears ...

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Colombia: Human rights defender's life in danger
27 November 2009

The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2009