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The Wire, June/July 2009. Vol. 39, issue 003
1 June 2009

1) For a path out of poverty, take the human rights route 2) LiveWire 3) Maternal mortality: A woman a minute 4) Corporations, human rights and poverty 5) Top tips ...

Document       NWS 21/003/2009

Brazil: 'Changing this deadly scenario': Demand dignity in ...
28 May 2009

In thousands of favelas throughout Brazil, whole communities are living trapped in poverty and excluded from a whole range of services.. Criminal gangs now control ...

Document       AMR 19/003/2009

Brasil: “Cambiar este escenario de muerte”Exige dignidad en ...
28 May 2009

Brasil: “Cambiar este escenario de muerte”Exige dignidad en las favelas de Brasil.

Document       AMR 19/003/2009

Brazil: Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International ...
23 March 2009

Amnesty International welcomes the submission to the National Congress of draft legislation to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ...

Report       AMR 19/005/2009

Brazil: Courage and dedication ensure historic victory against ...
11 March 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/007/2009. Wednesday 11 March 2009. Brazil: Courage and dedication ensure historic ...

Document       AMR 19/007/2009

Brazil: Faces behind the statistics - report challenges long ...
10 March 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/006/2009. 10 March 2009. Brazil: Faces behind the statistics - report challenges ...

Document       AMR 19/006/2009

Brazil: Fear for safety / threats / torture or other ill-treatment
25 February 2009

On 12 February, around 25 civil police officers stormed the Guarani Kaiowa Indigenous village of Passo Piraju, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, south-western ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/004/2009

Human rights activist assassinated in Brazil | Amnesty ...
27 January 2009

The vice-president of the Workers' Party in the Brazilian state ofPernambuco and human rights activist was assassinated on Saturday.

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Brazil: Further information on fear for safety
15 January 2009

After receiving a series of threats, Katia Camargo and her two children entered a witness protection programme on 5 January 2009. They are no longer believed to ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/002/2009

Brazil: Fear for safety
8 January 2009

José Luís da Silva, his wife Severina dos Santos Silva and their 25-year-old daughter Edisandra, have received death threats in relation to a court case brought ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/001/2009