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Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Suggested recommendations to States considered in the 13th round ...
7 March 2012

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, ...

Document       IOR 41/006/2012

Brazil: Community threatened and at risk of eviction
24 February 2012

Forty families from the Rio dos Macacos community in Brazil are being repeatedly threatened by naval officers who are trying to force them off their lands. The ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/005/2012

Brazil: Further information: Community get temporary reprieve
15 February 2012

The Laranjeira Ñhanderu community have been given permission to remain on their ancestral lands while an appeal against their eviction order is considered.

Urgent Action       AMR 19/004/2012

Cuban blogger blocked from travelling to film premiere in Brazil ...
6 February 2012

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez has been barred from leaving Cuba 19 times in the last four years.

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Brazil: Further information: Indigenous community have days to ...
1 February 2012

The Laranjeira Ñanderu indigenous community, including over 80 children and 30 elderly people, is at risk of eviction from an area they claim as ancestral lands ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/003/2012

Brazilian Government must defend the rights of Yoani Sánchez ...
27 January 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 27 January 2012. AI Index: AMR 19/002/2012. Br azilian Government must d efend the rights of ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/002/2012

Brazil must address needs of thousands left homeless following ...
24 January 2012

Brazilian police have forcefully evicted almost 6000 people without warning from a slum outside Sao Paulo.

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Brazil: Trip of Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez to Brazil
20 January 2012

Ref.: TG AMR 19/2012.001. AI Index: AMR 19/001/2012. Exmo. Sr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota. Ministro de Estado. Ministério das Relações Exteriores. ...

Open Letter       AMR 19/001/2012

Brasil: Viagem da blogueira Cubana Yoani Sánchez ao Brasil
20 January 2012

Open Letter       AMR 19/001/2012

Brazil: Subsistence farmers face death threats
23 December 2011

Community leader José da Cruz and members of Brazil's Salgado quilombola community of afro-descendant subsistence farmers, in Pirapemas, Maranhão state, have been ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/020/2011