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Brazil: NGO staff threatened with death in Brazil
28 July 2011

Lawyer Diogo Cabral and priest Father Inaldo Serejo, who work for the Brazilian NGO Comissão Pastoral da Terra (Pastoral Land Commission, CPT) were threatened with ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/012/2011

Ask Brazil, South Africa and India to help stop the bloodshed in ...
9 July 2011

It has been over four months since the beginning of largely peaceful protests in Syria calling for political reform and for the Syrian President to step down. The ...

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Brazil activist appeals 'politically motivated' prison sentence ...
16 June 2011

A prominent human rights lawyer appeals a jail sentence for his role in a demonstration for land reform in Brazil.

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Amnesty International | Brazil activist appeals 'politically ...
16 June 2011

A Brazilian court is due to hear an appeal early next week by a prominent human rights lawyer amid ongoing violence against land reform activists.

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Hired gunmen threaten rural communities in Brazil | Amnesty ...
8 June 2011

Authorities do little to protect rural workers in Brazil who face ongoing intimidation by hired gunmen.

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Amnesty International | Hired gunmen threaten rural communities in ...
8 June 2011

Brazilian authorities must investigate acts of violence and intimidation by hired gunmen against rural workers in the north of the country, Amnesty International ...

Press Release      

Brazil: Protect smallholders from violence
7 June 2011

Hired gunmen have fired shots over two communities of rural workers in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil. Five community leaders have been “marked down for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/009/2011

Brazil urged to suspend Belo Monte dam project | Amnesty ...
2 June 2011

Brazil should have consulted with Indigenous Peoples before approving construction of a megadam on their land in the Amazon.

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Brazil: Authorities must act to stop killings across the Amazon
1 June 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 01 June 2011. Index: AMR 19/008/2011. Brazil: Authorities must act to stop killings across the Amazon. ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/008/2011

Brazil: Extradition of an alleged perpetrator of crimes against ...
23 May 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 23 May 2011. Index: AMR 19/007/2011. Brazil: Extradition of an alleged perpetrator of crimes ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/007/2011