Caribbean

Women's lives at risk because of Nicaragua's abortion ban ...
5 February 2010

Activist Ana María Pizarro, tells Amnesty International howpregnant women are at risk of losing their lives because of Nicaragua's abortion ban.

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Colombia: Paramilitaries threaten women's organization
4 February 2010

A Colombian paramilitary group has threatened to kill the members of a women's human rights organization. The threat declares them a military target and says there ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/004/2010

USA: DNA testing sought as Texas execution nears: Henry Skinner
4 February 2010

Henry Skinner, a 47-year-old man, is due to be executed in Texas on 24 February. He was convicted of the 1993 murder of his girlfriend and her two sons in the house ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/013/2010

Governments urged to condemn Nicaragua abortion ban | Amnesty ...
4 February 2010

The country's revised penal code stipulates prison sentences for girls and women who seek an abortionand for health professionals who provide health services ...

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UN urged to condemn Nicaragua’s abortion ban | Amnesty ...
4 February 2010

The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said ...

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Bolivia: Amnesty International’s Comments on the National Report ...
3 February 2010

Amnesty International believes that efforts made by the current government in its first term in office towards strengthening social programmes and through these ...

Document       AMR 18/001/2010

Mexico: Gunmen threaten Lomas Del Poleo man: Alfredo Piñón ...
3 February 2010

Armed men hired by a local landowning family threatened to kill a man living in an area called Lomas del Poleo, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, on 2 February. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/011/2010

The Wire, February/March 2010. Vol. 40, issue 001
1 February 2010

FOR ACTIVISTS AND INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS FEBRUARY / MARCH 2010 VOLUME 40 ISSUE 001 WOMEN SHAPINGTHEIR OWNLIVES. Firstpublishedin2009by ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2010

Haiti's human rights challenge | Amnesty International
29 January 2010

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Canada: Supreme Court of Canada rules that Canadian authorities ...
29 January 2010

Amnesty International is renewing its appeal to the government of Canada to actively and vigorously seek the repatriation of Omar Khadr, the Canadian national in ...

Document       AMR 20/001/2010