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Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.
15 December 2009

Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.

Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Venezuela: Family at risk after killing
15 December 2009

The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/007/2009

Guatemala: Police involvement in killings in Guatemala
15 December 2009

Killings by members of the police, or by clandestine groups in which former or serving members of the police are believed to be involved, continue to be reported ...

Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Guatemala: Allegations of police killings must be investigated ...
15 December 2009

Amnesty International has condemned the failure of the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigate extra-judicial killings in which police officers have been ...

Press Release      

Allegations of police killings in Guatemala must be investigated ...
15 December 2009

In a new report, Amnesty International says that killings by police officers, often of young people who have eithera criminal record or are suspected of involvement ...

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Honduras must launch full investigation into death of human rights ...
15 December 2009

Walter Trochez was shot in the chest by a drive-by gunman on Sunday night while walking home through the centre of Tegucigalpa.

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Honduras: Full and prompt investigation needed into death of human ...
14 December 2009

Honduran authorities must launch an urgent and independent investigation into the murder of human rights defender Walter Trochez who was killed late on Sunday night ...

Press Release      

Mexico must protect residents of disputed land | Amnesty ...
11 December 2009

People living on the land in Chihuahua State, northern Mexico, have been intimidated and attacked for six years. Last week, a woman was shot and injured at her ...

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Mexico: Further information: Woman living on disputed land shot
10 December 2009

A woman living in the Lomas del Poleo area of Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, was shot and injured on 4 December. Those living in Lomas del Poleo, particularly ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/065/2009

Venezuela: End impunity through universal jurisdiction (No Safe ...
10 December 2009

This paper examines the various shortcomings of the Venezuelan legal system in regards to universal jurisdiction. Areas covered include universal criminal jurisdiction ...

Report       AMR 53/006/2009