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Colombia: Six Colombians threatened via text message
10 December 2009

Six men in Cauca department, western Colombia, including Afro-descendant and Indigenous community leaders, all received the same threatening SMS (text) message ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/031/2009

Former Guantánamo Bay detainees deserve justice in Italy ...
9 December 2009

Tunisian nationals Adel Ben Mabrouk and Riadh Nasseri are suspected ofhaving committed terrorism-related crimes in Italy prior to being held at the US detention ...

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USA: First execution under Ohio’s new protocol
9 December 2009

Kenneth Biros was executed in the US state of Ohio on 8 December 2009. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Tami Engstrom in 1991.

Urgent Action       AMR 51/124/2009

Guatemala: Trade unionist threatened with death: Jorge Chen ...
9 December 2009

Trade unionist Jorge Chen Alvarez, an official in the National Health Workers' Union, has received a death threat believed to be connected to his work improving ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/014/2009

Mexican civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious ...
8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out duringmilitary operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels inMexico has been unveiled in an ...

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Mexico: Military abuses - case studies | Amnesty International
8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rightsviolations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime anddrug cartels in Mexicohas been unveiled in a ...

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Mexico: Civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious ...
8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in ...

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Mexico: New reports of human rights violations by the military
8 December 2009

Amnesty International is receiving increasing allegations of serious human rights violations, such as enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions and other ...

Report       AMR 41/058/2009

Mexico: Military abuses - Facts and Figures | Amnesty ...
8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in ...

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Colombia: Human rights lawyer at risk: Jorge Molano
7 December 2009

Human rights lawyer Jorge Molano is involved in a high-profile prosecution of a former army officer. He is being followed, and he and his family are in grave danger ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/030/2009