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Colombia: Murdered man's brother threatened
5 November 2009

A man whose brother was killed by the security forces has received death threats. His life is in danger.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/026/2009

Acts of torture by Guyanese police must be punished | Amnesty ...
4 November 2009

Amnesty International has urged the Guyanese authorities to charge police officers involved in the torture and ill-treatment of three individuals who were detained ...

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Italy: The Abu Omar case
4 November 2009

In February 2003, Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (known as Abu Omar) was on his way to a local mosque when he was abducted from a street in Milan. He was subsequently ...

Document       EUR 30/012/2009

Colombia: Stop paramilitary death threats
3 November 2009

A paramilitary group has threatened to kill six individuals and members of five organizations in western Colombia. All are in grave danger.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/025/2009

Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change
3 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/019/2009. 03 November 2009. Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change. ...

Document       AMR 19/019/2009

Guyana: One incommunicado and two tortured
3 November 2009

According to press reports, a 20 year-old man, Nouravie Wilfred, is being held incommunicado without charge by police in Guyana. He may have been ill-treated ...

Urgent Action       AMR 35/002/2009

Mexico: Attack on shelter for migrants in Mexico: Further ...
2 November 2009

Staff at a shelter for undocumented migrants in north-eastern Mexico have received repeated threats. The migrants staying at the shelter and the staff working there ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/057/2009

Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

In a record vote of the UN General Assembly, 187 countries said the US should end its embargo against Cuba.

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USA: Execution set in sniper shooting case
29 October 2009

John Allen Muhammad is due to be executed in Virginia on 10 November. He was convicted in 2003 of capital murder in relation to a series of shootings in 2002. His ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/112/2009

Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

Barack Obama should follow the lead of the UN General Assembly and take all necessary steps to end its economic embargo against Cuba, said Amnesty International ...

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