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Peru: Excessive force against protesters feared
23 September 2010

Peruvian communities protesting against an irrigation project they believe will restrict their water supply are at risk from a new law which could enable the military ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/016/2010

Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under new ...
23 September 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 23 September 2010 AI Index: AMR 23/030/2010. Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under new government. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/030/2010

Mexico: Amnesty International urges the Mexican authorities to ...
23 September 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 23 September 2010. AI Index: AMR 41/071/2010. Mexico: Amnesty International urges the Mexican ...

Public Statement       AMR 41/071/2010

USA: Further information: USA to appeal release of Guantánamo ...
22 September 2010

The US Department of Justice said on 17 September that the federal government will appeal a district court order to release Yemeni national Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/087/2010

USA: Death penalty, still a part of the 'American experiment' ...
22 September 2010

Last month, the US administration sent a report to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in relation to upcoming scrutiny of the USA's human rights ...

Document       AMR 51/089/2010

USA: Execution imminent days after suicide attempt: Brandon Rhode
22 September 2010

Brandon Rhode, a 31-year-old white man, is due to be executed in Georgia, USA, at 9am on 24 September. He was due to be put to death on the evening of 21 September ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/088/2010

Mexico: Mexican community leader abducted
17 September 2010

On 13 September 2010, social activist Víctor Ayala Tapia was abducted by six armed men in Tecpan de Galeana municipality in the Southern Mexican state of Guerrero ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/069/2010

USA (Kentucky): Further information: Judge blocks Kentucky ...
17 September 2010

A local judge in Kentucky has blocked the execution of Gregory Wilson, a 53-year-old African American man who was scheduled to be put to death by lethal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/086/2010

Failure to respect human rights means MDGs are excluding the ...
16 September 2010

World leaders urged to take urgent steps to uphold the rights of millions living in poverty in order to meet targets set by the Millennium Development Goals.

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Colombia: Afro-descendant communities threatened
16 September 2010

At least two people from Afro-descendant communities in western Colombia have been killed and others threatened by paramilitaries operating in the area. Human rights ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2010