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Dominican Republic: Police threaten, assault journalist
18 April 2013

Police officers in the Dominican Republic have attacked and threatened a journalist reporting on a forced eviction they were carrying out in the north of the country ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/004/2013

Letter Writing Marathon 2012: Final report
3 April 2013

In 2012, 12 cases of individuals and communities whose human rights have been violated were given huge international public attention by Amnesty International. ...

Report       ACT 30/022/2013

Dominican Republic: Peaceful protestors harassed and arrested
12 March 2013

Activists peacefully demonstrating in the Dominican Republic against discrimination suffered by Dominicans of Haitian descent were arbitrarily arrested by the police ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/003/2013

Amnesty International | Dominican police officers finally charged ...
22 January 2013

A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic has filed charges against five policemen and a naval officer for the murder of two men in 2009, in what Amnesty International ...

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Dominican police officers finally charged in key killings case ...
22 January 2013

A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic has filed charges against state agents for the murder of two men in 2009, just another example of the pressing need for radical ...

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Americas: Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in ...
7 December 2012

Human rights defenders in the Americas have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of human rights. However, as the clamour for human rights has grown ...

Report       AMR 01/006/2012

Dominican Republic: Man abducted during forced eviction: Luis Polo
3 December 2012

On 20 November a mentally disabled man was brutally abducted in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, during an illegal forced eviction carried ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/020/2012

Dominican Republic: Towards a successful reform? Proposals for an ...
30 November 2012

In the Dominican Republic many factors limit the effectiveness, and contribute to the high level of distrust, of the police. Reform of the National Police is felt ...

Report       AMR 27/016/2012

Dominican Republic: Amnesty International's delegation to visit ...
27 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVISORY AI Index: AMR 27/019/2012 27 November 2012 Amnesty International's delegation to visit the Dominican ...

PressItem       AMR 27/019/2012

Amnesty International | Dominican Republic: Student's killing ...
9 November 2012

The Dominican Republic's National Police must urgently address how it responds to public protests as part of a comprehensive policing reform in the Caribbean nation ...

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