The home of lawyer and human rights defender, Dr Mirtha Vasquez Chuquilin, has been raided twice in three weeks. Other members of the organization where she works ...
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 ...
Peruvian human rights defenders Rosario Huayanca Zapata and Father José Manuel Miranda Azpiroz are now receiving protection from the police. This follows a series ...
On 4 and 8 October, Peruvian human rights defenders Rosario Huayanca Zapata and Father José Manuel Miranda Azpiroz received a series of death threats. The police ...
In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, ...
Governments across the Americas continue to discriminate against Indigenous peoples by denying their right to have a say on decisions which may have devastating ...