South America

Colombia: Amnesty condemns killing of Caquetá governor | Amnesty ...
23 December 2009

Amnesty International today condemned the kidnapping and killing of Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal, Governor of the Colombian department of Caquetá in the south ...

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Governor killed in Colombia | Amnesty International
23 December 2009

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Peru: Police shoot two dead, more at risk
23 December 2009

Two men were shot dead by police on 2 December 2009, in their village in north-western Peru, during a search for another man. Other people in the area are in danger ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/019/2009

Venezuela: Government official held in Venezuela
23 December 2009

Richard Blanco, a male local government official from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, is being detained in a prison in Caracas without any evidence of him having ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/009/2009

Brazil: A genuine commission for truth and justice must put an end ...
22 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 December 2009. AI Index: AMR 19/022/2009. Brazil: A genuine commission for truth and justice ...

Document       AMR 19/022/2009

Mexico: Environmental campaigner threatened
22 December 2009

Armando Mendoza Ponce, a 65-year-old male environmental campaigner in Mexico, was threatened with death and other campaigners had stones thrown at them while they ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/066/2009

Brazil: Justice close for 800 families in Brazil
18 December 2009

The families who suffered a violent forced eviction in August from the Olga Benário settlement in the south of São Paulo, have won a major victory in their long ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/021/2009

Venezuela: Fears for family and colleagues after killing
16 December 2009

Human rights defender Mijail Martínez was shot dead on 26 November in Venezuela. He was working on a documentary film that featured the stories of people who have ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/008/2009

Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.
15 December 2009

Guatemala: Implicación de la policía en homicidios en Guatemala.

Report       AMR 34/010/2009

Venezuela: Family at risk after killing
15 December 2009

The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/007/2009