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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Venezuela: Further information: Venezuelan prison activists ...
15 April 2013

Further Information on UA: 160/12 Index: AMR 53/005/2013 Venezuela Date: 15 April 2013. URGENT ACTION VENEZUELAN PRISON ACTIVISTS ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/005/2013

Cuba: Further information: Cuban prisoner of conscience freed ...
11 April 2013

Independent journalist and prisoner of conscience Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias was released on 9 April after spending almost seven months in prison without charge ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/004/2013

Mexico: Further information: Safety concerns for migrants' shelter ...
11 April 2013

There are increasing concerns for the safety of staff and migrants at La 72 migrants' shelter in Tenosique, southern state of Tabasco, Mexico. This follows further ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/018/2013

USA: Joint Letter to President Obama re: Shared Concerns Regarding ...
11 April 2013

April 11, 2013. The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500. ...

Open Letter       AMR 51/017/2013

Mexico: Human rights organization attacked in Mexico
8 April 2013

The office of a human rights organization in Chihuahua in northern Mexico has been attacked. This could be connected to their work on human rights and the staff's ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/017/2013

Mexico: Further information: Threats due to wind farm opposition ...
5 April 2013

Human rights organization and activists continue to be threatened and harassed believed to be as a result of their opposition to the construction of a wind farm ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/016/2013

Colombia: Further Information: Trade unionists receive more death ...
4 April 2013

Several trade unionists in the mining industry have received further death threats from Colombian paramilitaries.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/016/2013

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

Colombia: Land activists receive death threats
2 April 2013

A member of the Victims' Roundtable of El Carmen del Bolívar – a group of victims seeking the return of misappropriated land – in northern Colombia has received ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/015/2013

Mexico: Two men allegedly executed by Mexican army
28 March 2013

The Mexican Army killed two young men in disputed circumstances in the town of Nuevo Laredo. Relatives are seeking a full investigation into evidence that the two ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/015/2013