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Mexico: Three years at risk and still no protection for Mexican ...
21 July 2010

Human rights lawyer Alba Cruz has suffered intimidation and harassment since 2007. In early 2010 her situation deteriorated and she had no choice but to temporarily ...

Document       AMR 41/052/2010

Mexico: Effective protection remains an illusion for Mexican ...
21 July 2010

Indigenous rights defender Obtilia Eugenio Manuel has been subject to death threats and acts of intimidation since 2005 and some of her colleagues have been killed ...

Document       AMR 41/053/2010

Guatemala: One mining activist shot, another threatened: Deodora ...
21 July 2010

On 7 July, a Guatemalan human rights defender campaigning against mining in her Indigenous community was shot. Another activist campaigning locally against mining ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/008/2010

Mexico: Further information: Mexican priest released on bail ...
20 July 2010

A Mexican priest and human rights defender who was put in pre-charge detention on 19 June was released on bail on 30 June. He and nine other men are accused of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/055/2010

Mexico: Protect human rights defenders in Mexico
19 July 2010

Protect human rights defenders in mexico. dear minister, I am writing to express my deep concern at the number of attacks and threats against human rights ...

Postcard       AMR 41/054/2010

Colombia: The four defenders must be released immediately
16 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/025/2010. 16 July 2010. Colombia: The four defenders must be released immediately. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/025/2010

Bolivia: The 30th anniversary of the military coup: what remains ...
16 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 16 July 2010. AI Index: AMR 18/009/2010. Bolivia: The 30th anniversary of the military coup ...

Public Statement       AMR 18/009/2010

North America: Further information: Canada to appeal court ...
16 July 2010

The Canadian Department of Justice has announced that it will appeal the Federal Court's decision that ordered the Canadian government to propose remedies for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 04/002/2010

Peru: Amnesty International condemns renewed attempts to expel ...
16 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 16 July 2010. AI Index: AMR 46/015/2010. Peru: Amnesty International condemns renewed attempts ...

Public Statement       AMR 46/015/2010

USA: Further information: Tennessee Governor commutes death ...
16 July 2010

On 14 July, the Governor of Tennessee commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens to life imprisonment. She had been due to be executed on 28 September 2010. She ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/063/2010