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USA: Further information: Canadian citizen faces unfair trial in ...
29 July 2010

An Appeal Court judge has stayed an order requiring Canada to propose remedies for violations suffered by Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who has been in US custody ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/067/2010

Honduras: Honduran lawyer at risk: Kenia Oliva Cardona
29 July 2010

The car of a Honduran human rights lawyer has been broken into, her papers searched and a laptop computer stolen. Amnesty International believes that she has been ...

Urgent Action       AMR 37/011/2010

USA: Further information: Judge orders release of Guantánamo ...
26 July 2010

On 21 July, a US federal judge ordered the immediate release from Guantánamo of Yemeni national Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif. The US Department of Justice may still ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/066/2010

Chile: Bicentenary "indulto" proposal: should not undermine the ...
23 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 22/005/2010. 23 July 2010. Bicentenary "indulto" proposal: should not undermine ...

Public Statement       AMR 22/005/2010

Mexico: Further information: Electricity protestors freed in ...
22 July 2010

Three leaders of a protest in Mexico against high electricity bills were released from prison on 6 June, after 11 months. Sara López, Joaquín Aguilar and Guadalupe ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/056/2010

USA: Further information: Oklahoma execution further delayed ...
22 July 2010

The Governor of Oklahoma has extended the stay of execution for Jeffrey Matthews until 17 August. He was sentenced to death for the murder of his great-uncle, Earl ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/065/2010

Venezuela: Further information: Dad attacked as he calls for ...
22 July 2010

Victor Martínez, the father of a 23 year-old man who was shot dead last year, Mijail Martínez, has been attacked. He was handing out flyers alleging that police ...

Urgent Action       AMR 53/008/2010

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