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Iraq: A thousand people face the death penalty in Iraq
1 September 2009

Iraq now has one of the highest rates of execution in the world. At least 1000 people are believed to be under sentence of death, 150 of whom have exhausted all ...

Report       MDE 14/020/2009

Irák: Un millar de personas se enfrentan a la pena de muerte en ...
1 September 2009

Irák: Un millar de personas se enfrentan a la pena de muerte en Irak

Report       MDE 14/020/2009

Kosovo (Serbia): Justice for the Justice for Petrija Piljević ...
31 August 2009

After the war ended in Kosovo in June 1999, the majority of Kosovo Serbs left, but some like Petrija Piljević stayed on. At the end of June three men wearing Kosovo ...

Document       EUR 70/010/2009

Kosovo (Serbia): Justice for Daka Asani [Case card on enforced ...
31 August 2009

In August 1999 Daka Asani was taken away in a car by an unidentified man. His family unsuccessfully sought help in finding him. In 2006 his family, by now living ...

Document       EUR 70/009/2009

Kosovo: Justicia para Daka Asani. Kosovo 2009.
31 August 2009

Kosovo: Justicia para Daka Asani. Kosovo 2009.

Document       EUR 70/009/2009

Over 500 families in São Paulo left homeless after forced ...
28 August 2009

Following a large-scale police operation, the families are now sleeping under plastic sheeting on land opposite the site of theeviction. They are without food or ...

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Algeria: Legacy of impunity threatens future
28 August 2009

Up to 200000 people were killed during Algerian internal conflict in the 1990s. Thousands of people were victims of enforced disappearance, torture and sexual assault ...

Document       MDE 28/003/2009

Third mass killing of Colombia's Awá Indigenous Peoples in 2009 ...
28 August 2009

Twelve people, including four children, all thought to be members of the same family, have been killed by unidentified gunmen. This is the third such killing in ...

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El Salvador: Death threats for activists demanding justice
27 August 2009

Those seeking justice for a murdered environmental activist in Cabañas department, El Salvador, are at risk. Another anti-mining activist has also been shot, and ...

Urgent Action       AMR 29/001/2009

Colombia: Protection for community needed immediately
27 August 2009

Fears for the safety of members of the indigenous Awá community in Colombia have intensified after unidentified gunmen killed 12 community members, including 4 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/022/2009