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Guatemala: Trade unionist threatened with death: Jorge Chen ...
9 December 2009

Trade unionist Jorge Chen Alvarez, an official in the National Health Workers' Union, has received a death threat believed to be connected to his work improving ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/014/2009

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9 December 2009

Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed ...

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9 December 2009

Amnesty International has exposed the shocking level of unlawful police killings in Nigeria in a new report.

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Tunisia: Tunisian man at risk of torture: Lotfi Dassi
9 December 2009

Former political prisoner Lotfi Dassi was arrested by security forces in Tunisia on 23 November, apparently in relation to his activities to secure financial aid ...

Urgent Action       MDE 30/019/2009

Major accused of torturing girl to death in Nepal must be arrested ...
8 December 2009

The Nepali government must immediately pursue the arrest of an armymajor accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl todeath.

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Mexican civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious ...
8 December 2009

New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out duringmilitary operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels inMexico has been unveiled in an ...

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Syria: Political activist held incommunicado in Syria
8 December 2009

Ahmed Mustafa Ben-Mohammed, usually known by his pen name of Pir Rostom, a male Syrian political activist, is being held incommunicado at an unknown location. He ...

Urgent Action       MDE 24/036/2009

Colombia: Human rights lawyer at risk: Jorge Molano
7 December 2009

Human rights lawyer Jorge Molano is involved in a high-profile prosecution of a former army officer. He is being followed, and he and his family are in grave danger ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/030/2009

Nicaragua must investigate violent attacks against human rights ...
7 December 2009

Leonor Martínez has been subjected to violence and received death threats for her work with a civil society group.

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