Survivors and relatives of victims of a massacre of at least 20 Paez Indians on 16 December 1991 have reported threats and harassment by armed civilians who appear to operate freely in the area despite the fact that it has been militarized. Lawyers working on behalf of the victims have reportedly...

The body of Jorge Antonio de Oliveira Filho, a 20-year-old educator of street children in Rio de Janeiro, was officially identified on 12 November 1992. The director of the organization he worked for, the Brazilian Institute for Innovations in Social Health (IBISS) identified it in the city morgue....

This document summarizes a number of AI’s concerns in Venezuela. They include: torture and ill-treatment of criminal suspects, sometimes resulting in death; the holding of detainees in preventive detention for up to eight days, during which the police are entitled to collect incriminating evidence,...

Serious violations against peasants who have recently returned from Paraguay (“Brasiguaios”) have been reported in Mato Grosso do Sul State. On 17 May 1992, 18 from a group of peasants who had invaded two estates in Rio Brilhante were detained by gunmen from one of the estates. They were reportedly...

This document features cases of victims selected from the report “South Africa: State of fear” (AFR 53/09/92) published in June 1992. Cases featured include: the assassination of ANC member Tsepo Lengwati and attacks on others connected to the ANC, namely Siza Rani and Jerry Maine; alleged security...

This report documents evidence of security force involvement in killings, torture and attacks on political opponents. They occur during a time of political transition from white minority rule; AI believes them to threaten prospects of democratic change and calls for an investigation of all abuses...

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This statement focuses on the high level of political violence in South Africa in 1991, particularly in the townships in Johannesburg, Natal and Cape Town. Reports of extrajudicial killings and attempted assassinations were frequent; many of these occured during attacks by armed members of the...

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This document reports the death under torture of Mauro Martins Solano, aged 17. He was accused of stealing some electric domestic appliances and was detained on 22 September by agents of the Civil Police near his home in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso. He was subsequently taken to Santa Isabel Police Station...