Colombia: possible extrajudicial execution: Marlene de Jesus Giraldo
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Yugoslavia: arrest of doctors, journalists and others: Dr Vesna Bosanac, Dr Juraj Njavro, Sinisa Glavasevic, Branimir Polovina, Marin Vidic-Bili and others
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Cuba: prisoners of conscience / legal concern: Maria Elena Cruz Varela, Fernando Velasquez Medina, Pastor Herrera, Jorge Pomar, Gabriel Aguado Chavez, Elvira Baro, Hubert Luis Matos Sanchez, Eliecer Aguiar
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USA: Further information: Prisoner of conscience / conscientious objector: Captain Yolanda Huet-Vaughn
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Peru campaign: further information on appeal cases
New information has been received on the following cases detailed in “Peru Campaign – Appeal Cases” (AMR 46/49/91): death threats to Magno Sosa Rojas and Necias Taquiri in Huamanga province, Ayacucho; “disappearance” of Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez in Lima; letter bomb attack on Dr Augusto Zuniga...
Brazil: possible extrajudicial execution / safety concern: Flavio Claudio Luis dos Santos, Erivaldo Passos, Edson Cunha da Silva, Cristiano Batalha Neves, Marcio, Rose dos Santos and Andreia da Silva Lourenco
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Peru: Some recent cases of human rights violations by the security forces and abuses by Sendero Luminoso
Since the publication of the report “Peru: Human rights in a climate of terror” (AMR 46/56/91) Amnesty International has received reports of gross violations by the armed forces and of atrocities by Sendero Luminoso. AI has documented ten “disappearances” and one extrajudicial execution in the...
Turkey: Further information: Fear of ill-treatment / health concern: Over 200 political prisoners
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Haiti: Further information: Legal concern / fear of ill-treatment / threats / intimidation: Virginie Senatus, Loby Gratia, Raynand Pierre and others
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Peru: Possible extrajudicial execution
Amnesty International is concerned about the killing of twelve men, three women and one child, in circumstances which suggest they may have been extrajudicially executed by members of the security forces or people working with their acquiescence. The killing took place during a social gathering...
East Timor: The Santa Cruz massacre
Between 50 and 100 people were killed and many more wounded when Indonesian security forces opened fire on a group of mourners at Santa Cruz Cemetery in Dili on 12 November 1991. Dozens of others, including US journalists Alan Nairn and Amy Goodman, were beaten during the incident and at least 42...
Haiti: Legal concern / fear of ill-treatment / threats / intimidation: Virginie Senatus, Loby Gratia, Raynand Pierre and others
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