Brazil
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International has received reports that Juvêncio Mazzarollo has now ended his hunger-strike. He is reported to have lost six kilograms. Amnesty International considers Juvêncio Mazzarollo, a journalist, to be a prisoner of conscience, imprisoned for the exercise of his right to freedom of...
November 15, 1983
Brazil
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International is concerned that Juvêncio Mazzarollo, a prisoner of conscience, has recently begun a hunger-strike in protest against the increase of his prison sentence from two years to four years.
November 2, 1983
Uruguay
Detention
This memorandum is divided into six sections corresponding to different areas of Amnesty International’s concern for the international protection of human rights. It concludes with a summary list of recommendations which it respectfully submits to the government, in the belief that their...
November 1, 1983
Uruguay
Detention
This briefing is part of Amnesty International’s worldwide campaign for the international protection of human rights. Since the present government came to power following the dissolution of the National Assembly by the armed forces on 27 June 1973 and the subsequent suspension of all...
November 1, 1983
Brazil
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In 1982 Juvêncio Mazzarollo, a journalist, was imprisoned after being convicted under the Law of National Security. He has been adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
September 20, 1983