Paraguay

Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil after violence over ancestral lands - 13 November 2009

Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts to find an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October.

Paraguay indigenous community threatened by illegal eviction and pesticide attack - 10 November 2009

Amnesty International has condemned the use of apparently toxic pesticides to intimidate an indigenous community after they resisted being forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands.

Paraguayan indigenous families left homeless after bill rejected - 16 October 2009

Amnesty International has criticised the Paraguayan Congress for rejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to the Yakye Axa indigenous community.

Paraguayan Congress leaves 90 indigenous families homeless - 16 October 2009

Amnesty International today criticised the Paraguayan Congress for rejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to the Yakye Axa indigenous community, leaving at least 90 families homeless.
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The Truth and Justice Commission published its report and recommendations, shedding light on human rights violations committed during the military government (1954-1989) and transition to

Paraguay: Congress puts the lives of 90 indigenous families at risk - 25 June 2009

Amnesty International said on 26 June that the Agrarian Reform and Rural Welfare Commission of the Paraguayan Congress had deliberately put the lives of 90 indigenou

Paraguay: Congress puts the lives of 90 indigenous families at risk - 29 June 2009

Amnesty International said on 26 June that the Agrarian Reform and Rural Welfare Commission of the Paraguayan Congress had deliberately put the lives of 90 indigenous families at risk following its majority decision to reject the expropriation of ancestral lands in favour of the Yakye Axa indigenous community.

Paraguayuan Congress risks lives of 90 indigenous families - 28 June 2009

Members of a Congressional committee in Paraguay have voted against returning Indigenous lands back to the Yakye Axa community.

Summit of the Americas fails to address human rights - 20 April 2009

The Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain fails to lay out a clear human rights framework for progress in the areas of human prosperity, energy security and env

Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda - 16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.