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07 April 2009
Alberto Fujimori, the former President of Peru, has been convicted of a series of human rights violations.
24 February 2009
'Communities in resistance' have for years suffered attacks by the
Colombian security forces, paramilitaries and guerrilla groups, for refusing to take part in the co
16 February 2009
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group are reported to be responsible for the killing of 27 Indigenous Awá People in the department o
06 February 2009
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have set free a
second hostage in a week with the release of regional deputy
Sigifredo López.
04 February 2009
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have released former
governor Alan Jara, who had been held hostage by the guerrilla group
since 2001.
22 January 2009
Retired army colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega is currently on trial in
the civilian courts for his alleged part in the enforced disappearance
of 11 people in 1985.
09 January 2009
Activists demand the closure of Guantánamo on the seventh anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to the US detention facility in Cuba.
11 November 2008
Five human rights groups urged governments to accept into their countries, those detainees who will not be charged with any crime but who cannot be returned to
their
07 November 2008
Amnesty International’s
Secretary General Irene Khan has issued an assessment of the human rights
situation in the country and a set of recommendations address
05 November 2008
Amnesty International is calling on US president elect Barack Obama to take concrete steps to demonstrate commitment to human rights.
04 November 2008
Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan is leading a
mission to Chile to assess the country’s human rights situation.
12 September 2008
With evidence that the CIA operated a secret detention facility in Poland mounting, Amnesty International has welcomed the news that public prosecutors have initiated
29 August 2008
Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.
04 July 2008
After six years in captivity at the hands of the FARC guerrilla group, the former Colombian presidential candidate was freed following a military operation.
26 June 2008
To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International members and supporters are taking action around the world.
05 June 2008
In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment.
14 May 2008
Parliamentarians present US government officials with an Amnesty International declaration endorsed by over 1,200 of their counterparts worldwide.
08 May 2008
A life-size model of a cell at Guantánamo will travel to US cities to bring a taste of the harsh realities of prolonged isolation in detention to the US public.
28 March 2008
Sixteen years after the end of El Salvador's civil war, the whereabouts
of hundreds of children who disappeared during the conflict remain
unknown.
18 March 2008
Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week.
