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07 December 2009
Leonor Martínez has been subjected to violence and received death threats for her work with a civil society group.
04 December 2009
An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras talked to human
rights activists about the hidden crisis affecting the
Central American nation.
03 December 2009
Amnesty International's delegation
has documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests of
demonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessary
use of tear gas.
20 November 2009
Chinese authorities must stop the harassment and arbitrary detention of
dozens of human rights lawyers and activists who were targeted during
US President Obama’s visit.
13 November 2009
Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts to
find an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October.
28 October 2009
Two members of a peasant organization in Chiapas State, currently held in a state prison, were blindfolded, bound and beaten during their interrogation.
20 October 2009
A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled.
20 October 2009
Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian authorities to step up recent efforts to decriminalise abortion in the country.
19 October 2009
The invaluable work carried out by human rights defenders in Colombia must be respected by all the parties to the armed conflict, Amnesty International has said.
25 September 2009
Five people
are reported to have been killed during a week of violent political unrest in Honduras.
24 September 2009
Amnesty International has received continuing reports of numerous
demonstrators being beaten by police and some several hundred detained
across Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras.
23 July 2009
A Brazilian organization has thanked Amnesty International after an
action by the organization brought safety to a peasant farmer and land
rights activist.
06 July 2009
Protests are escalating in Honduras with reports of protestors being
beaten. Nineteen-year-old protestor, Isis Obed Murillo, died from
gunshot wounds on Sunday.
30 June 2009
Further demonstrations are expected in support of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted on Sunday.
28 May 2009
More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been
exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of
poverty and inequalit
12 May 2009
US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi was released from jail in Iran on
Monday following international and domestic protests at her detention.
07 May 2009
Nine activists working for two prominent human rights organizations in
Guatemala have received dozens of death threats by SMS text messages.
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
16 April 2009
An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.
