Americas

USA: Blocked at every turn: The absence of effective remedy for ...
30 November 2009

Public. amnesty international. USA: Blocked at every turn. The absence of effective remedy for counter-terrorism abuses. 30 November 2009. ...

Document       AMR 51/120/2009

USA: Further information: Texas execution reset for 7 January 2010
30 November 2009

Kenneth Mosley, who received a stay of execution in September from the US Supreme Court 24 hours before he was due to be put to death, is now scheduled for execution ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/122/2009

Honduras: Authorities must reveal identities and whereabouts of ...
29 November 2009

(Tegucigalpa) Amnesty International today urged the Honduran authorities to reveal the identities, whereabouts and charges against all people detained on the eve ...

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Honduras: Military shooting must be urgently investigated and ...
28 November 2009

Amnesty International today said it was deeply worried about the safety of victims of and witnesses to a shooting at a military blockade that took place in Tegucigalpa ...

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Honduras: Stock pile of tear gas grenades triggers fears of human ...
27 November 2009

Amnesty International has learned that the de facto authorities in Honduras have stock piled 10000 tear gas cans and other crowd control equipment, triggering fears ...

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Colombia: Human rights defender's life in danger
27 November 2009

The life of Luz Elsia Almanza, a female human rights defender in Colombia, is in danger, after a paramilitary group declared her to be a "military target". Luz ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2009

USA (Texas): Clemency sought on mental impairment claim
27 November 2009

Bobby Wayne Woods, a 44-year-old white man, is due to be executed in Texas on 3 December, his third execution date in two years. He was convicted in 1998 of the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/121/2009

Stock pile of tear gas grenades in Honduras triggers fears of ...
27 November 2009

An Amnesty International delegation in Honduras monitoring the human rights situation around the presidential elections, has seen evidence suggesting an increased ...

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USA: Further information: Stay of execution lifted in Kenneth ...
26 November 2009

A federal court has lifted the stay of execution in the case of Kenneth Biros, who is now due to be put to death in Ohio on 8 December under the state’s new lethal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/119/2009

Peru: Fujimori appeal hearing ends
25 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 46/018/2009. 25 November 2009. Peru: Fujimori appeal hearing ends. The Peruvian ...

Document       AMR 46/018/2009