Americas

Colombia: Stop paramilitary death threats
3 November 2009

A paramilitary group has threatened to kill six individuals and members of five organizations in western Colombia. All are in grave danger.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/025/2009

Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change
3 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 19/019/2009. 03 November 2009. Brazil: Violence in Rio de Janeiro - a challenge for change. ...

Document       AMR 19/019/2009

Guyana: One incommunicado and two tortured
3 November 2009

According to press reports, a 20 year-old man, Nouravie Wilfred, is being held incommunicado without charge by police in Guyana. He may have been ill-treated ...

Urgent Action       AMR 35/002/2009

Mexico: Attack on shelter for migrants in Mexico: Further ...
2 November 2009

Staff at a shelter for undocumented migrants in north-eastern Mexico have received repeated threats. The migrants staying at the shelter and the staff working there ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/057/2009

Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

In a record vote of the UN General Assembly, 187 countries said the US should end its embargo against Cuba.

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USA: Execution set in sniper shooting case
29 October 2009

John Allen Muhammad is due to be executed in Virginia on 10 November. He was convicted in 2003 of capital murder in relation to a series of shootings in 2002. His ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/112/2009

Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

Barack Obama should follow the lead of the UN General Assembly and take all necessary steps to end its economic embargo against Cuba, said Amnesty International ...

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Mexico must investigate torture of two peasant farmers | Amnesty ...
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.

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Honduras radio journalists dealt further blow to freedom of ...
27 October 2009

Three programmes have been cancelled by a popular radio station, because their broadcasts 'failed to promote peace' and 'discredited' the electoral process.

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Mexico: Two men tortured in Mexico
27 October 2009

Two men, both members of a peasant farmers' organization in Chiapas state, southern Mexico, have been tortured in custody after being arrested without a warrant ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/056/2009