Americas

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

Demand justice for killing of journalist in Mexico | Amnesty ...
23 October 2009

On 27 October 2006, US video journalist Brad Will was shot and killedas he filmed clashes in Oaxaca City.

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Peru one step closer to legalising abortion | Amnesty ...
23 October 2009

The Peruvian Congress' has decided to stand by its proposal todecriminalize abortion in cases where women and girls become pregnantas a result of rape or incest ...

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Dominican Republic: Further information: Abducted community ...
21 October 2009

Information passed to relatives of missing community activist Juan Almonte Herrera in the Dominican Republic suggests that he may be dead. His family has been threatened ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/007/2009

Uruguay must annul law that protects police and military torture ...
20 October 2009

A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled.

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Peru must build on plans to legalise abortion | Amnesty ...
20 October 2009

Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian authorities to step up recent efforts to decriminalise abortion in the country.

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