Americas

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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Uruguay: Law protecting police and military torture suspects must ...
19 October 2009

A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled, Amnesty International said today, as the country ...

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Colombian human rights activist seriously injured in gun attack ...
19 October 2009

The invaluable work carried out by human rights defenders in Colombiamust be respected by all the parties to the armed conflict, AmnestyInternational has said.

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Colombia: Amnesty International condemns attack against human ...
18 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 said following ...

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Sister Helen Prejean: Educating against the death penalty ...
16 October 2009

Sister Helen Prejean gives Amnesty Internationalher personal account on how educating people on the issue of the deathpenalty can make a difference.

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Mexico: Villagers Threatened
16 October 2009

The inhabitants of a village in southern Mexico have been attacked repeatedly by a group of armed men, who have now chased away the police officers who were meant ...

Urgent Action       AMR 41/055/2009

Paraguayan indigenous families left homeless after bill rejected ...
16 October 2009

Amnesty International has criticised the Paraguayan Congress forrejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to theYakye Axa indigenous community ...

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Cuba: Critic of Cuban government denied exit visa
16 October 2009

Juan Juan Almeida, the son of a former leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution, has been refused permission to leave the country after he criticized the authorities ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/010/2009

Paraguayan Congress leaves 90 indigenous families homeless ...
16 October 2009

Amnesty International today criticised the Paraguayan Congress for rejecting a draft bill that would have returned ancestral land to the Yakye Axa indigenous community ...

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