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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Colombia: Union leaders' safety at risk
15 March 2013

A death threat was made against Colombian trade union leaders who are representing workers of coal mining companies in La Jagua de Ibírico municipality, in the ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/013/2013

Guatemala: Amnesty International calls for an implementation of ...
15 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 34/004/2013. 15 March 2013. Guatemala: Amnesty International calls for an implementation ...

Public Statement       AMR 34/004/2013

Cuba: Further information: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike ...
14 March 2013

Independent journalist and prisoner of conscience Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias is on hunger strike to protest against his detention in Cuba. As a result, he has ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/002/2013

Open letter to President Obama on Securing a strong Arms Trade ...
14 March 2013

1. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. March 14, 2013 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 ...

Open Letter       ACT 30/019/2013

Al Nashiri v Romania: Written submissions on behalf of Amnesty ...
13 March 2013

In this document, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists make submissions on: A) the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of liberty ...

Report       EUR 39/005/2013

Dominican Republic: Peaceful protestors harassed and arrested
12 March 2013

Activists peacefully demonstrating in the Dominican Republic against discrimination suffered by Dominicans of Haitian descent were arbitrarily arrested by the police ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/003/2013

USA: Further information: Kimberly Rivera to be sentenced on 29 ...
12 March 2013

A plea agreement has been reached between US servicewoman Kimberly Rivera's lawyers and the military authorities. A hearing to determine the length of her sentence ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/013/2013

Major powers fuelling atrocities: Why the world needs a robust ...
12 March 2013

Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional ...

Document       ACT 30/001/2013

Guatemalan human rights defenders at risk
12 March 2013

Human rights defender and trade unionist Carlos Hernández was shot dead on 8 March in Chiquimula department, eastern Guatemala. He may have been targeted for his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/002/2013

Mexico: Irregular migrants in Mexico: Ten urgent measures to save ...
12 March 2013

The number of irregular migrants crossing Mexico increased in 2012 and routine abductions, sexual violence, forced recruitment into criminal gangs, people trafficking ...

Document       AMR 41/011/2013