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Argentina: Indigenous leader killed in Argentina
22 November 2011

Indigenous leader Cristian Ferreyra has been killed by two security guards working for a landowner. He was a member of Lule Vilela indigenous community. The community ...

Urgent Action       AMR 13/006/2011

Argentina: Further information: Two children attacked by armed men
11 November 2011

The son and grandson of Félix Díaz, the leader of the Toba Qom indigenous community of La Primavera, Argentina, were attacked by men with guns on 8 November 2011 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 13/005/2011

Argentina: First member of the G20 and MERCOSUR to become party to ...
31 October 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: AMR 13/004/2011. 31 October 2011. Argentina: First member of the G20 and MERCOSUR to ...

Public Statement       AMR 13/004/2011

Argentina convicts former military officials for 'Dirty War' ...
27 October 2011

Decades after Argentina's military dictatorship ended, the latest in a series of trials has brought former officials to justice for crimes against humanity.

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Argentina: Further information: Court rules in favour of ...
19 August 2011

An Argentinean court has ordered that any attempts to evict the Quilmes Indigenous community of Colalao del Valle must be suspended. This decision protects four ...

Urgent Action       AMR 13/003/2011

Americas: Sacrificing rights in the name of development ...
5 August 2011

In the Americas laws there is an entrenched discriminatory attitude against Indigenous peoples. On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Amnesty ...

Report       AMR 01/001/2011

Development must not trump indigenous rights in the Americas ...
4 August 2011

Across the Americas, Indigenous Peoples are seen as standing in the way of commercial interests and their human rights are consistently violated.

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Argentina: Further information: Violent police operation captured ...
26 July 2011

New evidence about the violent police operation of 23 November 2010 to evict members of the Toba Qom indigenous community of La Primavera, Argentina, has come to ...

Urgent Action       AMR 13/002/2011

Argentina Indigenous community takes on eviction threat | Amnesty ...
7 June 2011

Members of an Indigenous community in north-western Argentina battle repeated attempts to forcibly evict them from their homes.

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Argentina: Indigenous families at risk of forced eviction
2 June 2011

Four Indigenous families are at risk of imminent forced eviction from their homes in the northern Argentinian province of Tucumán. They could face violence from ...

Urgent Action       AMR 13/001/2011