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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Amnesty International | Brazil: Police must avoid excessive use of ...
14 June 2013

Brazilian police must avoid excessive use of force, Amnesty International said after scores of people have been injured and detained during several demonstrations ...

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Brazil: Rural leader threatened in land conflict
10 May 2013

Rural leader Antônio Isídio Pereira da Silva and families from the community of Vergel, in the interior of the north-eastern Brazilian state of Maranhão, have received ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/005/2013

Amnesty International | Brazil prison massacre verdict a 'vital' ...
22 April 2013

The conviction of 23 Brazilian police officers for killing inmates in a prison massacre two decades ago is a "vital" step towards justice, Amnesty International ...

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Brazil prison massacre verdict a 'vital' step towards justice ...
22 April 2013

The conviction of 23 Brazilian police officers for killing inmates in a prison massacre two decades ago is a "vital" step towards justice, Amnesty International ...

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Carandiru and the scandal of Brazil's medieval prison system
15 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. FEATURE. AI index: AMR 19/004/2013. 15 April 2013. Carandiru and the scandal of Brazil's medieval prison system ...

PressItem       AMR 19/004/2013

Carandiru and the scandal of Brazil's medieval prison system ...
15 April 2013

Twenty-six police officers have gone on trial in Brazil for the killing of 15 inmates in the prison in Carandiru, Brazil, Amnesty International looks at the state ...

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Brazil: Carandiru massacre trial must end long legacy of impunity ...
15 April 2013

A court trial this week over police responsibility for a Brazilian prison massacre two decades ago must signal the beginning of the end for a long legacy of impunity ...

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Wire, January/February 2013. Vol. 43, issue 01
1 January 2013

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Kuwait at the crossroads 3) Wrongs and rights in 2012 4) One man in Guantánamo: 10 years of human wrongs 5) Egypt: These walls can speak ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2013

Americas: Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in ...
7 December 2012

Human rights defenders in the Americas have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of human rights. However, as the clamour for human rights has grown ...

Report       AMR 01/006/2012

Brazil: Transforming pain into hope: human rights defenders in the ...
7 December 2012

protect human rights defenders now. tr an. sf or. mi ng. p ai. n in. to h. op e. hu ma. n ri. gh ts. d ef. en de. rs in. th e. am er. ic as. PLEASE ...

Postcard       AMR 19/012/2012