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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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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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Brazil: NGO staff threatened with death in Brazil
28 July 2011

Lawyer Diogo Cabral and priest Father Inaldo Serejo, who work for the Brazilian NGO Comissão Pastoral da Terra (Pastoral Land Commission, CPT) were threatened with ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/012/2011

Ask Brazil, South Africa and India to help stop the bloodshed in ...
9 July 2011

It has been over four months since the beginning of largely peaceful protests in Syria calling for political reform and for the Syrian President to step down. The ...

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Brazil activist appeals 'politically motivated' prison sentence ...
16 June 2011

A prominent human rights lawyer appeals a jail sentence for his role in a demonstration for land reform in Brazil.

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Hired gunmen threaten rural communities in Brazil | Amnesty ...
8 June 2011

Authorities do little to protect rural workers in Brazil who face ongoing intimidation by hired gunmen.

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Brazil: Protect smallholders from violence
7 June 2011

Hired gunmen have fired shots over two communities of rural workers in the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil. Five community leaders have been “marked down for ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/009/2011

Brazil urged to suspend Belo Monte dam project | Amnesty ...
2 June 2011

Brazil should have consulted with Indigenous Peoples before approving construction of a megadam on their land in the Amazon.

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Amnesty International | Brazil urged to suspend Belo Monte dam ...
2 June 2011

The Brazilian authorities must ensure the rights of indigenous communities living around the river Xingu are respected and protected, Amnesty International said ...

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Brazil: Authorities must act to stop killings across the Amazon
1 June 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 01 June 2011. Index: AMR 19/008/2011. Brazil: Authorities must act to stop killings across the Amazon. ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/008/2011