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Brazil: Community leader at risk following killing
24 November 2010

Flaviano Pinto Neto, a leader of the Charco community in Maranhão state, north-east Brazil, was shot dead on 30 October. Manoel Santana Costa, another leader of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/016/2010

Protect indigenous rights in Brazil | Amnesty International
19 November 2010

Thirty-five Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous families of the Laranjeira Ñanderu community, including around 85 children, are living in makeshift shacks by the side of ...

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Brazil: Community at imminent risk of forced eviction
29 October 2010

The community of Restinga is in imminent risk of forced eviction due to the construction of a highway in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro. After months ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/015/2010

Brazil: Indigenous group in critical situation
10 September 2010

Approximately 80 members of the Guarani Kaiowá Y'poí Indigenous group in Brazil have been threatened by armed men hired by local farm owners. They have been prevented ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/012/2010

Brazil: Act now for community leader at risk in Brazil: Alexandre ...
8 September 2010

Alexandre Anderson de Souza, the president of the Associação dos Homens do Mar (AHOMAR, a fishermen's association), has received a series of threats related to ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/011/2010

Make our rights law: Enforce economic, social and cultural rights
31 August 2010

Economic, social and cultural rights are enshrined in the universal Declaration of Human rights and in various treaties, including the International Covenant on ...

Document       ACT 35/002/2010

Brazil: The Brazilian High Court of Justice faces historic ...
20 August 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 August 2010. AI Index: AMR 19/010/2010. The Brazilian High Court of Justice faces historic decision on human rights. ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/010/2010

The Wire, August/September 2010. Vol. 40, issue 004
1 August 2010

1) Indigenous rights in Brazil: Pushed into poverty 2) LiveWire: Kuwait: The case of Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem; Haiti's displaced people feel neglected by ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2010

Brazil: Further information: Brazilian activist urgently needs ...
5 July 2010

Brazilian activist Josilmar Macário dos Santos has been shot at and fears for his life after receiving death threats because of his campaign for justice for his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/008/2010

Brazil: Fight for justice leaves man fearing for life
14 May 2010

Josilmar Macário dos Santos has been shot at and fears for his life after receiving a series of death threats because of his campaign to achieve justice for his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 19/006/2010