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Colombia: Peace community threatened with a massacre
27 February 2013

Members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó were threatened with a massacre in the context of increased paramilitary presence in the area.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/012/2013

USA: Amnesty International urges state not to appeal as Albert ...
27 February 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: AMR 51/010/2013 27 February 2013. USA: Amnesty International urges State not to ...

Public Statement       AMR 51/010/2013

USA: Federal court blocks Florida execution: Paul Howell
27 February 2013

A US federal court has stopped the execution of Paul Howell, who was scheduled to be put to death in Florida at 6pm on 26 February for the murder of a police officer ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/009/2013

Mexico: Human rights defender attacked in Mexico: Ignacio Ochoa ...
26 February 2013

A human rights defender has been threatened and beaten in Misantla, Veracruz state, eastern Mexico.

Urgent Action       AMR 41/007/2013

Colombia: The Human Rights Situation in Colombia: Amnesty ...
25 February 2013

This statement presents an overview of Amnesty International's concerns in Colombia and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council. These concerns include human ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/011/2013

Caribbean: Turning the tide in the Caribbean: Towards an end to ...
22 February 2013

This toolkit is for activists working towards the abolition of the death penalty in the English-speaking Caribbean. Drawing on many years of Amnesty International's ...

Document       AMR 05/001/2013

USA: Proposed reforms will not alleviate the inhumanity of ...
21 February 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AMR 51/008/2013. 21 February 2013. USA: Proposed reforms will not alleviate the inhumanity ...

Public Statement       AMR 51/008/2013

USA: Man denied federal review set for execution: Paul Howell
21 February 2013

Paul Howell, a 47-year-old man, is due to be executed in Florida at 6pm on 26 February for the murder of a police officer in 1992. As his appeal lawyer missed a ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/007/2013

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

Paraguay: Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ...
19 February 2013

This document highlights a number of ongoing human rights concerns in Paraguay such as the lack of adequate legislation to prevent and punish all forms of discrimination ...

Report       AMR 45/001/2013