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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Colombia: Adoption of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances ...
20 October 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 October 2010. AI Index: AMR 23/032/2010. Colombia: Adoption of the Convention on Enforced ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/032/2010

Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under new ...
23 September 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 23 September 2010 AI Index: AMR 23/030/2010. Colombia: Killings of human rights defenders continue under new government. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/030/2010

Colombia: Afro-descendant communities threatened
16 September 2010

At least two people from Afro-descendant communities in western Colombia have been killed and others threatened by paramilitaries operating in the area. Human rights ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2010

Colombia: Young people named on Colombian "death list"
10 September 2010

Ninety-three young people in a southern Colombian municipality are at risk after their names were published on a paramilitary "death list". Three of those named ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/028/2010

Colombia: Afro-descendent community at risk
23 August 2010

A member of an Afro-descendant community in Colombia has been subjected to enforced disappearance, and possibly killed, by paramilitaries. The rest of the community ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/027/2010

Colombia's new government must guarantee an independent justice ...
5 August 2010

Colombia's new government must ensure the independence of the country's justice system, allowing it to bring to justice those responsible for human rights abuses ...

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Colombia: The four defenders must be released immediately
16 July 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/025/2010. 16 July 2010. Colombia: The four defenders must be released immediately. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/025/2010

Colombia: Further information: Trade unionist killed, many more at ...
23 June 2010

A trade unionist was shot dead on 17 June in Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Activists from 17 organizations in the region are at risk and need protection.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/024/2010

Colombia: Soldiers found guilty of killing husband of Indigenous ...
14 June 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/023/2010. 14 June 2010. Colombia: Soldiers found guilty of killing husband of Indigenous leader. ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/023/2010

Colombia's human rights abusers must not be protected from justice ...
11 June 2010

The Colombian government must not protect military officers from prosecution for human rights violations, Amnesty International has said.

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