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Open letter to Colombian president Ernseto Samper Pizano
18 May 1998

News Service 88/98. AI INDEX: AMR 23/30/98. EMBARGOED UNTIL 19 MAY 1998. OPEN LETTER TO COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ERNESTO SAMPER PIZANO. MR ...

Press Release       AMR 23/030/1998

Colombia: Disappearances / Fear for safety / Extrajudicial ...
18 May 1998

Alfredo RUIZ, Fernando ARDILA LANDÍNEZ, José REYNEL CAMPOS ARÉVALO, Enrique MONCADA VILLAMIZAR, Melquicedec SALAMANCA QUINTERO, Carlos Arturo ADAIS PRADA, José ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/034/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety
17 May 1998

On 13 May 1998, a heavily armed paramilitary organization made death threats against a community of 70 displaced peasant families living on La Miel Ranch, Tolima ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/033/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety: Residents of village of Paratebueno
15 May 1998

There are fears for the safety of residents of the village of Paratebueno after a paramilitary group has reportedly announced its intention to attack it.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/032/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety
14 May 1998

There are fears for the safety of human rights defenders attached to the Comision Intercongregacional de Justicia y Paz (CIJP) following a search by soldiers of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/031/1998

Press conference on the forthcoming G-8 Summit, London, 13 May ...
12 May 1998

News Service 87/98. AI INDEX: POL 34/01/98. Statement by Patti Whaley,. Deputy Secretary General,. Amnesty International. Press Conference ...

Press Release       POL 34/001/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety
12 May 1998

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of members of SINTRAMUNICIPIO- CARTAGO, Union of Municipal Workers of the municipality of Cartago and other municipal ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/1998

Colombia: Further information on extrajudicial executions / fear ...
5 May 1998

Carlos Enrique Maso Vargas was murdered after he was abducted from a bus by paramilitaries who accused him of being a guerrilla. His brother Jhon Fredy Vargas ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/026/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety / extrajudicial execution
5 May 1998

On 4 May 1998 a paramilitary force killed at least 18 residents of Puerto Alvira village.A further eight "disappeared" and four were badly injured. The remaining ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/027/1998

Colombia: Fear for safety / "disappearance" / extrajudicial ...
30 April 1998

There are fears for the safety of 400 displaced families currently occupying a plot of land called El Pinal in the municipality of Bello.. Police have already expelled ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/025/1998