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Dominican Republic: Sonia Pierre: Amnesty International mourns the ...
8 December 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AMR 27/008/2011. 8 December 2011. SONIA PIERRE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MOURNS THE LOSS OF A ...

Public Statement       AMR 27/008/2011

Violent eviction in Santo Domingo leaves scores living in a tent ...
28 November 2011

In a matter of hours, Dominican Republic police and military personnel razed the Alto Brisas del Este community, violently evicting scores of residents.

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Violent eviction in Santo Domingo leaves scores living in a tent ...
28 November 2011

In a matter of hours, Dominican Republic police and military personnel razed the Alto Brisas del Este community, violently evicting scores of residents.

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Voices of victims: Testimonies from victims of enforced ...
9 November 2011

Enforced disappearance is a dehumanising practice which has long-lasting and damaging consequences for both the disappeared person and his or her loved ones. It ...

PressItem       IOR 51/009/2011

Dominican Republic: Families evicted, threatened
28 October 2011

Some 72 families were forcibly evicted from a poor neighbourhood in the capital by around 300 police and military personnel on 15 October 2011. Since then they ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/007/2011

Dominican Republic urged to tackle alarming levels of police abuse ...
25 October 2011

Authorities in the Dominican Republic must urgently reform their police force to tackle alarming levels of killings and torture, Amnesty International said in a ...

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Dominican Republic: Human Rights Abuses by Police: Facts and ...
25 October 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. Index: AMR 27/006/2011. EMBARGO: 25 October at 14:00Hs GMT (10:00am in the Dominican Republic). ...

PressItem       AMR 27/006/2011

Dominican Republic urged to tackle alarming levels of police abuse ...
25 October 2011

Human rights violations by police are rife in the Dominican Republic and only a fraction of cases are investigated.

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Dominican Republic: 'Shut up if you don't want to be killed!' ...
25 October 2011

Hundreds of people are shot and killed every year by police in the Dominican Republic.

Report       AMR 27/002/2011

Dominican Republic: Stop police human rights violations in the ...
25 October 2011

STOP POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STOP POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. In de ...

Postcard       AMR 27/003/2011