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Dominican Republic: Haitian migrants denied basic rights
21 March 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 27/004/2007 (Public). News Service No: 049. 21 March 2007. Embargo Date: 21 March 2007 15:00GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 27/004/2007

The Wire, December 2006. Vol. 36, No.11.
1 December 2006

1) No better life for Haitians in Dominican Republic 2) New act threatens detainee rights 3) Domestic workers exploited and abused in Indonesia 4) School's out! ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/011/2006

Urgent Action In Focus - August 2006
31 July 2006

Urgent Action. In Focus. An insight into the stories behind UAs. Public. August 2006. AI Index: ACT 60/018/2006. "We work like donkeys…they treat us like cattle ...

Report       ACT 60/018/2006

Dominican Republic: Fear for safety/Death Threats: Adonis Polanco ...
7 June 2006

An HIV/AIDS activist has been receiving anonymous death threats, apparently because of his outspoken criticism of the government's failure to provide adequate treatment ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/003/2006

'I am not ashamed!': HIV/AIDS and human rights in the Dominican ...
30 May 2006

This report on human rights and HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic and Guyana, highlights how human rights violations fuel the pandemic. Abuses of civil, political ...

Report       AMR 01/002/2006

The Wire, May 2006. Vol. 36, No.4.
30 April 2006

1) Turkey quashes right to free expression 2) Poor and HIV-positive in the Dominican Republic 3) No place like home: Angola; Sudan; Sri Lanka 4) Worldwide Appeals ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2006

Dominican Republic: Open letter from Amnesty International to the ...
8 March 2006

In this open letter to the President of the Dominican Republic, Amnesty International conveys Amnesty International's deep concern with regard to the deteriorating ...

Report       AMR 27/001/2006

Haiti / Dominican Republic: Deaths continue as MINUSTAH fails to ...
16 January 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 36/004/2006 (Public). News Service No: 011. 16 January 2006. Haiti / Dominican Republic ...

Press Release       AMR 36/004/2006

Dominican Republic: Fear for safety/death threat: Father Pedro ...
11 September 2005

The head of security at a sugar plantation, who is also an army colonel, has reportedly threatened to murder human rights defender Father Pedro Ruquoy, apparently ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/001/2005

Dominican Republic: Fear for safety/ Intimidation
29 November 2004

Father Pedro Ruquoy, a Belgian national who is a permanent resident of the Dominican Republic was attacked on 24 November as he distributed food to a crowd at his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 27/007/2004