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Ecuador: Indigenous communities at risk from military
21 October 2011

Indigenous communities in Ecuador are at risk from excessive use of force following a recent decree allowing military intervention in the area where they live. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 28/006/2011

Ecuador: Further information: Shield activists from new threat
25 August 2011

Ecuadorian land activist Milton Yulán Morán, his family and colleagues have come under renewed threat. On 23 August staff arrived at work to find their office had ...

Urgent Action       AMR 28/005/2011

Ecuador: Further information: Demand protection for activist's ...
8 August 2011

The lives of Rita Julia Morán and other family members of Ecuadorian land activist Milton Yulán Morán are at risk. On 7 August 2011, three vehicles carrying armed ...

Urgent Action       AMR 28/004/2011

Americas: Sacrificing rights in the name of development ...
5 August 2011

In the Americas laws there is an entrenched discriminatory attitude against Indigenous peoples. On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, Amnesty ...

Report       AMR 01/001/2011

Development must not trump indigenous rights in the Americas ...
4 August 2011

Across the Americas, Indigenous Peoples are seen as standing in the way of commercial interests and their human rights are consistently violated.

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Ecuadorian land activist's life at risk
22 July 2011

Ecuadorian land activist, Milton Yulan, is at serious risk after his colleague Marlon Lozano was shot in the head on 20 July and died on the following day. It is ...

Urgent Action       AMR 28/003/2011

Ecuador: Amnesty International submits amicus curiae on the right ...
22 July 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 July 2011. AI Index: AMR 28/002/2011. Amnesty International submits amicus curiae on the ...

Public Statement       AMR 28/002/2011

Ecuador: Amicus Curiae: Case of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku vs. ...
18 July 2011

In this case the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) has brought proceedings based on actions and omissions that were detrimental to the ...

Report       AMR 28/001/2011

Ecuador first to ratify new UN mechanism to enforce economic ...
16 June 2010

Other countries urged to follow suit to ensure justice for all whose rights are violated and who are denied an effective remedy in their own countries.

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Ecuador: Death threats
22 May 2009

A government official has threatened to kill human rights defenders Joel Vicente Zhunio Samaniego and Wilmar Fernando Mejia Reinoso. Human rights defender Etelvina ...

Urgent Action       AMR 28/002/2009