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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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European countries urged to hold former Guatemalan officials to ...
4 September 2012

More progress is needed in a cross-border investigation into former officials accused of extrajudicial executions in Guatemala.

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Suggested recommendations to States considered in the 14th round ...
1 September 2012

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, ...

Document       IOR 41/019/2012

Enforced Disappearances in the Americas are a crime of the present ...
29 August 2012

In the Americas, enforced disappearances are not just an issue of the past, with much still to be done for justice to be delivered to the victims and their relatives ...

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Os governos devem parar de impor projetos de infraestrutura nos ...
8 August 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC DOCUMENT. 8 August 2012. Index: AMR 01/005/2012. Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Americas: Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...
8 August 2012

Governments across the Americas continue to discriminate against Indigenous peoples by denying their right to have a say on decisions which may have devastating ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Guatemala: Members of indigenous organisation attacked
10 July 2012

Several members of an indigenous peoples organization have been physically attacked and threatened in recent weeks in northern Guatemala. One member was killed. ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/005/2012

Guatemala: Lives and livelihoods at stake in mining conflict ...
21 June 2012

Guatemalan human rights defenders working on social, economic and cultural rights are harassed and attacked on a regular basis.

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Guatemala: Anti-mining activist shot, wounded: Yolanda Oquelí
14 June 2012

A Guatemalan anti-mining activist was shot on 13 June in the town of San José del Golfo, in the department of Guatemala. Other local mining activists may also be ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/003/2012

Guatemala: Impunity, insecurity and discrimination: Amnesty ...
1 April 2012

In this submission, Amnesty International sets out its concerns regarding Guatemala's human rights record. The military has refused to cooperate in bringing to ...

Report       AMR 34/004/2012

Guatemala: Trade union leader killed, others in danger: Luis ...
30 March 2012

A trade union leader was shot dead on 24 March in Guatemala City, together with three other men. He may have been targeted for his trade union activities. Other ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/002/2012