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Wire, October/November 2011. Vol. 41, issue 05
1 October 2011

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Amnesty archives support case against Haiti's former dictator 3) No help from Europe 4) Police in the Dominican Republic: they kill, ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2011

Guatemala: Trade unionist killed in Guatemala
16 September 2011

UA: 283/11 Index: AMR 34/013/2011 Guatemala Date: 16 September 2011 URGENT ACTION TRADE UNIONIST KILLED IN GUATEMALA Trade unionist, Byron Arreaga, was shot ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/013/2011

Guatemala: Environmental activists threatened
30 August 2011

Staff at the Centre for Environmental, Social and Legal Action (Centro de Acción Legal, Ambiental y Social de Guatemala – CALAS) have received death threats. In ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/011/2011

Guatemala: Indigenous people evicted, attacked
17 August 2011

The rural community of Paraná, in Panzos, north-eastern Guatemala, was attacked by security guards on 10 August. A local company claims it owns the land. Other ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/010/2011

Guatemala: Open Letter from Amnesty International to Guatemalan ...
16 August 2011

In this open letter, Amnesty International calls on all candidates in the forthcoming presidential elections on 11 September in Guatemala to commit to prioritising ...

Open Letter       AMR 34/007/2011

Expert witnesses receive death threats after Guatemala massacre ...
12 August 2011

Staff of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation have received death threats after testifying at a key trial on a 1982 massacre.

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Guatemala: Experts who testified at trial threatened
11 August 2011

Four staff members of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense Guatemala - FAFG) have received death threats. The threats ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/008/2011

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

The Wire, August/September 2011. Vol. 41, issue 04
1 August 2011

1) Stubborn, Irritating, Outrageous 2) Women in Nicaragua need your voice, your action, your solidarity; 'We all have a role in the changing world' 3) Stand united ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2011

Guatemala arrests former general for genocide | Amnesty ...
20 June 2011

Guatemala has recently arrested several former officials for grave human rights violations during the country's civil war.

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