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The Wire, December 2010/January 2011. Vol. 40, issue 006
1 December 2010

1) 'I want to shout to the world' 2) LiveWire: Roma still treated like waste in Romania; Russian demonstrators vow to continue the fight for freedom of assembly ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2010

Le Fil. Décembre 2010 / Janvier 2011
1 December 2010

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Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2010

Former minister accused over killings in Guatemala must be brought ...
26 November 2010

Carlos Vielman was released by the Spanish authorities this week, after Guatemala failed to meet a deadline for filing the proper documentation for his extradition ...

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Guatemalan trade unionist shot five times: Mateo López
5 November 2010

A Guatemalan trade unionist, Mateo López, was shot on 28 October in Catarina, San Marcos province, north-western Guatemala. He has now left the hospital, but remains ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/010/2010

Former Guatemalan officials must face trial over extrajudicial ...
14 October 2010

Former Interior Minister Carlos Vielman and former National Director of Police Erwin Sperisen are among those being investigated over the killings of prisoners ...

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Guatemalan president's move to veto death penalty legislation ...
8 October 2010

On the eve of World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International has welcomed President Álvaro Colom's public commitment to veto proposed legislation that ...

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Guatemalan Congress urged to resist attempts to reapply death ...
5 October 2010

Amnesty International has called on the Guatemalan Congress to abolish the death penalty instead of regulating it as parliamentarians debate legislation that would ...

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Guatemala: Write for rights 2010: Act now for Norma Cruz
1 October 2010

Norma Cruz has received numerous death threats for her work documenting cases of violence against women in Guatemala and helping women fight for justice. Some of ...

Document       AMR 34/009/2010

The Wire, August/September 2010. Vol. 40, issue 004
1 August 2010

1) Indigenous rights in Brazil: Pushed into poverty 2) LiveWire: Kuwait: The case of Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem; Haiti's displaced people feel neglected by ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2010

Guatemala: One mining activist shot, another threatened: Deodora ...
21 July 2010

On 7 July, a Guatemalan human rights defender campaigning against mining in her Indigenous community was shot. Another activist campaigning locally against mining ...

Urgent Action       AMR 34/008/2010