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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Fight maternal mortality in Peru | Amnesty International
29 April 2013

Hundreds of pregnant women in Peru are dying. In many cases, these deaths could be avoided if the government provided equal health services across the country.

Action Document      

Peru: Amnesty International welcomes Peru's legislation on the ...
15 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 46/001/2013. 15 March 2013. Peru: Amnesty International welcomes Peru's legislation ...

Public Statement       AMR 46/001/2013

Peruvian rights defenders suffer intimidation
19 December 2012

The home of lawyer and human rights defender, Dr Mirtha Vasquez Chuquilin, has been raided twice in three weeks. Other members of the organization where she works ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/009/2012

Americas: Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in ...
7 December 2012

Human rights defenders in the Americas have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of human rights. However, as the clamour for human rights has grown ...

Report       AMR 01/006/2012

Peru: Further information: Human rights defenders given protection
30 November 2012

Peruvian human rights defenders Rosario Huayanca Zapata and Father José Manuel Miranda Azpiroz are now receiving protection from the police. This follows a series ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/008/2012

Peru: Human rights defenders' lives threatened
16 October 2012

On 4 and 8 October, Peruvian human rights defenders Rosario Huayanca Zapata and Father José Manuel Miranda Azpiroz received a series of death threats. The police ...

Urgent Action       AMR 46/007/2012

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

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

Peru: Appeal for calm after fatal violence at mine protest ...
5 July 2012

Peruvian authorities have imposed a state of emergency in the north of the country, where protests over construction of a goldmine have turned deadly.

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