More than one billion people live in slums. Governments often forcibly evict people living in slums, driving them further into poverty and into more precarious ...
The 85th International Labour Conference will meet in Geneva from 3 to 19 June 1997. This document highlights some of Amnesty International's current concerns under ...
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of lawyer Joilce Gomes Santana, who continues to suffer persecution by members of a death squad. Joilce Gomes ...
Action by lawyers, combined with pressure from Amnesty International and other groups, has forced the suspension of eviction orders affecting more than 1000 families ...
This members' letter thanks DaimlerChrysler for its ongoing dialogue with Amnesty International on the issue of the police van, known as the caveirão. It acknowledges ...
It has been reported that at least 13 people were seriously injured during a violent confrontation between squatter peasants (posseiros) belonging to the Movimento ...
Aldemir Ricardo Gomes, Jose Marcos de Holanda Soares (both detained), witnesses to the possible extrajudicial execution of the following five men: Wilson Soares ...
Antonio Inacio Faria and Luis Rodrigues dos Santos have not been seen since 9 February 1993, the eve of a meeting between local rural union representatives and ...
On 30 March 1993 at least 40 children and adolescents, inmates at the State Foundation for the Welfare of Minors were subjected to beatings and other forms of ill ...
