http://amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1896 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT35/026/2011/en 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 living conditions. Forced evictions are often accompanied by the use of excessive force by the police or other agents. This document contains illustr Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR42/001/1997/en 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 the following Conventions. Under Conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of association and collective bargaining, Amnesty International is presenting Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/028/1999/en 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 Santana, who acts on behalf of victims of death squad violence, has been threatened with death in the past. Tue, 16 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/032/2006/en Action by lawyers, combined with pressure from Amnesty International and other groups, has forced the suspension of eviction orders affecting more than 1,000 families in Pará state. "Without doubt the letters sent through the coordinated campaign of Amnesty International to the authorities had a massive inf Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/015/2006/en 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 the information that DaimlerChrysler has urged TCT Blindados to remove the Mercedes logo from its webpage. DaimlerChrysler have emphasised th Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR41/034/2008/en The statements in this document were made during the eighth main session of the Human Rights Council that took place from 2 to 18 June 2008. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/029/1995/en It has been reported that at least 13 people were seriously injured during a violent confrontation between squatter peasants (posseiros) belonging to the Movimento de Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), Movember for Landless Rural Workers, and military police on 8 November in Santa Isabel do Ivai, state of Wed, 01 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/006/1997/en Aldemir Ricardo Gomes, Jose Marcos de Holanda Soares (both detained), witnesses to the possible extrajudicial execution of the following five men: Wilson Soares de Souza, Walmir Barbosa da Silva, Jose Alexandre da Silva, Edmilson Jose de Oliveira, Antonio Geronimo da Silva Junior: Aldemir Ricardo Gomes and J Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/006/1993/en 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 a group of peasants who had been occupying land in the Mata Azul Estate. The Mata Azul estate is an area of intense land disputes between peasants an Tue, 09 Mar 1993 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR19/011/1993/en 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-treatment after a riot which was quashed by a joint force of FEBEM's security personnel, military police and private security guards. Conflicting Wed, 07 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International