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Thursday, June 13, 2013
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Civil-military Relations, Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Colombia: Congress should reject law reforming the military justice system |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The law, due to be debated soon, will entrench impunity for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by Colombia's security forces |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Forced Disappearances, Human Rights, News Email |
| Title: | Mexico: Relatives of the disappeared deserve more than promises |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Confronting a nightmare: Disappearances in Mexico highlights the country's ongoing pattern of disappearances amid the government's efforts to rein in organized criminal groups |
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Brazil prison massacre verdict a 'vital' step towards justice |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | "The victims, their families and survivors of this brutal, shocking crime have waited 20 years for justice" |
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Brazil: Carandiru massacre trial must end long legacy of impunity |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | More than 20 years after São Paulo state police repressed a jail riot in Carandiru prison, killing 111 prisoners, 26 rank and file police officers who allegedly took part on the deadly operation are due to face trial. |
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Guatemala: First trial of former head of state offers hope of justice |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | "Relatives of victims have been waiting for justice for more than 30 years and it is a testament to their perseverance, along with their lawyers, that a trial which has been blocked by appeals for 11 years is finally taking place." |
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System, Public Security, Recent Violence |
| Title: | Guatemala’s war on women |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Despite promises made by successive Presidents to fight crime and violence against women and a law passed by Congress in 2008 for the establishment of special tribunals and sentencing guidelines, the figures continue to tell a different story. |
Thursday, January 17, 2013
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Justice System, Public Security, Recent Violence |
| Title: | Time to End the Inaction Over Killings of Women in Guatemala |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Authorities in Guatemala are putting the lives of women at risk by systematically failing to protect them and ensuring those responsible for the hundreds of killings that take place each year face justice |
Friday, January 11, 2013
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Victims |
| Title: | Mexico: New Victims' Law needs to be implemented to be effective |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | President Pena Nieto now needs to commit to following up this new law by ensuring that the Mexican authorities put in place -- as soon as possible -- effective measures to help victims of crime and human rights violations |
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | New President must break with legacy of human rights violations |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | “A very good first step President Pena Nieto can take as as commander in chief of the armed forces is to instruct them to respect human rights or face the consequences” |
Friday, December 7, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Human Rights Defenders |
| Title: | Americas: Human rights defenders increasingly targeted and attacked |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The report Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in the Americas, is based on around 300 cases of intimidation, harassment, attacks and killings of human rights defenders in more than a dozen countries. |
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Jean-Marie Simon: A foreign witness to Guatemala's war |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | It's important to remember who the real heroes in this war were. It wasn't us, it wasn't the foreigners. We had a huge amount of protection that locals didn't. |
Monday, November 12, 2012
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | The endless search for justice in Guatemala |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Over the past several years, some military officers have been held to account for their responsibility for past human rights abuses and in 2011, the then Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom publicly apologized for Carlos Cuevas' disappearance. |
Friday, November 9, 2012
| Location: | Dominican Republic |
| Category: | Human Rights, Public Protests, Public Security |
| Title: | Dominican Republic: Student's killing underscores urgent need for police reform |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | According to eyewitnesses, police shot Florian while he was walking out of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) campus. Heavily armed police officers were firing live rounds towards a group of protesters who were making their way from the cam |
Monday, November 5, 2012
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Human Rights, Public Security |
| Title: | Brazil: Slum campaign on human rights ahead of police operation |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Amnesty International and local NGOs Redes de Desenvolvimento da Mare and Observatorio de Favelas will distribute some 50,000 information packs to people living in slums in the Mare area of the Brazilian city. |
Friday, October 26, 2012
| Location: | Guatemala |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Guatemala: After massacre, real dialogue must follow investigation and prosecutions |
| Author/Source: | Johan Ordonez Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Proper consultation with Indigenous Peoples, rural workers and civil society groups is the only way the Guatemalan authorities can prevent a deadly pattern of violence erupting at protests. |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
| Location: | Panama |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security, Public Protest |
| Title: | Panama must account for protest deaths in Colon |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The deaths of three residents of the northern port city of Colon in recent protests against government plans to sell off state-owned land must be thoroughly investigated by the Panamanian authorities, Amnesty International said today. |
Friday, October 12, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Mexico: Authorities urged to end torture epidemic |
| Author/Source: | Daniel Becerril Reuters Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Torture and ill-treatment in Mexico explores the increase of cases of torture and ill-treatment by police and security forces during the Calderon administration, the lack of effective investigations and the denial of justice. |
Friday, October 5, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Colombia Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Colombian authorities fail to stop or punish sexual violence against women |
| Author/Source: | L.Badillo Amnesty International |
| Brief: | By failing to investigate effectively sexual violence against women, the Colombian authorities are sending a dangerous message to perpetrators that they can continue to rape and sexually abuse without fear of the consequences. |
Friday, September 14, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Justice System |
| Title: | Cuba must say why they are holding Jorge Vazquez Chaviano or release him |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vazquez Chaviano as scheduled on 9 September or let him go immediately and unconditionally. |
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | Human Rights Cases |
| Title: | Colombia: Conviction for conflict-related rape and murders 'a rare victory' |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | On Monday sub-Lieutenant Raul Munoz Linares was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Jenni Torres. |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
| Location: | Ecuador |
| Category: | Environment, Human Rights, News Email |
| Title: | Ecuador: Authorities misuse judicial system to stop protests |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Ecuador's judicial system is being used by the authorities to clamp down on indigenous and campesino leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting against projects that will affect their environment and lands. |
Thursday, July 12, 2012
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Mexico fails to tackle increased levels of violence against women |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Most cases are not effectively investigated and insufficient measures are taken to protect the survivors. |
Friday, July 6, 2012
| Location: | Peru |
| Category: | Human Rights, Labor Rights, Public Security |
| Title: | Peru: Appeal for calm after fatal violence at mine protest |
| Author/Source: | Amnesty International |
| Brief: | Local authorities and social leaders in Peru's northern Cajamarca region must urgently appeal for calm, Amnesty International said after violence erupted at protests against a goldmine, killing at least four people. |