Amnesty International
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 00:00
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 - 00:00
Most cases are not effectively investigated and insufficient measures are taken to protect the survivors.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 00:00
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.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 00:00
The Mexican authorities must immediately and unconditionally release two indigenous men imprisoned after an unfair trial in the central state of Puebla, Amnesty International said today.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 00:00
It is 30 years since sisters Ernestina, 7, and Erlinda, 3, were stolen from their family by soldiers and to this day their whereabouts remain unknown.
Brazil: Historic efforts by federal prosecutors to challenge decades of impunity for military regime
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 00:00
The efforts of federal prosecutors to initiate criminal investigations into past human rights violations marks a crucial moment in Brazil's history.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 00:00
Thousands of activists are set to inundate Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos with faxes urging him to boost protection for a community in the country’s north-west seven years on from a massacre.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 00:00
Seventy-one members of a Guatemalan community who had sought refuge in Tabasco state, Mexico, have been detained by Mexican authorities and taken to a migrant detention centre. Over 100 members of the community remain in Tabasco state. Those detained incl
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 00:00
Despite the Mexican government’s promise of change, systematic abuses against migrants continue unabated with laws and other official measures having little or no impact
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 00:00
The evidence that has so far come to light raises serious concern about policing of public order disturbances, resulting in serious human rights violations