This month we bring you news from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador. Highlights are: Colombia: Amnesty has released a new report which documents the reality experienced by the women who dedicate their lives to searching for the victims of enforced disappearance. Peru: Amnesty has published the stories of four of the survivors of […]
This month we bring you news from Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Ecuador. As foreshadowed in our November newsletter, two Peruvian Human Rights Defenders visited the UK from 10-13 November to raise international pressure in the search for justice for those who were killed or seriously injured during the repression of protests […]
This month we bring you news from Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay and Ecuador. Peru – Amnesty is bringing two Human Rights Defenders to the UK and you may book here to join them at the Human Rights Action Centre on 11 November evening and you can sign a petition. Colombia – Amnesty […]
Here is a link to an Urgent Action with a tight deadline! It is the second update of a UA aimed at stopping the enactment of a bill that endangers work for human rights in Paraguay by seeking to constrain the activities of civil society organisations. The first update sought, unsuccessfully, to stop the bill […]
I attach an updated Urgent Action (UA) requesting further action following the Paraguayan Congress’s approval on 9 October of the so-called Ley Garrote that endangers the human rights work of civil society organisations in Paraguay. The original UA, featured in our August newsletter, called on the Chamber of Deputies to reject the bill. The updated […]