Uruguay Human Rights
Progress was recorded in cases of past human rights violations. Prisons were reportedly overcrowded and conditions were inadequate. Sugar cane workers demonstrated against poverty. View a human rights timeline for 2006 »
Latest News
Uruguay: Uruguay must annul law that protects police and military torture suspectsOctober 20, 2009
Uruguay: Law protecting police and military torture suspects must be annulled
October 19, 2009
GET ON THE BUS! Hundreds of Amnesty International Activists Journey to the United Nations Large Protests Pressure Colombia, China, and Others about Human Rights Violations
March 30, 2001
Uruguay: Amnesty International calls for truth and justice for victims of crimes against humanity
May 19, 1999
Uruguay: The value of truth and justice is essential
May 19, 1997
Uruguay: Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of journalists Federico and Carlos Fasano
June 03, 1996
Latest Reports
Vital UN human rights work under threatMay 09, 2007
Uruguay: Open letter to the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Dr. Tabaré Vázquez Rosas
March 28, 2005
Report from Amnesty International Uruguay on The Bill of Law Establishing the Procedures for National Implementation of The Rome Statute of The International Criminal Court
February 20, 2003
Uruguay: The case of Simón Riquelo: A 25-year-struggle for truth and justice
July 25, 2001
