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| February 2006 |
Stop the Killings of Women in Guatemala
Between 2001 and 2004, over 1,188 Guatemalan women and girls have been
brutally murdered. Amnesty International believes that the pattern of brutality,
the evidence of sexual violence, which can amount to torture in some cases,
and the increasing number of women killed require the authorities pay immediate
and urgent attention to the problem. Join Amnesty International in calling
for justice for the hundreds of women murdered in Guatemala.
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Claudia Acevedo, Defending the Human Rights of Lesbians in Guatemala
Claudia
María Acevedo González is the general coordinator of the Asociación
de Lesbianas Liberadas or Lesbiradas ("Lesbirated"),
an organization that emerged from the efforts of twelve women who, with
the participation of other lesbians in Guatemala, have fought for the visibility
of lesbianism and the public defense of lesbians’ human rights.
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The Struggle for Justice Continues in Juárez and Chihuahua,
Mexico
Amnesty International welcomes the publication of the concluding report
of the Federal Special Prosecutor’s Office investigating the murders
of women in Ciudad Juárez and the naming of a new Special Prosecutor.
However, the situation is Ciudad Juárez remains serious with at least
28 murders of women reported last year and continuing high levels of impunity,
particularly for past cases.
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Latest News
Colombia:
Electoral campaign must not be a campaign of intimidation
Brazil:
Carandiru, 13 years of impunity
Make
Some Noise: New releases from Afroreggae and Jaguares
USA:
Systemic failure and the execution of mentally ill offenders
Guantánamo:
The impact of indefinite detention on detainees and their families
Video
"Stop! No More Violence Against Women," Says Franco de
Vita
Franco de Vita, a renowned singer-songwriter from Venezuela, is an active
supporter of human and civil rights and is now promoting Amnesty International’s
global Stop Violence Against Women campaign.
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“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe
that you must become its soul." |