Amnesty International has issued a new Urgent Action on behalf of Human Rights and Environmental Defenders at risk in Colombia. As many of you know, more Human Rights Defenders are killed in Colombia than in any other country in the world. Please forward this action to your members and supporters. On 1 February the paramilitary Gaitanist Self-Defence […]
We are the South America Team of Country Coordinators at Amnesty International UK (AIUK) Our objective is to bring human rights violations in South America to the attention of the decision makers in their respective countries, to mobilise AIUK’s activists to campaign on behalf of the victims and to work with the UK government to support […]
This month we bring you news that: Colombia – The Colombian NGO Indepaz found that 187 social leaders and human rights defenders were killed in 2023, about the same number as in 2022 and 2021. There is still time to sign Amnesty International’s petition demanding that the Colombian Government improves its protection of human rights […]
A new Urgent Action for Argentina has just been published; it’s not yet on the AIUK website. Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, is facing criminal charges of “aggravated damage” for painting a graffiti in protest questioning the disappearance of a young trans man in the city of Necochea, Argentina. Her trial is scheduled for […]
This month we bring you news that: Regional – there is a new report by several NGOs on how armed criminal gangs have expanded their presence in the Amazon, threatening indigenous inhabitants. Peru – Amnesty has a petition calling for the perpetrators of the killings during last year’s protests to be prosecuted. Colombia – Amnesty […]
