Urgent Action Paraguay Oct24

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 UA calls on the President to veto it.

You can find an online version of the UA here.  Neither the updated nor the original version of the UA has yet appeared on the AIUK website, but please do not wait for it to appear there.

Please copy your appeal to the Paraguayan Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Juan Ernesto Snead Amarilla, Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay, Ground and Lower Ground Floors, 81-83 Cromwell Road, SW7 5BW.  Email: embaparuk@paraguayembassy.co.uk.

With many thanks for your continued support